First I want to thank all of you for keeping Karen in your prayers.  She passed away yesterday. Please continue to pray for her family, especially her grandmother.  Karen took care of her grandmother.  Miss Mag (as everyone calls the grandmother) told me once if anything happened to Karen she didn’t know what she would [...]

We got a phone call from Karens family today.  Her kidneys have failed and her liver is shutting down.  Her team of doctors have told her there’s nothing more they can do.  Needless to say, I am pretty upset.  So would you please continue to keep Karen and her family in your prayers. I’m sorry [...]

In the last post, I told y’all about my friend and co-worker Karen.  The readers digest version is she has been diagnosed with stomach cancer, had 95% of her stomach removed and wasn’t able to keep anything down. After chemo yesterday, I took the scenic route home and went by to see Karen.  She has [...]

Carin, thank you for asking how I am doing.  Here’s what I’ve been up to since Thanksgiving (has it really been that long?????) My wonderful doctor thought it would be a nice thing to give me a break from chemo over the Christmas holidays.  Things were steady (no growth, no shrinkage either), so it seemed like a [...]

I h ad my monthly set of scans today. The news is netural. The tumors haven’t grown, but they aren’t shriking any more either. When we started this chemo cocktail my tumor markers were 18,000 something. Today they were 6,000 something. Basically, what I’m saying is the drugs they were giving me aren’t working anymore. [...]