Greetings to all:
This past Monday was the first day that I did not take the oral chemo pill. I have been taking it for four weeks. This regimine of one pill per day will hopefully reduce the spread of the cancer and perhaps even take some of it away. However, the treatment has side effects. These side effects were provided to us in a list, along with some things we could do to ameliorate them. Early on we did not notice side effects but as time went on we did. It seems that the more pills we took to more the side effects increased. The most difficult to handle was the nausea and acid reflux. Towards the end of the four week period vomitting in the mornings also became part of the routine.
We are happy to be able to take a break from this treatment. The side effects have also lessened. nausea and acid reflux have reduced to almost none by yesterday and again today.
We are thankful for being allowed to feel better this week and hope it continues for the balance of this week and into next week as well. On Thursday of next week I am scheduled to see the doctor at the cancer clinic in Surrey. I imagine he will prescribe another 28 days of the same treatment (pill). I am also curious to discover how they will measure the success of the pill.
I continue to suffer very little pain although I do take a pain pill every five hours or so just to keep the hip pain in check.
The fatique is still present however I do feel more energy this week than in the past number of weeks.
In all these things we see the hand of our heavenly Father. We pray regularly for healing and trust in Him - and He provides. We truly experience the 'amazing grace' of our Father.
Visitors continue to help in dealing with our situation. They show the love of God through the communion of saints. They provide opportunity for us to witness of His nearness.
So many have promised to pray for us and we experience the answer to the many prayers in the experiences noted above. We ask for your continued prayer and thank you for it.
Pete and Rita de Boer
Good to hear that the nausea is calming down! Hope to stop by very soon :)
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ReplyDeleteAlthough I am not able to visit you, I do pray for you for strength from above. I know what you are going through, and can testify that our help comes from God alone and He will be near to us every step of the way. May you be blessed with His peace. Thank you for the card you have sent me, the communion of saints gives us so much strength.
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Hello Mr. and Mrs. DeBoer,
ReplyDeleteWe do continually pray for you and we know that we are in the hands of a God who has done for us, what no one else can! In His grace we live. We give thanks for this!
John and Francine and famly