Well, Mom has decided not to do the chemo, she said she is just gonna trust God. I think her decision came when a new friend of ours called to tell us her husband is in ICU from chemotherapy. He is a much older man, and the cancer has spread to his brain, skeletal system and more. We are in major prayer for him.
Mom has had a lot of bad days, screaming out in pain and such, from taking lymph cleanse and a whole bunch of other stuff, I told her to give herself a few days of rest from that stuff, but she is still taking the other stuff (Essiac tea, curry and some other stuff). She feels better now off the Lymph Cleanse, but I believe that may have been helping get the cancer out of her lymph nodes. Yesterday morning, she looked as if she was ready to give up, she even mentioned that she felt like she was dying, but then she started to feel better, and her whole continence changed. Mom even moved around some furniture in her bedroom�now that is a big change.
I pray so much during the day. I am going to go and buy some pretty yarn, and knit mom a prayer shawl (a shawl that is prayed over while it is knitted); she is cold all the time.
I suffer from depression, and it has only gotten worse lately, so I am thinking about getting on medication for it, I was on it in the past, and felt like a new person, but certain family members made me feel bad about it, so I got off the medications. I feel like our whole family is under attack. But we will not let the enemy win. 

8/18/05 PET SCAN results revealed the the cancer cells looks to be spreading across her chest near her right lung also, shows it in the lymh nodes her collar bone too. Doc said no radiation at this point, recommends chemo. Doctor told her she has possibly 18 months - 4 yrs to live given treatment results. And told her she is stage 3b not 4 after studying her records some more. We are holding out for a miracle...No decision yet on chemo or not. Update...the PET scan revealed that the cancer is NO LONGER in her lymph nodes below her diaphram. NO CANCER IN HER BRAIN OR OTHER ORGANS...PRAISE GOD. MY GOD IS IN THE MIRACLE BUSINESS, AND ALL PROMISES ARE YES IN CHRIST JESUS. I CLAIM MY MIRACLE FOR MY MOTHER RIGHT NOW!
 

The way God warns us...

Picture of Mom and Christian at Disney World in May
Back last november....
My son was in his playroom playing video games, and my mom was in the bathroom...fixing her hair I think, well, my son all of a sudden for no reason said to his grandmother, "grandma, you need to stop smoking" (she wasn't smoking at the time, doesnt' do that in the house). She said, "I know". Then she proceeded to walk out of the bathroom, and before she got one foot out of the bathroom floor, she collapsed and couldn't get up. She was in so much pain, and couldn't get up for more than an hour. She laid there on the floor, with me and my dad rubbing her back. She quit smoking that January and was diagnosed with Lung Cancer about two weeks ago. She now believes that is when her left lung collapsed. She had a 10.5 cm mass in her left lung, last ct scan measured it at 9cm. I truely believe God uses our children to speak to us sometimes.  

Today was Mom�s PET scan. Before we got into the medical center, we saw Mom�s Oncologist in the parking lot. Mom stopped to talk to him, and he told her she looked a lot better than the first time he saw her. He was on his cell phone, so it was a short conversation with him.
When we got there, Mom had to be injected with glucose filled with some sort of chemical. The glucose carries the chemical to the cancer cells and shows up real bright on a PET scan. She did well; they gave her an injection of the glucose with radioactive tracers in it. The sugar takes the radioactive tracers to the cancer cells. Well, after they injected her with it, she had to lay still and not talk for an hour, then after that they did the scan, which lasted for 30 minutes. She took anti anxiety meds to calm herself down.
They wouldn�t' tell us what was on the scan and wouldn't show it to us either. Her oncologist told her to call Monday, and he would discuss the results with her over the phone. 

August 9, 2005 CT Scan

Well, today mom had her CT Scan. The last CT scan and MRI she had showed a 10cm mass in her left lung. Well, todays scan shows her mass as only 7cm. She has gone through no treatment. Only herbs, vitamins, green tea, essiac tea, curry and such. Please pray that this really is a shrinkage. I know God is great! The CT Tech also said he didn't see anything of concern anywhere else, she had her lungs and stomach scanned.

Two dreams and a Cure for Cancer?

Ok, the day after we were told that Mom has cancer, I woke up from a nap, came into the living room, where mom was sitting, and she started to tell me about a dream she had. She proceeded to tell me that she was at her Mothers house, whom died about 9 yrs ago. And her Mother took her to a calendar hanging on the wall; this was a 1997 calendar, with an Indian on it. Then my sister calling her on the phone awakened my Mom from her dream. My sister proceeded to tell her about Essiac tea, which my mom had in the house, but forgot about. My mom wouldn’t have known the importance of this tea, had she not received a message in the form of a dream from God.

As soon as she had finished telling me of this dream…I thought, “Wow, I just dreamt about Grandma too!” So, I told her about my dream. We were in an ethnic type restaurant, which at first I thought was Mexican; because that is the only ‘ethnic’ type food we eat. There were statues of elephants, and other statues, which I don’t quite remember. But I do remember thinking in my dream, “Why is Grandma not complaining about all these statues?” Because she took the 10 commandments very, very seriously…and a statue was an idol to her. She stopped going to the Catholic Church because of statues. In my dream, we were walking by a broken statue of a serpent type. A dragon or a snake, hard to make out…it was broken into pieces. I looked at it and said, “Awe that is a shame, maybe they can fix it.”

When I finished telling mom of this dream, we pondered what it meant. Once we figured out it was an Asian restaurant, not Mexican, because of the statues of elephants with dots in between their eyes, Mom immediately said…”My memory has been bad, I hear curry is good for your memory. Curry being used a lot in Asian foods. I thought, “Wow, God is telling us both something.”

I got online to do a search for Curry, I typed in the search box, “Curry Cancer.” Guess what popped up! Articles saying the Curry (Cur cumin) destroys Cancer. I wouldn’t have known that on my own, and wouldn’t have thought to search for it either. God is so great…I lay in bed that night, astonished by the days events. I do wonder though, about that broken serpent statue...could that symbolize the Cancer being defeated?

Here is a little about Essiac tea:

Essiac - A Remarkable Canadian Indian Remedy For Cancer
"Essiac is an herbal cancer remedy used successfully for more than 50 years to treat many forms of terminal cancer. Learn how it works, where it comes from, why the AMA vehemently opposes it, and how you can get it. Includes case histories, statements from medical doctors who endorse it, and the results from medical institutions that tested it. Find out why this amazing product is also considered to be an extremely effective immune system enhancer, even for people not suffering from a particular disease. Anyone can obtain Essiac without a prescription."


Here is an article on it…great info:
http://www.wellbeingjournal.com/Essiac.htm

D Day....

On August 3, 2005, what I now call D Day (diagnosis day); we went into the Doctors office to get the results of mom’s brochoscophy. We knew something was wrong, she wanted to just pick up the results the day before…but they wouldn’t allow it…she had to see the doctor.
Since this doctor was not an Oncologist, he couldn’t tell us what stage it was, he did however tell us it was Non small cell lung cancer type adenocarcinoma. He told us this type is the slower growing type. After a bit of crying and talking to the doctor, he gave her some prescriptions for acid reflux, because the procedure he had done to biopsy the lymph nodes also revealed a hiatal hernia.
During the procedure, from what I can tell, he went into the esophagus and looked around with a camera, he biopsied some lymph nodes, he found a hole in her esophagus and did some looking around to some of her other organs, the report said they looked good.
He noted that the lymph nodes looked necrotic and saw some necrotic debris. The biggest mass in her left lung is 10cm. Back in march it was only 8cm.
Mom had her gallbladder taken out in February, then started having the breathing problems, thus the chest x-rays and scans. They did the first biopsy, and it came back negative, so did the second biopsy. From what we figure, and from a comment the doctor had made, we believe they biopsied the diaphragm instead of the lung mass. Her Diaphragm is stuck in the up position. The Oncologist said this very likely might be due to nerve damage from the cancer.
Well, onto the first Oncologist appointment. The Oncologist we were giving an appointment with was Dr. Han. He was a very nice man, he spent a good hour or so on the phone trying to track down moms x-rays and scans. Our appointment time was at 9:30am, and we didn’t leave till nearly 1:30pm. He was very informative, answered all of our questions. His recommended course of treatment was radiation and chemo. He said the mass is too big, and mom is in stage 4, and could not be operated on. The cancer has gone into mom’s lymph nodes, and into the lymph nodes below her diaphragm. A PET scan next week should reveal where exactly it has moved to into her body.
The first couple of days after this diagnoses were like a blur, like I was moving through life looking into a hazy tunnel. Not sleeping well at night, and wanting to sleep during the day. I will post all I can here about treatments and such that mother receives. Please continue to be a prayerful and power source of hope and inspiration for her.