Jan 18, 2016 | Jan's Blog |
The report of my PET/CT scan last week used words like ‘extensive’ and ‘markedly progressed.’ It talked about pulmonary, pleural, and nodal disease. It sounded pretty scary. When I met with my oncologist yesterday, she said it wasn’t as scary as those words made it...
Oct 17, 2015 | Jan's Blog |
I want to give you an update on some of the decisions I was struggling with last time I posted, and let you know that everything looks good in my monthly blood test, except the CA 27.29 (cancer marker) continues to gradually go up. The rate of growth is faster this...
Aug 19, 2015 | Jan's Blog |
I prefer writing a blog when I have some new information or have made a new decision, but maybe it’s useful for you to know that I’m confused and don’t know what to do. My guess is that you’ve been there too. I’m in a decision making process on several treatment...
Jun 17, 2015 | Jan's Blog |
I met with my oncologist to discuss the results of my 6 month PET/CT scan. The report used the phrase “progression of disease” and specified at least 6 new tumors in my lung. They are all measured in mm since they are less than 1 cm in size. The cancer is still very...
May 21, 2015 | Jan's Blog |
In 2007 I was treated for ocular melanoma in my left eye. The two possible treatments were removal of the eye, or proton beam radiation, which is done through a cyclotron (at the time only available 3 places in the United States). I felt very fortunate that the proton...
Apr 20, 2015 | Jan's Blog |
I went to the Integrated Health Conference in San Diego at the end of March and heard many inspiring speakers. Some of them were people who had healed from cancer using various natural methods, including emotional and spiritual interventions. I heard one cancer...
