Ms. S

I just came back from a dinner with Ms. S (remember her? she is also a cancer patient of Dr. M's). She is such a lively and passionate person and I really enjoy talking to her. She had been on a chemo for about a year(!), and she finished her last one in Oct. So she's doing great and guess where she's taking off to after a new year's? Going to Colorado to ski for two months. (Did I mention she's in her 70's?) We went to a little vegetarian place in Buckhead which I never knew existed. I have to go back there again because their sweet potato fries were so good!
We saw my main oncologist today. I will have MRI and PET scans on Dec 31 and the doctor will finalize which treatment method to use. But for the bone cancer, they recommend "radio isotope" injection which targets the bone cancer (you can only do this once or twice). It sounds very promising. For other cancer (lung or other parts), they talked about a pill called "Tarceva", which is also a targeted therapy (unlike chemo - which destroys healthy cells also). So I won't be doing chemo for a while. (I think the doctor thinks my cancer spread to the bones because I got too weak from the last chemo/radiation combo.) Anyway, the problem I'm having (bone pain - caused by calcium melting into blood) will be taken care of by a drug "Zometa", which is a monthly infusion. So I'm hoping these treatments will help me carry on my normal life, unlike chemo. When I talked with my healer on Monday, she gave me a big hope for recovery (she even specified when). So I'm determined to do whatever it takes and make it through to that date (I'll reveal the date when it comes!). By the way, she told me I need to watch funny movies and laugh a lot because laughter is healing. So you guys, please recommend which funny movies to netflix to! Good night.