ATTENTION ALL FREEPERS: FReeper in need

A very dear member of our FReeper family (AdA$tra) is about to lose the love of his life -- his wife, Kelly -- to cancer in the very near future. He has a very happy family of six and this is a heartbreak beyond belief.

This nightmare actually comes on the heels of a very happy time in their lives. Kelly just gave birth to their fourth son twelve weeks ago. He is a perfect little baby. Afterwards, Kelly began having liver problems and had to endure weeks of tests and hospital visits before learning -- just in the past few days -- that she has a very large, inoperable tumor and there is nothing more the doctors can do for her. This is a shock to say the least.

Kelly is now going home to receive hospice care. The doctors say she only has a few months left with her family and friends. As you can all imagine, it is an UNBELIEVABLE loss to AdA$tra and his four boys. It will be a very rough few months ahead.

You may post your thoughts and prayers here. If you would like to send a personal note via snail mail, please freepmail me.

Good son AdA$tra,

I don't know where you live but if you're in the Pacific Northwest, please give me a call at 425-562-7396. I was once diagnosed with cancer (colon (Duke's 4 class) not liver) and I'm alive today because apparently the gods wanted it that way.

There is hope, there is acceptance, and if the gods want it, there is healing. If I can do anything to help, please let me know. Until then, have hope, pray, and never believe what the white coats tell you.

Crisis Prayer Ping

AdA$tra is losing his wife Kelly. He has 3 children. See the basic post above.

Lord God,
Even now after all have said and done so much -- even now this can change through your almighty power. We pray for Kelly and for AdA$tra and the children. We pray for them to be held lovingly in Your almight hands. Grant all of them a firm grasp on faith in You and on the eternal, so that whether now or later they will forever live together with you and with each other in the unity of your spirit. We submit to Your decisions. We pray in Jesus' name.

Most importantly prayers, but don't forget research. Here's hoping there is more that can be done;

Excerpt; http://www.livertumor.org/more.asp

For situations in which surgical removal of tumors is not possible, there is a new option that can increase the physician's ability to target the lesion more precisely, focusing the effect on the cancerous or unwanted tissues and minimizing the destruction of healthy tissues. The advent of this new procedure, called radiofrequency ablation (RFA), promises to increase the options for eradicating lesions while reducing the risks and side effects associated with other options or procedures.

Two technologies come together in RFA. With CT or ultrasound imaging, the physician can precisely identify the lesions. High frequency radio waves, produced by alternating current, are then used to apply heat to destroy the lesion cells with great accuracy. It is this combined technological precision that allows the physician to more accurately target the lesion, and at the same time, reduce collateral damage to healthy tissue.

The RFA procedure is performed in the radiology or operating room, either percutaneously (through the skin), laparoscopically (through a scope) or with an open incision. In either case, the patient experiences minimal discomfort and most can go home the same day. After the patient is sedated and given a local anesthetic, the physician uses CT or ultrasound to visually guide a needle into the lesion. An array of wires, guided through the needle, spread out into the lesion in a starburst form to infiltrate the lesion. Some of these wires contain a tiny thermometer by which the temperature of the surrounding tissue can be measured. These wires are attached to a generator that produces alternating current in the controllable range of radio waves.

Radiofrequency ablation provides patients with liver cancer new hope. The minimal risks and side effects are welcome relief from the apprehension patients face with many other options. The prospect of a minimally invasive procedure combined with greater accuracy in targeting and destroying cancer cells, presents a more promising outlook for patients with liver cancer.

To Kelly and Family,
Dear God would you touch Kelly with your healing spirit, be with her and comfort her and stay close to her. Be with Kelly's husband, who needs you to give him the courage to help Kelly and manage the home and the children. Be with Kelly's Children and bless each one with your love and protect them from all harm.

Thank you for listening to my Prayer for Kelly. I trust you Lord to help Kelly and her Family thru this.
Amen.

I will pray for Kelly as all the rest.
One possible suggestion is a look at a couple treatments that I recently heard and then read about concerning inoperable liver cancer.
AdA$tra & Kelly should not give up because those doctors told them to. Perhaps, send him these links. There maybe something others can do and who knows, it may be the answer to ours and their prayers.

Link to a possible treatment

Link to breakthrough

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