So, many of you know that my dad has been battling stage 4 terminal lung cancer for three years now.
The chemo stopped working around May last year and my dad decided to not undergo any more treatment. In December, he found out FI (then BF) was going to propose soon and he changed his mind. Because the chemo was useless, his only treatment option was an oral medication that the insurance company had denied him for two and a half years. I posted back in January that the insurance company finally approved it.
He's been taking Tarceva since January (had to go off for six weeks in February bc of a bad reaction) and had his 3 month scan four weeks ago. I called and got the results from him today:
- the main tumor on his left lung has shrunk 50% in 3 months
- the liver spots are non cancerous
- the spots on his bones have not grown or developed
- the medicine is not allowing the cancer to take hold and grow in any new parts
- there is activity around his heart, but they don't know whether or not it's the cancer
He's going to continue the medication and the doctors have no idea what to expect since it's a new medication (only 4 yrs old). All of his doctors and nurses have been telling him he's lucky and miraculous. He hasn't looked or sounded this good in more than 3 years. He's so happy and he finally feels like he can live his life again.
Looks like my dad will get to walk me down the aisle AND dance with me!! When we got engaged in February, his mere presence at the wedding was in question.
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"You're our early 20's BSC scarecrow.
They cower at your maturity." - lennonkdc
