Posted on 09/29/2013 5:15:28 PM PDT by Jeff Head
Jeff Head Cancer Update: September 29, 2013
So, we've been gone for over two weeks from Emmett, ID. This has been my annual checkup for my Chordoma cancer down here in Houston, TX at MD Anderson. Week before last I had those checkups and they went extremely well. No sign of any new cancer around where my sacrum used to be and that is very good. As good a bone fusion to the bone from my right fibula that they used as a support down there as it can be. Very strong and lots of it. Also strong bone fusion all around the titanium they used for the support around my lower spine and into my hip bones...completely encasing it all in good strong, new bone.
After finishing, last week we visited up around Denton, staying with Brenda, my late brother Lee's wonderful wife, and visiting friends and relatives.
Now we are back in Houston to start my three radiation treatments this week. This has been expected and planned from the beginning. When they found the very large tumor in my sacrum, which had to come out, they also found three very small areas in my hip bones. They feel they can treat these and either kill them, or stop them. They wanted to wait until I was as completely recovered as possible from those very major and drastic surgeries from 3 1/2 years ago, and now is the time. They have not grown very much at all, and getting them now is for the best...so we will see how my body and I handle the radiation. It a procedure called stereo-tactic radiation and is really very advanced and sci-fi'ish, using 3-D models, multiple radiation beams, complex computer programming, a space age piece of machinery they pu me in, etc. It is similar to another radiation treatment called cyber-knife.
Anyhow, that's the update, and Gail, as always has been my hero in this, taking good care of me. A merciful Father in Heaven and His Son ave kept me in the hollow of their hands. Family, relatives and friends have shown their love and exercised their faith on our behalf for the which I am humbled and grateful.
I will write another update when it is done. We hope to e back in Idaho on October 1st or 2nd.
So glad to read this! Keep on keeping on!
Good to hear from you. Best wishes for continued success with your upcoming treatments! May GOD bless and protect you and give you and your family strength.
Thank you basil! The Lord has been kind to us.
We each have our life, and our time here on this earth to do the best we can for God, family, and country. I’m grateful for a little more time.
God’s speed and blessing to you, my friend!
Thanks for letting us know how things are going, and about the new treatment coming up. You are in my nightly prayers, and will continue to be. If you hear ringing in your ears — it is just all of us out here asking Him to watch over you.
Still kickin’! Praise the lord for every small mercy.
Non-list ping to all lists.
God is with you and you know it, as is proven by your own strength. May he continue to bless you, and all of us through you and by your deeds, you are an asset to this great republic!
Prayers for skilled surgeons, and Fathers complete healing.
Good news! Best wishes.
Prayers for you Jeff and continued healing.
Prayers for you and yours.
Thanks for the update Jeff, I am glad to hear how well you are doing. I will continue to pray for you.
Thank you for the update. Prayers for you and your family.
Thanks for the update, Jeff, and prayers for your continued recovery.
Thanks for the good report, and God bless you and your family.
God Bless You.
I was just informed that my father is in his final hours. They found the cancer in May. He was told a year without chemo. He started chemo, but couldn’t continue treatment two weeks ago when his blood became too thin. He developed pneumonia and his body just can’t fight it.
He’s 81 years old.
In my prayers.
God bless you Jeff. Thank you for your update. May you have many more years to enjoy this life with your family and friends.
Keep it up young man!
Prayers are with you and your Wife. God Bless.
Good news. Prayers for continued healing.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.