I had a new PET scan on March 5. Unfortunately, the results were not as we had hoped.  While most of my previous tumors are gone and remain undetectable, another appears to be growing, and a second appears to be new.  This means that my current cocktail of chemo agents is not working on some tumors.  We will meet with my oncologist this Thursday to discuss the next steps. 

As I have said before, we believe I will survive.  I discussed the reasons I believe this in a previous post.  As many of you know, finding new tumor activity this late in a cancer battle is usually not a good sign.  While I believe I will survive, we have no idea what form my healing will take.  As most of you know, we are Christians and believe that God can and does heal.  This result increases the likelihood that God will use miraculous means to heal me, and not just medical means.  Yes, this is how a scientist with charismatic leanings talks about miracles.

We don’t know what will happen in the next few weeks and months, but we suspect it won’t be “normal”.  I will assure you, however, that God has been taking care of us in the last year and half, medically, financially, and even emotionally.  He has been training us to trust Him.  He has been training us for this time. 

So please continue to pray.  I am experiencing more pain in recent weeks.  At least some of this is “good pain” because some damage nerves are healing, leading to some hypersensitivity as they re-awaken.  So pray for pain relief and also for peace as we face some uncertainty.

Don’t fear, but be smart,
Erik

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