Good News !!! "Hallilujah" "Hurray"

Doesn't matter what words of joy I used. It's still hard to discribe the joy we have while the doctor interpret the scan result. The cancer in the pancreas shrink down almost 50% and those in the liver almost gone. We really thrilled to know the drugs that doctor have used is proved to be working. Since his white blood cell count is still on the low end Doctor had decided to do the injection to help the supply of the white blood count. Dose has increased to 3/4 this time. We all relief a bit of our worry temporary. He will continue his diet change, 70% vegetable and 30% fruit juice one every morning on a empty stomach, high protein with flex seed vegetable and fruit smoothie during the day for snack to maintain nutrition and avoid weight loss. No RED meat diet. While he will continue another 3 more treatments with the same chemo drugs follow with one more scan then the Doctor will decide what is the next game plan. I can now at least spare some time next month to take care my own health issue taking care my 7mm kidney stone out before it will cause any serve pain. So far we have a very up beat day although the Seattle weather still in rain but we can see through the sunshine from this covered rain cloud. We do not encounter this joy for a long time. We will continue to fight and thank you again for all the families, friends and neighbors far and close to provide all the kindness, courage and blessing during this healing process. Thanks for reading and all the concern and attention from everyone.

The 4th treatment

Really appreciate for everyone support to follow my blog for my husband conditions. Time fly, It's the 4th treatment. The white blood count is getting low, Doctor reduce half of the chemo drugs dose, he feel less nausea but more tired, may be because of his blood count was low. White Blood cell govern the immune system, it's a RED alert sign to be extra careful for any infection. His weight is stable this time, he even gain several pounds after we change the eating pattern. This is a good sign. He have better appetite this week. Since his taste of food is changed, he tends to have better appetite when he had strong favor dishes like curry. We try to maintain to drink Ensure and fruit + vegetable juice daily. White meat and vegetables diet. Beets soup almost every day. I mark my calendar Mar 26 - a very important day for both of us, we are going to review the result of the CT scan of his progress. According to the doctor he is quite optimistic. If the result is good, so he will remain the same drugs for another 4 more treatment. We have to be hopeful and looking forward to a good result to come!

The 3rd treatment and the Chinese Mushroom.

Done with the third treatment, he is still hanging on. But seem like his body is getting weaker. The Chemo drug seem to show it on his skin surface. I can see some color change on his skin, the good cell start getting affected. He's trying to eat and drink nutrition milk regularly with high protein, flaxseed fruit & Vegetable smoothie, but his appetite and the taste of chemical in his mouth really make him difficult to eat. On the top of nausea and vomiting already gave him all the discomfort. His weight is keep going down, 25 lbs since the beginning of the diagnosis. He need to maintain his weight and not letting it loss any further. This is pretty urgent that we really need to stop that to happen any further. It will only make him less tolerant to the drug and weakening the immune system. Instead of taking 3 days to recover his body, this time, its take 4 days. Hints he is weakening. He did make some progress to overcome the discomfort to force himself to eat. We split the meals into a small portion at a time with more snack time in between. It's a big step for him. We went back to his family doctor for a follow up visit. So thankful for her to refer us to such an amazing oncology team to take care of him. As she said she know it's serious diagnosis but the best she can do is to refer us to the best doctors and health care team she knows. She can't hold on to her emotions during the conversation and give us a big big hug before we leave. Attending the holistic consultation and Nutrition session have benefit a lot for both of us. We learn trick that can help make him maintain his calories and eliminate the metal taste in his mouth etc. The holistic doctor session allow me to find out more about the "Coriolus Versicolor" common Chinese name Yun Zhi. Amazing that there is some research studies done in US which I can found information through Cancer.org website. She direct me to go to the reliable factory web site in US to find those products. It's been used and well known in Asia for many years that can Prolong survival rate and lower the risk of re-occurrence. I am glad I find some doctors in US to support this idea. All we can do right now is to eat as nutritional as he can to prepare for another round of treatment.