Day 559 - New York July 27, 2008 - 21.22 hrs

It has been a while since the last post. Nicole has her medical check-up with Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez. The results are somewhat baffling. The cancer mass marker has remained unchanged at 22 since her last check-up in November 2007.
Dr. Gonzalez was at a lost to explain the lack of improvement, given that she had surgery in February to remove the cancerous tumors. Dr Gonzalez prescribed the same protocol but recommended a check up in two months.
Of course, this was discouraging news as we were expecting to see some improvement in Nicole's conditions. Both Nicole and I have to get used to the fact that she is with cancer. Either we allow this to negatively affect our day to day life or we look at the positive side of life. The tumor markers from her blood test showed that there is an improvement. Life is to be lived day by day, second by second. Like Nicole says to me " I am alive and I am going to live fully now. I do not know how much longer I have to live. Only God knows. Then I am going to live everyday as if it is the last day of my life". She is so right. I am so amazed every day looking at how she lives fully. It is a humbling lesson for me. I thank God for this living witness of His creation. Sometimes we tend to forget that we are alive, not because of anything that we do, but because of the will of God. We have no control on how long we can live. God has the ultimate decision on this.
We are going to be in Montreal tomorrow. What a great event. Nicole is looking forward to meet her sister Marga and the many family members and friends who have provided so much invaluable support to both of us. It is time for thanksgiving.

Day 547 - New York July 15th, 2008 -8.45 am

We arrived safely in New York yesterday after visiting Mauritius and Europe.
Of course we attended the wedding of the nephew of Nicole. We were happy to meet Mario and wife from Canada. It was indeed a pleasant surprise. Nicole had the opportunity to meet many relatives and friends.
In Europe, we met with Philippe and Ah Lee. Philippe is my God Father and I always make it a point to talk to him or meet him when I go through Paris.
We are having the joy of spending time with Bert, our eldest son. This is our first day in New York city. It is a beautiful morning. Life is beautiful. We praise God for the this Gift of Life.

Day 520 Singapore June 18, 2008 -22.19 hrs

We met with Dr. Karmen Wong, the oncologist, to obtain the results of yesterday's blood test. The CA marker reading is down as follows:

June 17 May 16

Ca 19.9 43.5 51.2

Nicole was anxious this morning, not knowing if the cancer marker readings will continue to go down. Thus she and I were very happy to see the progress made, though a very slow one.

Dr. Wong was also satisfied with the progress made, though she pointed out that she has not been doing much. Nicole continues to take 96 capsules of pancreatic enzymes daily plus other nutrients and supplements. I admired her resolve in taking so many capsules of enzymes and vitamins, etc daily. Plus she has to adhere to a severe diet plus having coffee enema daily. We believe following this protocol is causing the ca markers to decline. We give praise to the Lord for His glory.

We celebrated this good news with Pascal and Nathalie. Nicole has a cone of ice cream tonight. "It has been such a long time since I had a cone of ice cream" said Nicole. I was so happy for her. Another day ends. Thank you Lord! 

 

Day 519 Singapore June 17, 2008 - 13.40 hrs

Today Nicole went for her monthly blood test check. She will get the results tomorrow. We hope that there will be an improvement over the last month's test. She has been taking the pancreatic enzymes prescribed by Dr. Gonzalez. We are getting ready to travel to Mauritius on June 21. 

Day 503 Singapore June 1, 2008 - 15.14hrs

It is now 500 days since we returned to Singapore from NY where Nicole found she had cancer. It has been a long period, with many ups and downs. But most important, we found the power of Love and Prayer. Family members, relatives, friends and acquaintances expressed their love and caring for us that manifest God's love for us. Nicole continues to live fully every second. It is a joy to be by her side. She has developed a love for singing and I am lucky to have live performances daily. No need for me to pay to go to concert.

 

She will be traveling to Mauritius at the end of June and to New York in July via Paris. She is looking forward to meeting relatives and friends.

During her battle with cancer, Nicole enlisted the help of doctors - who have played a crucial role - Dr. Wong the oncologist, Dr Ngoi the surgeon and Dr Tan the pain management doctor and of course, Dr Gonzalez. She also consulted mny books like "The Complete Cancer Cleanse" by Cherie Calbom and "Cancer Battle Plan Source book" by Dave Frahm.

Day 492 Singapore May 21, 2008 - 23.10 hrs

We got the blood test and X ray results today.

The X ray shows that the lungs are all clear! A great relief for both of us.

The CA markers are down by 21 and 19.2 for the CA 19.9 and 125 respectively.

May 16 April 15 March 27

CA 19.9 51.2 72.2 60.2

CA 125 25.3 44.5 26.1

This is a positive development and we thank the Lord for His Blessings. 

Dr Karmen Wong recommends a follow up blood test in June. She said that this is an encouraging sign and suggested to Nicole to live fully.

We shared this good news with the family members and relatives as we both were so happy with this development.

" I will bless the LORD at all times;

praise shall be always in my mouth.

Magnify the LORD with me;

let us exalt his name together."

Psalm 34

Day 490 Singapore May 19, 2008 - 17.06 hrs

We went to have photos of the Singapore River and temples in China town. There were many people praying at the temples we visited. Singapore is celebrating Vesak Day - this marks the birth, enlightenment and final nirvana of the Buddha, according to the Straits Times newspaper.

 We had a good time. It was so hot though.