Most of you have either pieced this news together or gleaned it from my last Notes post, but we DO have a solid plan in place. The decision to go to the cancer hospital in Mexico was already on the front burner when I went in for that last PET Scan on August 1st. Everything had already been put into motion including a detailed treatment plan with the hospital when we received the test resuts. We just needed to accept the inevitability of that confirmation of further cancer cell growth, confirm our reservations at the hospital, & book our flights.
So, what’s going to happen? We’ll leave Austin on Sunday, August 13th, for a three week hospitalization in Tijuana. We’ll be picked up at the San Diego airport & driven into the hospital in Tijuana. Dyana is moving into our house here & will be fielding the mail for both the Tempe & the Main Street locations (including the AKA election ballots) for the duration. Christian is coming with me & will attend my treatments & my classes right along with me. The rooms are more like a hotel room than a hospital, with buffet meals for us both. Of course, the hospital stay will be intense; & many of my therapies will continue upon returning to Austin on September 3rd.
Intense? Intense. The treatment includes: massive doses of vitamin therapies, including B17 - to kill cancer cells, Vitamin C concentrations - to attack the cancer, & K3 - to also break down the abnormal cells / hyperthermia sessions / oxygen enhancing pentoxifyline / ozonation to activate the immune system / detox / dendritic infusions - reproduction of my own healthy cells to reinforce my immune system / nutrition classes. After the three weeks physically in the hospital, a strict in-home continuation follows but will now consist of oral medications & supplements verses infusions & injections. Twelve weeks later, we’ll return for another week of in-house treatment as listed above at the hospital.
I’m not closing the door on MD Anderson. Although I DO feel betrayed by them, I feel assured that I received the absolute best diagnostics available! But, after four months of testing, the time has come for me to act - & act fast. Both the potential insurance options & the Veterans Administration want me to re-do tests, approval by approval, which will create the investment of another couple of months. I don't HAVE another couple of months! I need to act now with no more red tape! If this treatment is an abject failure, I may try the MD Anderson plan afterwards. We’ll see. What did Scarlet say? I can think about that right now... I shall think about that tomorrow.
We’ll have WiFi capability while in Mexico, so we’ll be able to communicate - assuming we’re not exhausted! For the first time since I was told that I have six months to live (back in April - four months ago!), I’m feeling optimistic. I’m not delusional or expecting a complete reversal, but I think this just might be the ticket to holding my cancer at arm’s length & even extending my life - maybe for a few months, maybe for a few years. We’ll check it all out on the other side of treatment!
Thank you ALL for standing with me during this ride! Strap yourself in, & hang on tight! The train is preparing to leave the station! All aboard!!!
- Gayle -
