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Hang In There,Zigg..!! We're Privileged To Have You Share You And Your Family's Journey On This With Us... We'll Walk With Ya' Mate..!!


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Thank you everyone for the kind words, prayers and encouragement. First treatment went well. No nausea or feeling sick. Didn’t get overly tired. Did what I wanted to do till I got tired and then took a nap. I can only hope that the next treatments goes just as well.

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Thats great to hear Jason. That's one treatment down! :up:

I hope the rest go that well.

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Praying for you buddy!!!:up:

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Ziggy, sorry to hear that you have to go through this. You got it started and will march on through it. Best wishes and prayers for the rest of the treatments.

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Update!

I had a ct scan the other 2 weeks ago. Just had and appointment on Wednesday for chemo and had my results read. The treatment I am on is working! Everything on my lungs is under a cm and they can count the number of nodules now. My liver has cleaned up pretty good as well. One tumor has shrank in half. Dr is talking about possibly switching over more of a maintenance dose of chemo to keep things under control. They have seen better results this way compared to stopping and restarting when things start growing again.

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Excellent! Glad to hear it! Keep after it.


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Outstanding news Ziggy!:up::up:

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That is great news!

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Zig,I'm so glad to hear this... Hang Tough,Brother..!!

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ziggy87 wrote: Fri. Jan. 26, 2024 8:59 am Dr is talking about possibly switching over more of a maintenance dose of chemo to keep things under control.
That is great news! I'm hoping your well on the way to beating this!

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We appreciate the update, sounds like some good positive news. Keep on keeping on.

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Great news for sure!!!!

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Well time for an update!

As of right now things are going well. I am on maintenance chemotherapy and my oncologist every 3 weeks. My last scan in early August was great. The tumors on my lungs are stable at 4cm. The tumors on my liver have shrunk more which is great considering I am on maintenance chemotherapy. There is also no new growth.
Dr is watching my liver numbers as they have been elevated. I changed my diet a little bit and lost 10 pounds and that seemed to help. My goal is to maintain 200 pounds our so. That seems to be the sweet spot.
I go to work just about every day, but find some days are more tiring then others. The heat really seems to take the wind out of my sail.
So all in all I can’t really complain. I am just happy to be able to do most of the things I have done before.
Jason

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Ziggy,
I just logged in and saw your note. A few minutes ago I watched something on WFMZ health beat, an Allentown TV station that talked showed a new way to liquify liver tumors and no side effects. It's liver tumors now and more coming. The more you know the better. Here is the web page link: Look for Liquifying Liver Tumors

https://www.wfmz.com/health/health-beat/


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