Update from latest onco visit :
Dr Charity was very pleased with the results, as we anticipated! Ernie is indeed responding so well.
However she explained something we didn't quite grasp when non-md brains such as ours read the report. She said that even if SUV levels are normal in the tumors, there is still cancer activity in the area because these are not normal tissues in the body but "diseased" to begin with. She continued to explain that cancer treatment will have to continue indefinitely.....UNTIL either tumors have completely disappeared (others have already PRAISE GOD!! but there are 2 more left in his lungs)or the patient becomes too toxic with treatment that it threatens his life. In many cases cancer patients die because of the treatment and not the disease!
We prayed that there will be no more treatment but our prayers have not yet been fully answered, not quite yet. We are weary...but continue to trust.
Treatment continues for another 3 months, Zometa infusion for bone mets and oral chemo Iressa that worked very well with Ernie.
"May GOD, the source of HOPE, fill you with all joy and peace by means of your faith in him, so that your hope will continue to grow by the power of the HOLY SPIRIT" - Romans 15:13
Thank you all for your love and prayers!
Olive
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