I'm Baaaaack!

I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving day and ate entirely too much like I did. I also hope that you were able to share thanks for all of the good things in our lives. As you saw with my last post, I had even more than normal to be thankful for this year. The unbelievable emergency response team from UW who literally saved my life on Wednesday was obviously on the top of my list. :) Those nurses and doctors were amazing and they definitely showed up in force. How do you thank people who literally saved your life? Thanks doesn't really seem to be enough! But THANK YOU! :) Now it may seem like I am lingering on this issue/event but it has had a profound impact on me. I have had 2 Crainiotomies and have not been that scared nor that close to death in my life. To say it scared the s....t out of me would be an understatement of the century. It has reignited more than ever the fire in me to BEAT THIS DAMN DISEASE!

So, I am eating like a horse and gaining back the weight that I lost in the hospital. I feel fantastic and am recovering from the post surgery impairments quickly!

We have a new plan as Kim wrote in the last post. We go up on Wednesday to see Dr. Ian. The plan is to begin a different course of treatment, Avastin. I will learn more about it on Wednesday, but it is an established treatment for GBM Recurrences. To say that I am not scared of receiving a new drug after my last reaction would be a lie, but with the help of my AWESOME WIFE, I have decided to "MAN UP" and go get this damn disease.I hope you all have a fabulous rest of this holiday weekend. As always, I welcome your thoughts and embrace your prayers as I KNOW they are working.

Peace Out!

Steve