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FReeper Jeff Head - in need of prayer - Cancer surgery (GOOD NEWS update @ #1638 1688 1931! 2059)
Journal: My bone cancer (Sacral Chordoma) ^ | 4 January 2010 | Dolly Howard

Posted on 01/04/2010 2:45:21 AM PST by DollyCali

Our Freeper Friend Jeff Head was diagnosed
with a serious (they all are to me) form of cancer
just before Christmas



Please help me approach the prayer throne for our friend Jeff Head who is in Houston currently from his home in Idaho to have surgery & treatment at MD Anderson for his cancer. He will be able to respond on occasion.

You can follow his story & the particulars of the cancer at his blog/HERE

You might know him for many reasons.. His great mind & posts on this forum .. at which he was Freeper of the year in 2001. He is an Activist, Author, Man of God, Devoted Family Man(father of 6; grandfather of 5) and friend to many.

You can find him on line at places other than here.. at Facebook he is Jeff Head

Jeff's Web Page - (check out the neat stickers he sells)

Jeff's FR Profile

Jeff's blog on his Cancer

Father we pray for our friend Jeff. May he find your perfect peace as he continues to trust you with his life. Give the surgeons and medical personnel wisdom and perfect skill in treating him. Please keep him close to your heart as his body responds to treatments and to surgery. Help us to love him as our brother and give support and strength to wife Gail and their large and loving family. In the name of our Savior and Creator. Amen.


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To: Jeff Head

Thanks for the update Jeff........prayers and nothing but good health, speedy recovery and well being wished upon you and your family buddy.......

Stay Safe !!!


821 posted on 01/22/2010 9:36:14 AM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: Jeff Head
Thank you for the update. I had to smile that even while facing serious medical issues, the election of Scott Brown in Mass. boosted your spirits, too. It seems at long last the political tide is turning.

Let’s hope there will be an equally uplifting moment in your medical situation, too.

Prayers up for you, Jeff.

822 posted on 01/23/2010 9:51:01 AM PST by FOXFANVOX (God Bless America)
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To: DollyCali

Thanks Dolly for posting this disheartening information.

Yes, Jeff has been a solid contributor to Freep and his photoshop pics have made me smile on more than one occasion.

I send my prayers and wish for a full and speedy recovery.


823 posted on 01/24/2010 3:13:54 AM PST by 506Lake (Complacency is no longer an option, folks.)
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To: Jeff Head; 4woodenboats; AKA Elena; Alamo-Girl; AliVeritas; alpha-8-25-02; andysandmikesmom; ...

Most recent update in post 774


824 posted on 01/25/2010 10:01:45 AM PST by trussell (I carry because...When seconds count between life and death, the police are only minutes away)
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To: Jeff Head
Jeff, you are so special to so many of us ... my prayers are on the increase and will continue throughout this struggle with the demon cancer.

We must all pray for strength of Faith, which is not just by mouth but by heart and soul. Trust in Him in whatever it may be.
825 posted on 01/25/2010 10:21:44 AM PST by AKA Elena (St Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle -- and this is war!)
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To: Jeff Head
Continuing in prayer, FRiend ...

To face life’s many challenges
And overcome each test,
The Lord tells us to take the time
To stop, to pray, to rest. —Sper

826 posted on 01/25/2010 10:44:02 AM PST by Pegita ('Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, just to take Him at His word ...)
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To: Jeff Head

Thank you so much for keeping us informed. Prayers continue...


827 posted on 01/25/2010 11:02:36 AM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: trussell
Thanks trussell, I had just read the latest update and a few hundred well wishes.

I hadn't prayed for Jeff in a couple weeks, but he popped into my head as I was praying last night, so I made a point of seeing how he was doing.

828 posted on 01/25/2010 1:50:49 PM PST by 4woodenboats (I see smart people - and some of them are strong willed women.)
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To: Jeff Head

Thanks for the update at 774, Jeff. Good post...up/down...what a difference minutes/hours/days make. (I know I’m a little behind, but I’ve been thinking of you.)

MRI coming up...

prayer


829 posted on 01/26/2010 7:38:52 PM PST by PGalt
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To: Jeff Head

Checking in to let you know we’re thinking and praying for you.


830 posted on 01/26/2010 8:08:21 PM PST by amom
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To: Jeff Head

We’re still praying here.


831 posted on 01/27/2010 10:50:53 PM PST by amom
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To: Jeff Head
Many more prayers on their way, bud! I just thank God we don't have ObamaCare -- and that you're availing yourself of the finest health care system on the planet.

Thanks for the update -- keep us posted!

Enrique

832 posted on 01/28/2010 3:08:19 AM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: JohnHuang2; DollyCali; amom; PGalt; Dubya

14th Entry January 29th, 2010, 9:30 PM

Sorry it as taken a while to update this. There have been a number of developments. However, I have also been quite sick and was unable, literally to update the internet as a result of that sickness like I would have liked.

After the CT Scan last week, and my illness that evening at eating, I never really got any better. Became very nausious very easily and had to lay down for long bouts for it to go away. Also very light headed and fatigued.

we did get a call the next day, telling us that the MRI had been moved up and sceduled for the next Friday, January 23rd (which was a week early) two days away, so off back to Houston we went. We drove down there that morning, Gail driving the whole way and me trying to be comfortable. They were an hour and a half behind on the MRI's. but got us in around 6 PM and then about 7:30 we started back. I took an extra morphine pill so I could lie down for the MRI the whole time I was "in the tube".

We then drove back to Sanger that night and arrived after midnight. I felt really bad, but was abe to sleep after getting home and felt a little better...but spent pretty much the the entire weekend in bed.

Then, on Tuesday of this week we drove off again, and stopped in Bryan, Texas and spent the night. We drove on into Hoston the next morning for my meting with the medical oncologists, Dr. Arujo. I was so sick by the time we got in there I really do not remember much of the interview. Thank God in Heaven for Gail, who took good notes. The Dr.s were very concerned about my immediate health , but also reviewed the results of the CT and MRI. They then immediately took me off of the morphine, deciding I was not reacting well to the constant amount in my blood. They gave me some anti-nausia pills, put me on a Fentanyl patch, with some break through meds.

This has seemed to help. We stayed the night that mnight right down the street from the MD Anderson Medical Center in the Holiday Inn. They made us a great deal on an entire suite when they were informed of my condition, so I could be close enough to get the meds changed if necessary.

This morning we came home and this evening I am feeling much better...though not by any means all the way there. Still getting morphine out of mybsystem and the fentanyl has its own side effects.

As to my cancer, the news on the CT scan of the lungs was good. No spreading to the lungs. The news on the pelvis MRI was not as good. Several of the spots there from the 1st MRI are definitely not cancer, but one spot, on my right Ilium, defintiely is cancer, so there was already spreading before we ever left Idaho.

We now meet with the neurosurgeon, Dr. Grimes, on Monday morning, February 1st, to discuss our options, which will definitley include considering the major, life-altering surgery to remove my sacrum (and now this other area on my hip) as probably the best chance to actutally treat the cancer and remain non-palliative regarding it. There is also, in addition to the prroton radiation, some carbon ion radial therapy that may help with the surgery. We shall just have to find out.

we are blessed to be meeting with one of the absolute world experts on this cancer, in one of the best places on earth to get it treated.

We continue to thank everyone for their prayers and faith on our behalf. I cannot tell you how much steength and help they have been...particularly the last 10 days when I have felt so miserable, wondering at times if I was not near death. God bless you each and my prayer continues that he will return the blessings on each of you many fold.

Sincerely, and in Christ,

Jeff

833 posted on 01/28/2010 7:48:59 PM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Jeff Head; moder_ator; FOXFANVOX; Bahbah; Fudd Fan; Carolinamom; pinz-n-needlez; tiredoflaundry; ...

JEFF HEAD

P - I - N - G

UPDATE AT 633

Oh dear Jeff, your journey is not without challenges. I hope the med change from morphine corrects the illness you have experienced. Hard decision on the (as you put it) Life changing surgery. God's healing touch and blessings on you.


834 posted on 01/28/2010 9:22:25 PM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell God how big your storm is...Tell the storm how big your God is!)
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To: Jeff Head

Dear Lord,

Thank You for Jeff, his dear wife Gail and his family and friends.

Thank You for Jeff’s courage and patience, his writings and keeping his strength up through You.

We lift Jeff up to You tonight.
Touch him as to Your will.

Thank You Lord for Your grace, mercy, comfort and most of all — Your love.

In Jesus Holy Name.
Amen.


835 posted on 01/28/2010 9:29:17 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Jeff Head

Thank you so much for keeping us informed. Prayers continue...


836 posted on 01/28/2010 9:29:32 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: Jeff Head

Excellent update, Jeff. So very sorry you have to go through this. Prayers will continue unabated until you are well again.


837 posted on 01/28/2010 9:31:39 PM PST by Czar (NRA Life Member)
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To: Jeff Head

continued prayers Jeff


838 posted on 01/28/2010 9:36:07 PM PST by stainlessbanner
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To: Jeff Head

Hang in there bud.


839 posted on 01/28/2010 9:39:19 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: Jeff Head

up up up up in my prayers!


840 posted on 01/28/2010 9:42:37 PM PST by dennisw (It all comes 'round again --Fairport)
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