It's been a while

It's been about a month since the last time I put something on the blog. I just have been hesitant with the holidays and the round of biopsies that I have done. The biopsies taken from my back have all come up negative. One had to be redone as the site of the mole had developed tentacles and had spread. The mole was abnormal in the readings so they decided to take a larger chunk out of my back. That came back last week as negative and they got all of it.

Today Patti and I went to the alternative doctor for results from my last round of blood and urine tests. I think that Patti was more nervous than I was. It's been over 13 months since we found the cancer and that has played on both our minds. Especially since we discontinued the interferon and conventional treatments. When they took my blood pressure it was 140/60 with a 74 pulse. I blame the off readings on going up three flights of stairs to get to the office. Patti says it was my going to the doctor's office and waiting for the results.

Well, the results were good. Immune system should be between a .9 and 3.7. When I first was tested it was below .9. In July it was a 1.9 and it is now a 3.0. My T cells and NK cells which are the bodies killer cells is way up and the receptor blockers, the things that latch onto the T & NK cells was low, meaning that there is little to no cancer in my system right now. Great news for us. We asked a lot of questions but some of the answers I could not tell you because I was praying and thanking God for the good report. My mind was more on thanking Him than what the doctor was saying. He says everything else looks good and to go to Florida to get some sunshine to get some natural Vitamin D in me. Vitamin D is shown by both conventional and alternative medicines to be a natural cancer fighter. Patti and I will have to take his prescription for sunshine and head down south in January or February for a few days.

I guess, and all doctors say also, that a good attitude as well as good support has helped cure many with cancer and other things. I have a good attitude as well as the greatest support team I think that God could ever give someone. I thought about this with Pastor Quick's sermon on Sunday talking about his experience with Melanoma. We both pretty much have the same story and it made me reflect just how thankful to God I was, not for the cancer, but for the support and the opportunities I have had to tell people about my experience and my God.

I know that I will need further support as the days and months go by, as every ache, pain, bump, doctor's visits and waiting on test results will be a challenge in some way. Thank you all for being there for me when I needed you most.