Paul is doing well with is treatments. He had a tough first week but is slowly bouncing back. He has 3 more chemo treatments and is finished with radiation which he had to his head and lower back. No more lower back pain and the Dr is hopeful the radiation will eradicate the brain lesions. One more spot on the lung that they are hoping to shrink with the chemo and then eradicate with radiation.
They haven't seen it anywhere else so that's a good thing.
So once he is off the steroids he will feel more normal again. Those steroids have some crappy side effects but are necessary. He also received immune therapy drugs in the chemo IV which is has been successful in the experimental stages. That is a pretty new thing they do now. and another drug that stimulate the bone marrow all to search out and destroy cancer cells.
So far we are doing ok and the other good thing is that his treatments are only 20 minutes away as we live very close to the North Shore Technology Center .
Thank you all for your prayers and good wishes . Please continue to wish us luck as we continue down this unfamiliar territory..
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ReplyDeleteDarn spell check!
DeleteThat such GREAT news Lisa!
I’m so Happy!
And my prayers are still with you both
Thank you , Lisa?
DeleteHang in there, Lisa & Paul! We're all pulling for you!
ReplyDeleteGlad to read that things are going as well as they are, Lisa.
ReplyDeleteThe best life advice I've ever been given came from fellow blogger Cubed (no longer active in the blogosphere):
"Cherish your beloveds."
Make time for you and Paul to enjoy each other's company -- one way to cherish your beloved.
Thank you so much AOW
DeleteI'm glad to hear you both are weathering this storm so well, Lisa.
ReplyDeleteFunny coicidence! I featured your situation at my blog today, and invited kind, encouraging comments only.
Needless to say you both have been in my prayers since you shared this difficult news with us.
As Thersites said, "Hang in there!" Never give up, –– never give in –– no matter how tough the going may get.
God bless!
thank YOU FT. I MUST GO AND READ IT.
DeleteCancer treatment effects the whole family Lisa, my prayers are with you and your loved ones. When my family was going through a members treatment I realized chemo nurses are true angels on earth.
ReplyDeleteThank you Rusty
DeleteI hope the news continues to be positive.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes.
THIS GOT POSTED YOU, LISA, at MY BLOG. SINCE I WLL NOT LET THIS FELLOW APPEAR at MY PLACE NO MATTER WHAT, I BROUGHT IT OVER HERE SO YOU COULD APPRECIATE IT FOR WHATEVER IT MAY BE WORTH..
ReplyDeleteRational Nation USAApril 9, 2018 at 3:29 PM
Politics is politics, often brutal and certainly more so than MOST wish it were.
Politics aside... Lisa, my thoughts are with you and your husband at this time. I hope your husband beats the cancer and has a full and compete recovery.
Stay strong, keep your faith, and your husband will beat this.
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ReplyDeleteGood man, Rusty!
Delete"Discretion is the better part of valor."
There are many things it's better to leave unsaid, don't you think?
We don't HAVE to try to refute every objectionable remark. It can be fun, I grant you, but it spreads like wildfire and soon takes over the whole blog.
I don't think that's fair to Lisa, especially not right now.
I just didn't want "Nursie" at my blog, even if he was behaving himself decently. It ALWAYS leads to trouble if I let him stay there.
I transferred what he said to WYD, because I wouldn't want him –– or anyone else –– to be able to say I am "unfair" –– not that they won't anyway, but at least I tried to do my bit for basic decency.
Thank you for that FreeThinke.
DeleteI hope those new experimental treatments keep working for Paul. I'm glad he's responding well to the treatments.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone. I really appreciate it
ReplyDeleteGood news Lisa. Everyone's cheering for you guys!
ReplyDeleteYes EVERYONE WHO COUNTS
DeleteThank you RR and Dude lol
DeleteHey, whatever happened to that potatohead Dervish Sanders?
ReplyDeletePotatohead? No, I'm not a Trump supporter. BTW, as I am commenting I guess I have to say that I wish neither Lisa nor her husband ill. This is my genuine sentiment, and not something I say because an idiot warned me.
DeleteOne shouldn't mix the sacredness of life with the profanity of politics, Rusty. Hence the good advice in the old adage, "If you have nothing good to say, PLEASE remain silent."
DeleteI second that, Thersites. Rusty, feel free to slap liberals around on my blog sites. Dervish provided some free advertising by linking 1 of my Wordpress blog sites on his reply. You can also find my blogger sites on my profile. Hey Dervish, thanks for the free advertising here. Lisa, I hope Paul continues to do well. I'm thankful to hear that the experimental drugs are working.
ReplyDeleteI did not submit anything to your fake comments blog, yet this post for which I gave "free advertising" somehow has a comment from "Dervish Sanders".
DeleteI really don't need advice from either one of you.
ReplyDeleteI've expressed my thoughts and prayers directly to Lisa.
Lisa,
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to tell you that you and your husband have been much on my mind and in my prayers since you told us what was happening in your lives.
I hope good will has healing value, because a great abundance has been sent your way.
Let nothing disturb thee ––
Nothing affright thee ––
God never changeth.
Patient endurance
Attaineth to all things..
Whom God possesseth
In nothing is wanting ––
Alone God sufficeth.
~ St.Teresa of Avila - lines from her breviary
Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Thank you FT. He is doing much better now. Very tired but the radiation to the head was killer. 2 more Chemo treatments to go then we see where he is at. All his blood counts and vital have been good. Much appreciated
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ReplyDeleteSorry! I made a serious error in copyin/g from the manuscript. The corrected copy follows.
Delete______ Barbara Bush (1925-2018) ______
ReplyDeleteBeloved source of character and strength.
An asset to her family and our nation
Refreshing for her lack of agitation.
Barbara lived a good life of great length.
A life patrician, gracious, down-to-earth
Regal, yet a quintessential mother
A fount of strong opinion like no other,
But muted, disciplined, and tinged with mirth.
Unusually poised in public life
She had a kind of beauty very rare
Happy to have prematurely aged
Resplendent in her crown of snow white hair
In no way mean, her mind always engaged
Proud, yet humble, and always the ideal wife.
~FreeThinke
Amen to that, FreeThinke!
ReplyDeleteThese liberals are real class acts...This One wasn't brought up, he was dragged up
ReplyDeleteLisa, I’m certain that you don’t think for one minute that the above post was written by me
ReplyDeleteWhen it’s obvious it was really written by some WILD ANIMAL. An Animal that shouldn’t be allowed to walk the streets let alone write on a blog.
Thanks for understanding.
Your FRIEND TOM.
Hey fake Tom, your mom is calling you....she has your grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup ready so she wants you to leave the basement and come upstairs
DeleteDon't worry Tom. I know it wasn't you
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