No more chemo, or anything else...

I'm free and clear of treatment starting now.

Meeting with my chemo oncologist says that they have nothing left to treat me with and at this point with my advanced progression being larger than their threshold size, they are reluctant to perform other treatments.

That's not to say they can't perform other treatments, just that if they did, they would have to charge me for it out of my pocket and the hospital would no longer pay for the treatment. FYI: in case you didn't know, each treatment goes before a board of directors for approval of cost from the hospital's budget. It is not paid for by OHIP or by my insurance company.

So, at this point I either let nature take its course, or I bankrupt my family in the search for people willing to deal with massive tumors. Or I try things like Essiac and see if there's anything to the hype that it is a cure for cancer... somehow I don't think so, but apparently it doesn't hurt so I might try it anyway.

So that's the status. If nothing else happens to change the current trend of tumor growth, I figure I'll be lucky to see the end of my kid's school year. But that's my guess, not anything like an accurate estimate. So take it with a grain of salt as they say.

Now that I don't have to worry about chemo destroying my muscles and consuming my nutrition. I think I might take up Karate again. Now that I can repair muscle tissue after its damaged. So, like Terry Fox, I'll go out jogging. Tho he's a much greater man than I will ever be.

-- Shane