A bit anti-climatic

Two days before my surgery was supposed to take place, my doctor decided to do some scans. He found that despite my feeling worse in the tumor area, it actually has not grown at all. In fact it has not grown ever since scan one in August of last year. Also my entire Vena Cava down to my legs is full of blood clot so it won't do any good to replace a part of it. He says my kidneys are draining well and my circulation is okay. Although it feels like there is a baseball in my chest, I guess I'm done with doctors and hospitals for a while. So as Perecles said to the Athenians....."maybe your not so bad off having a dormant tumor on your vena cava".

Awaiting Surgery

The latest in treatment for colon cancer....very small, highly trained, kids seek and destroy anything suspicious.

My surgery has been delayed for a bit while I meet with some doctors about the procedure. They want to preform some tests on me before they operate. My doctor has called in some additional help from a thoracic surgeon and he wants to meet with me and do some scans. In the meantime there is a doctor in Germany who is meeting with some investors from San Fran Cisco to raise some money to pay for my post surgical treatment there. The doctor in Germany also said that he met a patient who wanted treatment for a tumor inside his inferior vena cava, same as me, and this German doctor told him to have it surgically removed first and then his treatment would clean up the remaining cancer cells. The patient did not have it cut out and it broke apart and went into his heart and killed him. Long story short, he told me I am doing exactly the right thing. Some friends of my parents are in Germany right now getting treatment for liver cancer from this doctor. They are giving a play by play of the treatment. It seems to have good results. Thanks for everyone's prayers and thoughts. I love you all and I can't wait to party in Kauai when it's all over.