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Re:Frustrated - 2009/10/06 05:20
Hello, Im back and a little more settled than the last time I wrote. About a week after Shanes last chemo the Oncologist rang to tell us that Shane was to be considered for a new trial happening at the PA hospital in Brisbane. Shane went down for a heap more tests and was then told he would be vry suitable for the trial. We met the team and felt very comfortable including being told to forget about the Xmas news and we would start anew. The Doctor in charge also said he would keep something else up his sleeve if this trial did no good so obvously we left the first visit looking forward to some type of future and a dam good chance at Xmas. He has been going to the hospital most weeks if not fortnightly to get injections. He is being injected with something called "Interferon" I think that is the right spelling. They are hoping that this will teach his cells how to fight the cancer cells or something similar. Shane is still looking, sounding and feeling good. He has not had any scans since it started and will not know anything for a few more weeks which has been good in a way because we havent had any bad news and we both feel rather normal at the moment. They say that the results should show over a longer time maybe not straight away, so even if it slows the growth down which was happening every 3 weeks it would be good. And we always have to hope like hell that it does not get into any other organs in the mean time. You know I do sit there and think about what if the original Doctor had of done things different etc but then I think its better to let it go and focus on the future not the past it can only make you bitter. And I think the original Doctor probably thinks about the what ifs too. I havent mentioned that Shane takes paw paw leaf every day, I stuff capsules for him and he takes at least 3 a day and also he eats up to 25 of the apricot kernals (inside the apricot seeds) I DO believe this has a lot to do with why he is going so well.
So fingers crossed that when we get the next results things are better or at least on hold. We just keep thinking positive.
To everyone who has posted messages, thanks alot, it means a lot. And my thoughts are with everyone else going through this, all I can say at the moment is stay postive (and try some alternatives like paw paw leaves, it cant hurt)
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