I have been remiss in posting to my personal blog. For
that I must apologize. Much has happened in the last two months.

On August 16, my DH Ric finally got the surgery done
on his neck to fuse the discs. They actually inserted a
titanium disc in his vertebrae which will fuse with the
others. Wow, the wonders of modern medicine. This
was done on an “outpatient” basis, he came home the same afternoon!

One morning in September I woke up with terrible pain
in my right side. I called my Oncologist who sent me
to the hospital for a chest x-ray. Fluid in my right lung,
great. I had to go see a Pulmonary Specialist. Funny
how the Circle of Life works – I had an appointment
with a Dr. Colangelo. Hmmmm the name sounds
familiar. This is the same  doctor who drained the fluid
from my mom’s lungs several times before she passed
away. Now I am about to undergo the same procedure.

100 cc’s of fluid came out of my right lung. Dr.
Colangelo is a little  perplexed at the fact that there is
less fluid now that there was on the chest x-ray 2
weeks before. Only I know why…I had stopped taking
the Immunocal two months prior. I went back on it as soon as I found out about the fluid.

My good friend (and work from home “Boss”) Joel
Therien had called me to tell me about a different
product which cost much less and did not have an
Income Opportunity attached to it. I tried it, but got
very sick due to not following the proper protocol.

Now they test the fluid to see if it is cancer or just
infection. It’s cancer. Damn. Dr Paula (my Oncologist)
informs Ric and I that I have Stage 4 cancer, and that
we knew that from the beginning. Ummmm, no….
no one ever said those words. Anger. Rage. Tears.
For a year and a half I have been undergoing
chemotherapy treatments thinking I would eventually
go into remission. Well, I won’t. Not with traditional
medicine, anyway. Dr. Paula says we are “buying time”
and trying to give me the best possible quality of life,
however much I have left. Sorry, those who know me
well know I ain’t buying it. I have already beat the
odds as far as time for Stage 4 cancer, and I intend to beat it even longer!

We’re going to change my chemo again. Back to 3
weeks on, one week off. I have had two sessions so
far, with less side effects than with the old chemo
drugs. No major “crashing”, just a bit of fatigue. I actually feel pretty good.

Needless to say I will NOT stop taking Immunocal -
EVER. I feel so strongly about the boost it is giving to
my immune system that I have decided to become a
distributor, not just a customer so I can try to help
others who may need it. I already make money
working from home, I may as well make a difference in another life at the same time.

As always – One Day at a Time,
Steph