Waiting Game

I went to the Dr. today and sat waiting for Dr. B for an hour in the examination room before he graced me with his presence only to tell me that my White Blood counts haven't recovered yet. So therefore I have to wait another week to start what is hopefully my last round of chemo. I am so excited to be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, finally. I am still feeling great and trying not to over exert myself. I hope everyone else is doing great as well.

God Bless
Jake

Like a million bucks!!!

Wow, God has truly blessed me lately. After this last round of chemo I bounced back so much faster then I ever had previously. I only felt bad for about two days after treatment this time which was fine by me. Since then I have felt so good and more like my self than I have since probably February. Even if feeling this good has to go away when I have my next round I thank God for giving me this time to just be my self with not having everything on my mind. Though there is one downfall to feeling this great, its trying to remember that I cant do everything I used to. I mean I am the closest thing to a Greek god that was ever created...but I have to remember not to over do it. I don't want to take a step backward at this point, not with the end in sight. I have had a blast though the past week spending time at home with my Dad and Kevin, then coming back up here and hanging out with my cousin E, which was the first night I felt like ME again, going out and not thinking about the fact that I have cancer and just having fun. I spent the weekend hanging out with my friend Ben swimming a lot which I am so glad I can do again and we also went skeet shooting which was hot but still a lot of fun. Anyhow I just wanted to let everyone know how all our prayers are truly being answered by the big man in the sky, keep'em up and I have no doubt we are going beat this.

God Bless
Jake

Recovery Mode

Round 3 of chemo is over thank goodness. This round was weird, it hit me a lot harder than the last but I managed to keep a little appetite this time. My stomach has been in knots however. I decided to get away for a few a days and came down to my parents since it will probably be the last chance I have before they move. No updates on the cancer front just trying to get back to normal. Hope everyone is well.

God Bless
Jake

Results are in...But Chemo Sucks

Well today was a mix a of good and bad news, the good news is Dr. B made a special visit to see me in the Chemo room with the results of the MRI. I guess he just couldn't wait until Friday. The results didn't conclusively say what it is but that it does not have the same consistencies as cancer, which is just awesome. He does not believe it is a hemangioma anymore but that it is more likely to be a cyst of some sort because it is still so small it is hard to tell, but he seemed very confident that is NOT cancer. He also smiled, the first one of those I have seen from him thus far. The bad news of the day is the I started my third round of chemo today, and it stinks. I am already feeling the effects. I am super tired and loosing my appetite very rapidly. The price I pay to be cured. Let all thank god for this great news because he truly answered our prayers, GOD IS GREAT. I have two more days in this round then a few weeks off before my final chemo treatment in early august, I cant wait. I hope everyone is doing great.

Jake

You gotta love good news!

Well today was maybe the happiest day I have had since this all began. I met with Dr. B today to go over my CT scan results. The man growth of the cancer has shrunk by over 4cm and the second growth is nearly gone. But believe it or not that wasn't even the best news he could have given me. The spot that he saw on my liver has actually increased in size a little, wait don't get worried so fast...because it grew that make it very likely that it is not cancer!!!! Which might means that it didn't spread!!! That increases the likelihood that once the cancer is gone it will stay gone. He previously thought that the spot in my liver was cancer meaning i was in stage 4 which was horrible news cause he could not give me a good prognosis for the future after beating the first time. But now because of all the prayers and hope that everyone has been lifting up to god have just maybe been answered. I am having a MRI on Monday to look at the spot to see if it is a hemangioma or a non serious blood clot. I will find out probably Friday for sure. I am starting round three of chemo next Tuesday which I am dreading because I have been feeling so good lately. Thank you all again for your prayers and support lets pray hard this week for that spot to be a Hemangioma and that would mean great things.

God Bless
Jake

Have a Happy 4th!!

I hope everyone is doing good, I am this is the best have felt since Feb. it probably has a lot to with an extra long break from chemo and radiation being over. But this is the closest I have felt to myself in a long long time and I thank god for that. Too bad next week it will stink again, I am pretty sure I resume chemo next week. I meet with Dr. B to go over my CT scan and I am hoping for great news. I want to thank everyone who came out to the fundraiser on Friday about 20 people came out to see show for me and other that were not there for donated a little as well. I also want to thank those of you have donated to my medical fund it means a lot the support people are showing me. I don't really have anything special planned for tomorrow with all the rain we are having around its kinda tough to plan anything outdoors for fear of the rain. I want to ask a favor of all those praying for me, if you could add my new little cousin Riley he decided to join us a little early and needs some prayers for a quick recovery so he can go home with his mom and dad. Thank you everyone have a great holiday weekend and be safe out there are lots of crazy people out there.

Jake