Laughter is the best medicine

Cancer really isn't that funny. It isn't even fun. But funny things happen along the way to beating it. For example, during my last go around with Hodgkin's I was on the same treatment schedule as Bill Cosby's slightly older sister Bunny. I really don't think she was his older sister but it sure made me laugh to see her smiling full mustache and all every time I went in for treatment.

The purpose of this blog then is to share the funny events that take place while I beat cancer as well as keep folks up to date on my treatments, progress and banana flavored barium intake schedule. Please feel free to share funny things in the comments section as well, as everyone needs a good laugh.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Sadly

The Cancer has returned. More pervasive than ever. Been a hard few months as through my training to get my body stronger I could feel it returning. Plan now is to knock it out using a newish drug, SGN-35. I have already have had one dose last week and it is kicking my butt. Lost 10 lbs in 6 days with the yaks. Sad given it is supposed to be the non big side effect drug. I get a PET scan after 2 doses and then we go from there. Doctors want to go towards an allo treatment where I get the wbc of a donor but as of now I have decided I am not up for that given how tired I am. And will try to hold remission from SGN if it comes as long as possible. Please pray for me and my strength and ability to handle more SGN-35 as I can feel it working and shrinking my tumors. As the doc said not too many more options after this so a scary outlook for me. I am thankful for all of your prayers so far and for lifting my family up in your thoughts as I am not ready to leave just yet. Have a ND National Championship to watch and many more silly adventures to go on. All our love, Charles, Emilia and the man missing 2 teeth Aidan Paul