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Holy Basil

sherri — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:46:12 +0000

At every visit with my Oncologist the nurse asked about my supplements. She groans a little at some of the spellings of these helpful little tidbits. This last visit we added Holy Basil to my long list. As the nurse walked back to see the Dr. we heard her say “HOLY BASIL!” I’m sure at each visit they wonder what we will come up with next to ad to our long list of supplements.

Let me introduce you to my oncologist Dr. Konstantin Dragnev at Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. He is assisted by Wendye Disalvo

Nine Holy Angles, a Positive CT Scan, and taxotere treatment #3

sherri — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:40:12 +0000

I’m finally reading a book the boys gave me for Christmas a few years ago. It’s a story about Robin Hood by Stephen R. Lawhead called Hood (looks like there will be two more to read when I finish this one…boys, Christmas is coming soon…) Soon to be Friar Tuck offers Robin Hood his blessing as he leaves

“May the grace and peace of Christ be upon you, and the shielding of all the saints be around you, and nine holy angels aid and uphold you through all things.”

I am so thankful for the support of my friends and family offering prayers, sending positive thoughts, walking and hiking with me. All of this is helping me to handle my treatment so well. So far I have not been sick. I am eating and sleeping well. I have plenty of energy. (I’ve only needed 2 or 3 naps!) I even have a bit of fairy hair clinging still to my head. (Hats and a wig are waiting in the wings)

Sometimes I do get discouraged. On Thursday night before my treatment I conspired with God that I had had enough of this. I wanted to get better, to get on with my life. I felt a burst of much needed positive energy. We had to do something about this mess.

All that to say….my CT scan showed my collapsed lung that had been hanging around since the beginning of the summer had basically healed. (It had been concluded that the lung would stay collapsed (25% or so) and the other lung would make up for it.) The taxotere treatment also seems to be working. Last week Dr. Belanger also concluded that the numbers he looks at in my blood tests were coming down and looking better. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Finding my way through the cancer treatment world

sherri — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:41:01 +0000

Since my diagnosis in December I have been exploring my options in cancer treatment. In other areas of the site I explore ways I can help myself such as exercise and eating better. As I’m entering this third stage of my treatment I’m finding the need to organize my search. I will explore here choices I can make in the more technical areas such as clinical trials, research, etc.

Rational Therapeutics with Dr.Robert Nagourney. David M. Mintzer, MD is a Dr. in Philadelphia who does the testing the Dr. Nagourney uses.

MD Anderson