Best News

This past week, I got the best news, since I was diagnosed with cancer nearly 16 month ago.  When I was initially diagnosed with cancer, scans showed that I had two large cancerous tumors and numerous smaller cancerous lesions throughout my liver. My esophagus had a large tumor that had narrowed the diameter of the opening making swallowing difficult. I was told I had about 12 months to live if I took chemotherapy and only 2-3 months to live if I did nothing at all. That was almost 16 months ago.

Six months into the chemotherapy, the esophagus was cancer-free, one tumor was gone, the other tumor was reduced by 60% and the numerous spots were gone. Also at this time, one of the two chemo drugs was discontinued because of the effects it has on the nervous system. Two months later, spots showed up in the liver that the radiologist said were cancerous and my oncologist said were probably not cancer. Since June, there has been no change in my scans (until last week). My oncologist has been saying that there was no active cancer because the tumor and the spots had not changed in size. Active cancers would either grow in size or diminish in size but they don’t typically stay the same size. The radiologist, however, continued to call them all cancerous.

This past week, we met with my oncologist to review the most recent scans. They show no tumors, no spots – nothing abnormal in my liver. It’s as if I never had any cancer at all. The esophagus remains cancer free as well. The oncologist is amazed at my success, which he attributes to the trial drug I may or may not be getting. I’m giving credit to the King of kings and Lord of lords.

I’m still taking chemo, since the oncologist believes that the cancer could still be in the cells. Joan and I are praying that one day the doctor will declare me cured and chemotherapy is no longer indicated.

Thank you for your prayers for my healing. We serve an awesome God.