All throughout this experience, Taigen has been pointing out all the good things or silver linings that have come our way. She pointed out that she is getting lots of play dates with all of her friends, that amazing meals are being brought to us to help fight the cancer and keep me healthy, and that so many prayers are going up to God for me! These have all been incredible and the love that has been shown to me and my family has been humbling and inspiring.
The latest silver lining came to me on Thursday when I found out that my friends Mack and Zoe Strong were able to get me and Wendy Super Bowl tickets to buy. WOW! I can not even believe that I just typed that. The Super Bowl! With the Seahawks! Mack works for the NFL in addition to doing Seahawk broadcasts and he worked his magic to make this kid's Make-a-Wish come true! Thank you so much Mack and Zoe! I know that you were swarmed by people asking you about tickets, and it means so much to me that you thought about me and wanted to encourage me in this way. I will never forget this!
Chemo has been going good. The doctor is still very pleased with how I am responding to the treatments. I was hit kind of hard on Thursday and Friday when I started feeling that I was coming down with the flu, but no, it was just chemo. Thankfully I am coming out of that and this is my break week. This is the week to have off! God worked it out!
Cheers,
Chris
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Top half of the class!
Hi everyone,
I know I've been silent for the past couple of weeks so I'll fill you in a bit on what's happened. After New Years Eve, which was an amazing evening with my wife and friends on a Lake Union cruise, we went to get a second set of eyes on my case at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA). The doctor and staff were great but after that meeting we were a bit bummed out because mentally it put us back to the beginning of this whole process. We just weren't prepared for that. We did learn about some trials that I could possibly get into but I would have to get off my treatments that seem to have been working so far. Also the doctor said that surgery is not a great option because I would go off chemo to get the surgery and he has seen, in most cases, that the cancer spread to other parts of the body during this time. Not really encouraging.
But on to some good news. I had my first follow-up CT scan at Swedish on Monday since my diagnosis and original scan. Just got done talking to my doctor and he told me that most of the time he is telling patients with this type of cancer that their cancer is growing, which is not good. He told me that everything is stable with no growth and in fact, one tumor actually shrunk by a 1/4. Feeling good with that. So same chemo, same plan for the next 9 weeks and then another scan.
Everything else is going great. Still no pain, no nausea, no massive hair loss and the Hawks are in the championship game. Go Hawks! Just about to get hooked up so more later (and sooner :) )
Cheers, Chris
I know I've been silent for the past couple of weeks so I'll fill you in a bit on what's happened. After New Years Eve, which was an amazing evening with my wife and friends on a Lake Union cruise, we went to get a second set of eyes on my case at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA). The doctor and staff were great but after that meeting we were a bit bummed out because mentally it put us back to the beginning of this whole process. We just weren't prepared for that. We did learn about some trials that I could possibly get into but I would have to get off my treatments that seem to have been working so far. Also the doctor said that surgery is not a great option because I would go off chemo to get the surgery and he has seen, in most cases, that the cancer spread to other parts of the body during this time. Not really encouraging.
But on to some good news. I had my first follow-up CT scan at Swedish on Monday since my diagnosis and original scan. Just got done talking to my doctor and he told me that most of the time he is telling patients with this type of cancer that their cancer is growing, which is not good. He told me that everything is stable with no growth and in fact, one tumor actually shrunk by a 1/4. Feeling good with that. So same chemo, same plan for the next 9 weeks and then another scan.
Everything else is going great. Still no pain, no nausea, no massive hair loss and the Hawks are in the championship game. Go Hawks! Just about to get hooked up so more later (and sooner :) )
Cheers, Chris
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