Thursday, October 11, 2007

Christmas Day - 28 Meeting with Oncologist

December 25, 2006

Merry Christmas God and Happy Birthday Jesus.

What a great day to be alive. Thank you for getting me up this morning and having use of my body and joints. Thank you for Richard and his visit, and just letting him be here with me. It is great God.

I got up and called Lori to sing her Happy B day. I wonder if she knows how lucky she is to have the same birthday as Jesus? We talked for about an hour. That was nice. Ernest called me always there and always so loyal. I love you Ernest .

Called my Mom and Dad so good to hear their voices as well. God I am such a blessed man, I still have my parents and they are still together. What a testament to you.

Waiting for Richard to get up so we can talk about what we are going to do today. Thank you for being here my friend. I love you.

What a great day to be alive.

Thank you God.

12/28/06
Good Morning Family;
The Oncology day finally arrived and all the test are in. Drum Roll Please!!
Lymphoma is the answer that we all knew, however the great news it looks like it is a mixture of Large and small cell. From what Dr. Knopf stated yesterday he feels that Chemotherapy with be able to take care of totally. The best news of the day is that the bone marrow biopsy came back showing NO SIGNS of cancer at all. That is a major PRAISE GOD!!!
I wanted to share a God Moment with YA'LL. As you all know I had Surgery last week on Wednesday, I love you Dr. Rust. It was a total success, and the incision looks amazing. I was in the Dr. office on Friday for a check up and to have the drain tube removed, he stated that he didn't want me to start Chemotherapy for at least 2 weeks. I said OK. I was then able to go home rest thanks to all the wonderful TLC of my friends. I got up Sunday morning and sang in 2 services at the EBCRS, then came home and rested once more. This is all less than 7 days from the surgery. Not that all of this doesn't show God working, here is how God shows up right on time.
As I mention The Oncologist met with me yesterday and told me that I would have to be on Chemotherapy, it would be a very strong dose, but every 3 weeks. He wanted me to start TODAY, I then told him that Dr. Rust wanted me to wait a couple weeks. We finally agreed to start on the 2nd of January. Due to the level of patience on Chemotherapy the first opening is January 10th. I know that the hand of God is divinely guiding me with every breath that I take, I love it when I am aware enough to see it. The first available time is exactly 3 weeks from the Surgery the exact amount of time the Sergeant told me I needed to wait before starting Chemotherapy. I love you GOD, and I love Divine Order.
I will be taking a total of 6 drugs some pills some Liquid, for those in the Medical field here you go.
1) Rituxan
2) Cyroxan
3) Oncovun
4) Dioxonbicin
5) Prednisone
6) Neulasta
Number 1 through 5 are called a Chop- R I don't have a clue why but they are. And the first session will take about 6-8 hours to load in my system. The last Drug is to help with my white blood cells and my immune system. I will also continue the Drug Atripla as well. I will be going this next week to have a Colon check up to make sure my colon is in Great condition.
After 3 sessions of Chemotherapy I will have another CT Scan and check the progress.
Well, my friends that brings us all up to date. I want to tell you all how much I feel the love of every person in my life. Every bit of this reminds me each day to LOVE and LIVE. Please don't wait until tomorrow to tell those that you love, that you love them. Do it today.
Family, I want each of you to know and hear I LOVE YOU!! I will continue to tell each of you every time I see you because I want to keep the Main thing the MAIN THANG!!
Thank you for your support and love.
Allen.

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