Back to the Grind
Good morning everyone! It has been awhile since I have posted or given an update. A lot has happened since Houston and us getting back and settling into new treatment and doctors.
First off we have changed oncologists to be "all in network" with our other doctors. We were between several hospitals and healthcare networks that made it very difficult to get in touch with people or everyone to have all the information when you showed up for an appointment.
We met with our new doctor and was immediately impressed. He asked several questions about different genetic and genomic testing, that no one had ever mentioned... This is where they take the tissue from the biopsy of the tumor/cancer and send it off to see if a specific mutation comes backs. That then allows some research to see if there is a drug out there that specifically targets that mutation of the cancer.
In that same meeting we got some startling news, we knew we would eventually hear it but just wasn't ready for it.... He explained that a person in my condition and with my stage and aggressiveness of cancer life expectancy is 2.5 to 3 years. To say it wasn't a shock would be an understatement. Its hard to put into words the emotion and feeling that goes into a timestamp on your life... You start wondering about the "dash" March 26, 1989 - ?
Have I done all that I needed or wanted to do? Have I done all that God has asked or called me to do? What about my wife? What about my family? God why?
So I took some time to process this information. While praying and talking to God he told me... I brought you here and I will bring you out! No one but me can tell you when it is your time to go. Live your life to the fullest and for me. I will give you peace and rest in me.
I truly believe thats all of us! We shouldn't live in fear of dying but we definitely should be living each day to the fullest. We aren't promised tomorrow and we aren't even guaranteed today! But if God has given you one more day, live it to the fullest and live it for HIM!
Soooooo enough of that! Last Friday I had my biopsy done. The doctor and nurses said everything went very well. They were able to get several specimens for our oncologist to do testing plus enough for future things.
Today we are at our 2nd treatment of the new chemotherapy and I'm receiving a new drug today that is targeting a certain proteins in the blood that allows the tumor to set up it's own blood flow. This drug eliminates that therefore stopping the tumor from growing. We will see how it goes!
Keep the faith, be encouraged that God has given you a new day so PRAISE HIM! No matter your circumstances the God of the universe created you for a purpose, be that PURPOSE today! Love y'all and we will talk again soon.
Much love,
RC3