Lori's Love Tribe

Okay, I've had a very remarkable week and at last, it's time to tell you about it. At my scan read last week, the doctor said exactly what I thought his was going to say. The chemo isn't working.
For the last/"new" drug, I have to take these heavy steroids that I didn't have time for in order to get treatment last week. We agreed that I would take a week to decide about treatment. In the meanwhile, I'm getting radiation every day for the cancer that is on my coccyx, sacrum and all lumbar vertebrae. That is such a large field and they can't avoid my intestines. That means that I am unable to process food, I get 101 degree fevers after the treatments and I basically feel like the shit that isn't happening in my intestines.
Since the radiation actually does get rid of pain, I am going to endure two more weeks of it. They've lowered the dose and I took last Friday off. I got a pedicure! As for chemo..........I am no longer such a chemo cheerleader. It won't cure me. It will fry my nervous system even more than it already is. That means I will be more numb, farther up my legs, more numb in my hands. All of that for an extra month of life....but wait, that extra month will be filled with the nausea and muscle pain of the chemo and will profoundly effect the rest of my days. The consideration is: How do I want the rest of days to be? My answer is that I want to feel as good as I can.
I am excited to do the herbs and antioxidants without having to listen to the foreboding of the oncologists. "We want you to a little anemic." "We want your immune system to be weak." "We want you to be toxic. The toxicity is the chemo and that's what is killing the cancer." "Don't take extra vitamin C, it could get in the way of the chemo." It 's an upside down world when you are being held prisoner by doctors.
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Now, as your minds chew on what I have said, remember that I am not choosing to die. I was not given the choice to have cancer or not.
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As for work? I can't stand for hours on end anymore. I have to retire and that is a very hard thing for me to do. I will be referring people to Lisa and Leigh at Alchemy Salon 303-449-3033 -
If you are inclined to tell me about the clinics I should go to and the magic cures I should take. I thank you. I know there is so much love for me and hope for me to live, behind your offerings. Thank you. I love you too.
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Anyway, if you want to be truly helpful with that. You need an education: There are so many different kinds of cancer: small cell, clear cell, adenocarcinoma, carcinoid tumor, squamous.... Those are just the types that I know about. Some of them grow fast, some of them grow slowly. They do have cures for some of them. A type of cancer can occur primarily on any organ. That becomes the kind of cancer that is being treated. I have small cell rectal cancer. After the primary cancer is figured out, then they look for metastasis (places where it has spread) this gives them the information to "stage" the cancer. When I was diagnosed, I had metastasis on my liver, lungs and the surface of my bones. I was and still am stage four(terminal).
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Small cell is a fast growing cancer that usually occurs on the lungs. It's very rare for it to present in the rectum. Because of this, there are no studies being done on the kind of cancer that I have.
At this point, as long as I continue to choose to refrain from the last chemo drug, I will be doing everything that I have that supports my immune system: Gogi juice, Body balance, reishi mushrooms, astragalus, oregano, 9405, alpha lipoic acid, acidophiles. I'll be juicing every day and eating in my own healthful way. While I am in radiation, that food is mostly low fiber and well cooked, then I can get back to the marvelous harvest for this time of year!
I'm receiving acupuncture and reiki every week. I might get vitamin C drips. I don't know.
So, that's it. I'm sorry for bad news. Love, Lori