Again another early morning and another night on the sleep number bed (again I can't explain how much I dislike that bed). Any who. We saw the Mind & Body doctor this morning and it was very interesting and the guy was really nice. In a nut shell, he said that he has seen where cancer has broken up families in the past; but as long as we keep the lines of communication open between the two of us like we do now - then "we can climb mountains". He also gave us a book he would like us to read about a guy who at the age of 13 was told he would only have 3 months to live and then at the age of 15 that he had just a few weeks to live and through the power of the mind he has defied all odds and climbed 7 of the highest mountains in the world. So in a nut shell - "Talk to your cancer and tell it that it has no right to be there. Declaire mental warfare."
At 10:30am we met with the oncology doctor who told us basicly the same thing the radiation doctor told us the day before. Radation is off the table at the moment; but it doesn't mean it can't be done. We need to shrink his cancer about 50% the size it is now so we can do radation. She also explained how she saw the chemo working and made some suggestions of what she would change. (We also found out that as of Tuesday that Christopher's CEA markers went down 170pts. - remember down equals good)
With this wealth of information that we have Christopher is going to discuss with his doctor in Dallas if there needs to be a change in his treatments. We left there feeling really good; we found out allot of great information, met allot of new people with interesting ideas on cancer and also knowing that Christopher's doctors here in Dallas are for the most part doing what they can do.
We were so blessed to be able to catch an earlier flight into Dallas. When we checked in there were three other people ahead of us; but God answered our prayers and we were the last set of stand-by put on the plane. Christopher and I were so excited to see Ethan - we missed him so.
After we got home and relaxed for a few we went and had dinner with Mum and Gran (it was nice to eat with the family). I have to say I'm really looking forward to sleeping in MY bed and away from that Sleep Number thing!
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