Friday, February 19, 2010

Good News! Keep Praying! Keep Encouraging!

Hello all.
Well some good news. After the MRI Di was very stressed and shaking. She said NO MORE. Anyhow calmed her down and off for blood work and then the dear doc. He said the episode of last weekend was probably due to them decreasing one of the drugs - a steroid. If it continues they will up the strength. Then he shows us the MRI and says there has been some shrinkage which was exciting. The main tumour has shrunk considerably. Di then asked what her life expectancy was. He said was still hard to say but could be between 6 months and 24 months. He has some avastin patients who have been around for 5 years. The drug has been around for 5 years. I questioned about the reports on the Internet speaking about only prolonging 2 months. He said the better results were not published as they were still ongoing. So we have decided to continue for another 2 months with 4 more infusions. We will then make a further decision then. He said it was def good news.
I asked Diana what she would like to do and she said carry on. I told her no more complaining, if she wanted to carry on.
We are def not out of the woods, but much better than we thought.
So thanks for all the prayers and support. The old girl is still breathing.
Ian

2 comments:

  1. hang in there, and hang onto God, our thoughts and prayers are with you. lots of love, Ants and Gin

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  2. AWESOME!!!! our God is a great GOD and HE knows the number of our days, and HIS NAME is ABOVE EVERY other name, the name of JESUS is ABOVE the name of cancer!!!! hallelujah!!! yes we keep on trusting God for HIS miracle-working power in you, Di!!!! Ian thanks for the blog! miss you !!! barbs

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