My run with Cancer

 Hi everyone, Just a quick update.  Had another routine set of scans come back this week that continue to show either stable disease, or shrinking lesions.  This is the best news we can continue to get... so we're happy!  We have a reprieve from scans now until late January as long as my bloodwork is stable.  I've been coming around after my struggles with the immune boosting shots.  I haven't been running the past few weeks... more due to the weather and lack of early daylight than anything.  My sister has gotten me hooked on these strength training/HIIT classes online... so I've still been able to workout which continues to make me feel better (even when I don't want to).  I hadn't realized how much strength I'd lost, only running over the summer.  It has been eye opening.  I've gone a month or 2 without significant weight training before but never lost strength like this...  I couldn't even do a full range of motion push-up anymo...

Since we've been hearing all about the miracles of dex... I thought I'd share a bit of my experience with the cocktail of drugs I am on.   I think people have the pre-conceived idea of what chemo is like from what we see most in the media.  Bald, pale and generally sick-looking people drum up more money... I get it.  But what many people don’t realize is that cancer care is constantly evolving and there are a multitude of different chemotherapy regimes today. For instance for the genetic make-up of my specific colon cancer there are 2 different protocols and 2 different immunotherapies.  Each of which come with different side effects.   I actually found some interesting info on the makeup of Irinotecan (one of the harsher drugs I’m taking).  The active ingredient list reads like a health food store ingredient list.  Given how YouTube medicine likes to vilify evidence based treatment in favour of botanical and food based “treatment”... this li...