How Time Flies!

January 24, 2014.

A be-lated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you!

 I can hardly believe I have not updated this blog for a couple months. Thanks to all of you who continue to read and pray for me/us:-)

Last IV chemo was Oct. (that was number 6 I believe)

In Nov. I started on Avastin alone. My numbers went from 255 to 320 to 730. So apparently it is not doing what we had hoped. So my last visit Jan 3, Dr. put me on oral chemo to go with the Avastin which will still be IV form every 3 weeks. No side effects to be expected from the oral chemo because the dose is so low (50 mg/day compared to 1,000 in the IV form). He also mentioned that this is for "quality of life" since the IV chemo tends to put a damper on my lifestyle for a few days.

I started oral chemo Jan 4. I have had no side effects. Since about November I have had a nasty mucus buildup in my sinus -- is it the weather or the Avastin? Now my head is fuzzy. I think it's the weather (or "inversion" as they call it here) in beautiful Salt Lake. I stopped the oral chemo, per Dr. so they can evaluate me when I return Jan 28.

What are other options? Once again I am contemplating an alternative "treatment". Has anyone heard of Protocel? Can you give me any feedback? I realize that diet alone is not helping my particular cancer. If diet alone is the "cure all" perhaps I didn't give it long enough. Maybe I need to throw some alternative "medicine" in the mix.

What do I have to lose? If the conventional path is only chemo. I don't see that as a very viable answer. Yes, it did help shrink the tumors. Has it brought me into remission? no. Would it if I kept taking it? Perhaps, but along the way it may leave permanent damage to my organs. What's a girl to do??

Praying and asking for God's guidance and wisdom.

I would like to hear from you:-)