SO after much thought and prayers, I've decided what's best for me right now is to stay with my doctors at Upenn. I just feel that I have such a good relationship with them that it would be hard to give that up. Though I LOVED and really was impressed by Cancer Treatment Center of America, I don't feel that it's the place for me (I would though, recommend it to anyone!!!). I was glad that they were able to give me a second opinion and that it matched up with what my doctors at Upenn said.
I've been getting stronger and stronger each day. I've been able to go back on my supplements from GNLD, started a new supplement from holistic Dr. called Transfer Factor by 4life.com I'm taking my weekly dose of I.V. Vit C, eating a mostly vegan diet (cooked by my wonderful sister (Betty Arnold Biad]), drinking essiac tea, juicing (done daily by mom and Betty), ionized water, B-17 injections (in the BUTT!!!), Mistletoe injections (to the stomach, UCK!!) Thank God for me mother (Barbara Arnold] who gives them to me even though she looks like she's going to pass out!!, and a multitude of other cancer fighting elements!! But mostly I'm relaying on prayers!! I'm always so blown away by the outpouring of prayers by my family is Christ!! Thank you all!!!
And so now the "NEW" chapter in my journey. After much prayer and thought, I've decided to try a low dose of Chemo. I've been thinking about this for a while, it was one of the recommendations from the Hospital in Mexico. I was not ready to make this decision even one month ago. But as God has planned it, each little step comes when I'm ready to deal with next thing. I have a Doctor at Upenn that is willing to give me a low dose of Carboplastin, it will be administered weekly in quarter doses. I feel comfortable now with this decision. The first time I had Chemo in Sept '09, I felt bullied into it, even in Dec and Jan. of this year I felt like I was not ready to go there. But now God has given me a peace about it and also has brought me a Dr. who is very willing to listen and most importantly HEAR me!! Dr. Ford is willing to have me continue on with all my "holistic" treatments and even encourages me to do Vit. C and all my unorthodox treatments. She is also going to monitor my health very closely, and she agrees fully with me that if I get sick or can't handle the treatment that it's not worth it and to stop immediately. Because this treatment will not cure me, she does not believe that the possible side effects are worth the short amount of life that it will give me in the end (of course that is her words, I know that I'm not going anywhere till God calls me home:) SO I'm asking everyone out there to pray a very specific prayer this next week. I will be going in for my first treatment on Tuesday (tentatively) and my mom and I are praying that if this is what God wants for me, I will be able to tolerate the treatment. IF this is not what God wants that I will get so sick that I just can't go on with another treatment. Please join my family over the next week and help us with hearing God's calling for my life right now.
Love, Rachel Arnold Edgar]:)
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