Reprieve

I went to the oncologist last week to take another blood test to make sure that the new pill that I am now taking, Inlurlyo, is not doing damage to my blood count and my liver. So, I arrived at my Oncologist office with a list of questions regarding new therapies that I found available while I was doing research. I have been doing my homework to find alternative treatments.

I asked about: Ivermectin, Keytruda and stem cell treatments. My doctor answered all my questions and then stated that she sent my blood from the last time I saw her to another DNA lab. I surmise that she did not like the limited choices that she had to give me for my treatment; the pill which she does not have confidence in in its effectiveness or the Enhurtu infusion, which I refused to submit myself to. The new lab test showed that my cancer has mutated. This was surprising, because I have been having DNA testing all along which showed no mutations. What is even more surprising is that it showed my cancer to be mutating into a Bracki (BRCA1 or BRCA2), cancer cell. I have had two Bracki tests in the past, once in 2002 and then again in 2020 to make sure I am not a carrier and they both came out negative.

My doctor was thrilled that the findings showed the mutation. You may ask yourself, why is this so important? Well, it is very important to me, because it now opens up a new class of drugs that I can take for my cancer. The pills have been around for a while, and they are effective in targeting this mutated cancer gene. And more importantly they are different from any other medication I have taken in the past. So, the chances of them working are even greater. And it is administered in a pill form, which facilitates my ability to continue to travel.
I refused to take the infusion and because of that I believe my doctor was more inclined to do further research and try to pursue information that would lead to an alternative treatment. Had I gone forward with the infusion, my doctor may have looked no further and even if she had found that my cancer was mutating into the Backi gene,I do not believe that my treatment would have been changed once I started the infusion.

I have been reprieved!!!!! I actually did feel as if I was on death row! It took me a few days to finally pull myself together and realize that I am not ready to die and I must keep on living.

So, I bought a ticket and here I am once again in Costa Rica building my home. Today the cement was poured for the foundation of the house and by the end of the week the walls will be up! The monkeys were in my trees watching the concrete being poured, it made me smile and made my day!!
So, like I always say, ask questions, make your own decisions and do not look at medical protocols as the words of God!!! You are an individual and force your doctor to see you that way!! And while you are doing that, enjoy your life, find happiness and love deeply!!!

Smile, laugh and enjoy the ride!!

Life is not merely surviving!!!!!