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dclock December 11th, 2007

The Doctor visit last night did not go well.  Basically, my lungs are getting full of cancer, and this has reduced my ability to intake oxegen to a level that is getting severe.  I have elected to do a surgery to remove a 22cm cancer from my left lung.  This will be kept alive, and tested in a facility in Texas to see if they can find a drug that would stop the growth, or even shrink the cancer.  The chances of this working are small, but the only option we have left.  If I do nothing, they suggest that I have less than 6 months to live.  We as a family are trying to decide today when to do the surgery.  They want to do it right away, but we could wait till after Christmas.  Either way, I will be 2-3 weeks in recovery from this lung surgery.  It will take a couple of weeks after the surgery to get the results on the cancer testing.  Then we need to determine if we want to take the chemo cocktail, what benefits it will provide, and how sick I will become from it.  They also want me to quickly stop working, and rest my body in anticipation of all this work.  It sure feels like we are entering the last stage of this fight.  They (my Doctors) are no longer trying to cure my cancer, only slow the progression.  My family and I are trying to decide how much further treatment we can take, versus the quality of life for these last few months.  It is tough, as my family want to spend time with me while I am feeling okay, but if we wait, the chances of extending my life are reduced.  I sure feels like we are loosing at this time.  Please pray for us.

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