Friday, October 19, 2007

Hola a todos, aca paso a darles las ultimas novedades, ayer tuve una nueva infiltracion de quimioterapia, todo salio bien, antes de hacermela vi a mi oncologo y me vio bien con buen peso, me dice que todo va para adelante, que sigamos asi con los mismos remedios y que le siga dando a la actividad fisica como lo vengo haciendo. Hace 3 dias fui a surfear despues de meses que no entraba al mar, fue una alegria inmensa, los medicos me dieron permiso para empezar a ir al mar otra vez, ven que tengo las defensas bien fuertes asi que no ven que haya ningun problema, eso si, surfee con un traje de neoprene de invierno que hacia anios que no usaba.
Por ahora ningun efecto secundario molesto desde que me hicieron la infiltracion ayer, recien vengo de hacer una caminata larga con mi hermana Caro y mi sobrino Kai, estos primeros 2 dias me voy a quedar aca con ellos porque prefiero estar separado de mis hijos hasta que me sienta mejor asi puedo descansar bien.
En 3 semanas mas me hacen otra infiltracion.
El Sabado pasado fui a la cancha con mi cuniado Chase a ver futbol, Galaxy contra Toronto, lo disfrute muchisimo. Mi cuniado, el esposo de mi hermana Caro los va a ver siempre de local, la ultima vez que habia ido a la cancha con El a ver al Galaxy fue antes de empezar con todo el tratamiento pero ahora los medicos me dicen que puedo estar tranquilo de estar rodeado de mucha gente porque estoy bien de globulos blancos y asi mis defensas estan bien. Asi que ya me saque entradas para mi y Marci para ir a ver a Soda Stereo el 21 de Noviembre que tocan en la cancha de Los Angeles Galaxy.
Realmente me estoy sintiendo de lo mejor desde que empece con todo el tratamiento, excepto ahora que me acaban de hacer la infiltracion y no me siento tan bien pero en un par de dias mas me voy a empezar a sentir mejor otra vez como me pasa cada vez que me hacen una nueva infiltracion.
Hoy es un gran dia, cumplimos 7 anios de casados con Marci.

Yo le digo al Senior: "Tu eres mi refugio, mi fortaleza, el Dios en quien confio" Salmo 91:2

Un abrazo grande a todos, hasta la proxima,

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Latest News

Hi Everyone,
Sorry it took so long to get the news out, but our lives continue to be busy with two little ones on top of all the appointments we have to go to. You all know I went through four tests ( Ct scan, pet scan, MRI and endoscopic ultrasound) to determine how my body is responding to the chemo and the results are in and they tell me that my cancer is definitely stage 4 and not 3 like they originally thought and hoped it to be. The cancer has metastasized to various parts of my body. When they did the first tests in the beginning there were some suspicious spots in my lungs, something very small in my liver and possible lymph node involvement. But they were not 100% sure so we were holding out hope that it had not spread. Well, it was cancer .They also are saying that the cancer started in the top of the stomach and grew up into the esophagus and it is called gastroesaphageal junction. BUT, the very good news is that the chemo seems to be working!!! The spots in the lungs have disappeared except one spot that has shrunk. The spot in the liver has shrunk from 10mm to 4mm, shrunk by 60% and the lymph nodes that showed cancer, now show none. The main tumor in the esophagus has also shrunk drastically. The doctors were very encouraged by the results and almost surprised by how well my body is responding. Let's keep hoping for more good results this next time!!!!! A big wall at the City of Hope says " There is always HOPE" and we have to believe that. We meet many cancer patients each visit to The City of Hope and have heard amazing stories that encourage us to keep the faith and hope.
The doctors have decided to continue with the same chemotherapy for 3 more rounds, about 9 more weeks because of the good results that they are seeing. I had my fourth round of chemo last Thursday and it was pretty rough over the weekend. I'm feeling better now and hope to feel good until the next infusion in two more weeks.
Our prayer is for the chemo to continue fighting the cancer full force and for the side effects to be minimal!!! Thanks for all your prayers and support, we feel very comforted to have so many friends and family caring for us.
I don't want to forget to mention how thankful I am with The Maui Windsurf Company where I work for all their support for me and my family. Thanks Masato and Christian and all of our friends and family and people we don't even know who are supporting us through their windsurfing websites. Thank you so much!!!
Take care and until next time, Fede