Scans are in….. Eric: 1 Cancer: 0 12/14/07

Scans are in….. Eric: 1 Cancer: 0

On Monday 12/10, I went in for the definitive PET Scan and CT scan of the entire body and the results came back VERY positive.

All of the tumors showed reductions in sizes from 30% to 80%, and there did not appear to be anything new. The Lung tumor showed a 60% reduction, Lymph nodes 80% reduction and the largest bone tumor showed a 50% reduction.

The bottom line is that there is no question we are beating this!

There still will be a need for more chemotherapy to try to finish the job and I will still need a lot of prayers for more healing and the challenges of having to deal with 4 to 6 months more chemo. So I am not out of the woods yet, but it looks like there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

In fact today (Friday), I already started chemo back up again with a Carboplatin and Taxol party today. And I am scheduled again for 12/28. That will be the last chemo I do in Florida, under my current Oncology Team (we will greatly miss them, especially Dr. Lozada and Nurse Kathy). After that, I will be under the guidance of a new team of doctors in Chicago. More on that soon…

The week of 12/17 will be an especially busy and challenging one that we will need your prayers for strength, peace, and sanity. We fly to Chicago Monday afternoon. Tuesday morning is the closing on our new home. Tuesday afternoon we have pre-school interviews. Wednesday, Doctor appointments at the University of Chicago Cancer Center. Thursday, meeting at my new office all morning and into the early afternoon. We fly back Friday morning. I am exhausted just typing this…

And of course all of this is happening in the holiday seasons, which are hectic enough without all this other stuff.

So with that, Merry Christmas! I hope an pray you all have a safe and Merry Christmas and that you spend some time reflecting on the true reason of the season, the birth of our Lord and savior, Jesus Christ. We actually bake a cake, light candles, and sing happy birthday to Jesus! The girls get very excited for this!

Thanks so much for all of your prayers, cards, thoughts, phone calls, e-mails, visits, meals, and support over the last 6 months. I can tell you that I could not have made it without you all and feel confident that progress would not have been as substantial without your prayers and God’s healing touch. Many Stage 4 Lung Cancer patients don’t even get to see the backside of 6 months after their diagnosis, let alone get a chance to beat it. With your continued prayers I will do just that.

God Bless and Merry Christmas!
Eric