Day Three Chasing the Dragon...

It's day three of chemo treatment and Lorrie is really feeling sick. We clearly remember the first time we went through this and the same feelings of nausea and vomiting were the worst about day three. Taking medication for the nausea should take effect soon I hope. Fortunately my suggestion to the doctors to order her fluids to be given three times a week because of her inability to drink enough, should help her alot.
Lorrie met with her Oncologist Dr.Issaccs yesterday to check up on her condition. They have said they are going to follow her condition carefully and after six weeks their plan is to use a P.E.T scan to determine if the tumor is shrinking.
After seeing the doctor she went to her NaturalPath Dr. Rubin who would like to administer the vitamin C therapy treatment to ease the feelings of sickness during the chemo therapy treatment but the Oncologist wont allow it. That is what I have found most disheartening is the fact that one can sit in a room with five doctors from different backgrounds and teachings and get just as many different opinions on how to attack this disease. Your simply left with the opinions of all of them and it is ultimately up to you to determine what course your going to take. Whether looking for an answer in divine intervention or a recommendation from a friend or Physician maybe even a flip of a coin, you will have to make the decision yourself. You want 16,200,000 ways to cure cancer? Go ahead and Google it for yourself. It is Lorries decision to follow the Oncologist decision of therapy and I will support her completely what ever path she decides to take. So, we move forward on day three looking for a glimmer of hope and a miracle for a brighter tomorrow.....

DAY ONE OF CHEMO WAS SPECIAL

Five special ladies surprised Lorrie today at the Out Patient Infusion Center where she received her first round of Chemo therapy. Roxanne, Michelle, Gwen, Lynn and Sandra dropped by to give Lorrie a cashiers check from the T-shirt and bake sale and hope ribbons you have supported. On behalf of the hard work that went into the T-shirts made by Jessica and her husband Billy and the ribbons made by her friends Michelle, Gwen and Lynn over the past few weeks and the support of the Scottsdale Health Care ER department for their help selling the ribbons and t-shirts and bake sale, I celebrate how wonderful you all are. You have all made her feel so special. I again want to thank all of you for the time and efforts that so many of you have shown Lorrie and me during this fight we are up against. It was truly amazing how much money you all have raised over the past few weeks to help her with the extra care she is receiving through her naturopathic physician. It looks like you have collected more than $2700.00
I also would like to thank the support of our family and friends that have supported her each time this evil disease has come back. Again I dont know what I can do or say that would express sincerely how amazing each and every one of you are, but I will say that because of what you did, you all have a special place in our hearts forever.

Her Friends are Circleing the Wagons

I have just been told that Lorries co-workers have organized in support of her illness a tee shirt fund raiser that says Love Lorrie on the back which will help us out with some of the extra expenses for treatment we are after. They are also holding a bake sale on January 22nd at her office. I was told that there are almost a hundred people already that have purchased the ten dollar shirts and the people are going to wear them at Scottsdale's Parada Del Sol in February along side the Virginia G. Piper participants in the parade. From the outpouring of support from everyone at our church to everyone that has been so gracious and giving at Scottsdale Health Care Financial department where Lorrie works, I thank you all from the bottom of my heart for all you have done. I am completely speechless and in awe of everyone that has come together and given so much support to her. I hope to personally get a chance to thank each and everyone of you at her office over the next few weeks.....You all are so amazing and a real blessing in our lives...

A MUST SEE VIDEO

The reason to create this blog for Lorrie was to be able to inform all our friends and family about her journey to beat the dragon as we call it. Lorries father Frank Laughrun a musician in Hollywood wrote a song about cancer in the eighties named "Slay the Dragon". Ironically it would also take his life. It's incredible to see how many people are being attacked by this disease each and every day.Approximately 1500 people die each day in the United States due to cancer. About 3,400 people are diagnosed with cancer each day in the U.S. I happened upon this site http://sprword.com/videos/foodmatters/ today and i have to say I was amazed by what I saw. This video might fuel your own personal agenda on taking control of your health and not putting all your trust in what main stream medical science seems to believe is fact.

I would like to thank the many people that have been forwarding both personal and researchable information on Lorries condition. We are assimilating all of it and trying to make a decision based on all we have either been told or have researched ourselves. We are meeting with Dr. Ramanathan at the TGEN clinic at Piper Institute on Monday 1.11.10. He has come highly recommended by three highly respected doctors in the field of clinical research. Not to say that we will go that route but we feel we should at least look at all alternative measures available.