12-19-06

Joyce had her Oncology appt. this morning and tho her cancer is spreading, we still have options to fight it. It had spread in her right leg and has started attacking a few of her ribs. Her abdominal lymph nodes are enlarged too indicating active spread of the disease. On the plus side, her liver is still clean and she has new meds to fight the pain. Also, starting Jan. 4th she will start a new regemine of chemo. She will only have to recieve an infusion once a month and this drug usually does not result in hair loss. We'll also be able to get her treatments done locally in San Marcos rather than having to drive down to San Diego.

Because this is the second series of treatments since her breast cancer metasticized, the statistics of success are cut in half from the first series. In the first, there was 50% chance of success - which she had for 6 months. In the second it drops to 25%, the third time to 12.5%, etc. So we continue the fight and she and I are doing OK with all of it. We were preparing for the worst and this is not the worst. SO we fight and pray and live!

Thanks to all who have continued to pray for Joyce and I and our family and our church!

God has many good things ahead as we keep focused on Him.

2 Pet 1:2-4 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.(NKJ)

In His Arm's, Pat