Thursday, September 17, 2009
Finally home!!
I have attached a you tube video that I would like to share...as I was waiting the past few days for Marcus, I have been searching for new christian artists on iTunes and I found Jeremy Camp's music-I quickly realized I needed to buy his album!! I LOVE the songs in this video and had to share-plus the messages and scriptures included are awesome!
So, to update you all-the brain ct and abdomen/pelvis ct came back ALL CLEAR! THANK THE LORD! The biopsy did confirm Melanoma in the lungs-so at least now we know for sure what we are dealing with. Dr. Kim is having cells from the original biopsy done last year tested for a gene mutation-V600E B-raf-if he tests positive for this mutation, they are suggesting he get into a clinical trial that includes AZD6244 and Dacarbazine. Sucky part is, this is a double blinded study-so 50% of patients will get the AZD6244 plus Dacarbazine and the other 50% will get Decarbazine and placebo :( We are not really thrilled with this option-since Dr. Kim said Dacarbazine is a standard chemo that he would offer if Marcus was 80 yrs old and in poor health-not the 1st choice for a young 35 yr old man in otherwise great health- SOOOOO, at this point we have to wait to see if he even tests positive for the gene mutation-if not, then our next option is IL-2-with a possible combo of Dacarbazine to it....
In the meantime, we are asking for more prayers-none of these options have great statistics for cure-but we believe that God will work with those numbers for us :) BUT we need your help with prayers-please don't stop-keep them coming :)
Marcus is also looking into trying to create a more alkaline based diet-there is tons of research to support the fact that cancer thrives in more acidic atmospheres, so the theory is to create a more alkaline atmosphere in your body to help fight this-so if anyone has info that may help, please email me. I am currently following the blog of another Melanoma warrior-who is currently in Mexico, at a Gerson clinic-I am praying he has good results to help us :) check him out on my blog list-he is under sMelanoma....
thank you all again for your continued prayers and support-it feels so good to be home and we know we are truly blessed to have all of you in our lives-thank you so very much!
marcus & mindy
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Great news! I'm so glad all the other scans were clear!! Keep your head up and your positive attitude! Kerri
Mindy and Marcus,
Thank you for inspiring me to stay strong. Thank you for answering God's call to what he has already planned for you and your precious family. We love you...so much.
Jeff, Brandy, Nash, Quaid, Bliss and Duff
There is a better option for fighting this if marcus' melanoma expresses the BRAF v600e mutation. It is a drug from Plexxikon called plx4032. They are releasing key data this month from their most recent clinical study which is supposed to show that the drug has a highly targeted effect and will only attack malignant tissue. This too is a chemo, but because of its targeted nature, patients are experiencing no side effects and no liver damage which is so required for the body to fight off disease. It is about to open in a phase II clinical setting across the nation. Remember, phase II studies are more interesting since there is no placebo and the drug is offered in the full intended therapeutic dose.
Of course, you could buy in to the fact that this is the same information that has been given to folks since this "war on cancer" has started.
I believe that God has already given us all what we need to fight off disease, and it's not chemo! -- Fact is, chemo causes secondary cancer.
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