2015年1月30日 星期五

01-30-2015 Reality Check and Adjusting to New Changes






I am adjusting to a lifestyle change and new routine.

My auntie from Taiwan, also one of my best friends accompanied me to have my 2nd clinical trail of immunology infusion therapy at UCLA Oncology Center last week.  Thankfully the aftermath of the infusion isn't bad at all, I only had one incident of really bad coughs that made you crawl and cry.  "Evert breath you take..." took a total new meaning to me now, however, this by far is much better than the traditional chemo that I had few years ago.  I am praying that immunology therapy would revolutionize how cancer could be treated in the future.

My oncologist had reality-check conversation with me: "Jamie, you will never be cured, however, the treatment is to contain your tumors, so you can function normally for as long as you can. If this treatment is proved to be effective, I will be getting shots every two weeks for the rest of my life, but they won't know til April when I have the CTScan for comparison.
 

It seems my life is at the YELLOW traffic light at the moment...I don't know how long I will stay in yellow light.  I know you all praying it may turn GREEN for me.  Then there's a possibility that it may turn RED...

I am adjusting to live with this reality and try make the best out of it!

Prayer Requests Update:

1) Our foster daughter. Dena got her passport application approved, it will take about a month to process it. Please continue to pray for her passage to LA to visit us.

2) My 3rd infusion next week and moving forward. 





2015年1月7日 星期三

01-07-2014 First Clinical Trial


Jamie's Medical Updates:

I finished my very first clinical treatment today at UCLA's Oncology Center. We also decided to overnight at the Shore Hotel. I don't have the reactions from the traditional chemotherapy and most importantly, I will get to keep my HAIR!! 

My clinical trial is the Immunology therapy, so I had two sets of blood drawn with 3 hrs of infusion. Thanks for all your prayers and encouraging notes....they really meant a lot to me!

My prayer Requests: 
1)Cancer free! And shrink those tumors....great results or HIS WILL be done!

2)Wisdom in bringing over foster daughter Dena from Xinjiang for a visit. 

3) David and I delebrated our 24 years anniversary today! So we plan to do a 25th Anniversary BASH next year!

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, do not lean on your own understanding, in all things acknowledge HIM, He will direct your paths straight. "(Proverbs 3:5-6)

Love you lots, 
Jamie