ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Hey All,

Yup! It was one year ago today that I heard those "bad" words....."It's Cancer". Sometime before that diagnosis, Mary Anne and I were talking and she asked me if I only had a few months to live would I change how I was living. I answered "No". I was so wrong. I have grown closer to God, closer to Mary Anne, closer to the children, changed my eating habits, lost sixty pounds and done some things that I have wanted to do for years.

Here is a brief summary of what has happened the last year:

• July 26th: Diagnosed with Cholangiocarcinoma
• August: Biopsies of liver and lung - Started eating Vegan, no more Coke or sugar! Went to Joliet Oncology and was referred to Chicago Northwestern. Diagnosis of Stage four Intrahepatic Bile duct Cancer
• September: Went to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN for second opinion. Same diagnosis and treatment options (chemo...ad infinitum) Decided not to do Chemo......easy decision, I felt good, why mess that up!
• October: Traveled to Utah and North Carolina
• January: Went to Bonaire
• March: Started feeling some nausea and pain. Came home early to go to Mesa, AZ for alternative treatment. Pet CT shows moderate growth of tumors.
• April: Feeling better. No nausea and the pain is gone.
• May: Continue treatments. Came home for two weeks to rest up. Pet CT shows an active tumor in liver.
• June: Radio Frequency Ablation to destroy tumor in liver. Three weeks later a Pet CT shows tumor is gone and the five tumors in my lungs have shrunk 30% each. We drive back to Plainfield from AZ.

GREAT TO BE HOME AND FEELING G R E A T !

FROM WHERE I SIT, IT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE AN ANSWER TO ALL THE PRAYERS FROM ALL OF YOU!!!

THANKS SOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!

In August I will take Insulin Potentiation Therapy every other week here near home and hopefully that will allow me to maintain the status quo!

Joe