No Change Is Good!

We got Deb's blood work back yesterday and will see the oncologist tomorrow. The M protein marker remained the same - 0.1 (and the rest of her blood work was in normal ranges). So as long as that marker does not increase that is good news. Our lives have returned to almost normal. I can also report that she continues to get stronger and feel better. For example, she began doing her own juicing of vegetables about 3 weeks ago, which is something she thought she would never be able to do. In the mornings she is almost pain free except for bending or stooping, but as the day goes on her back hurts.

We think that is due to her back not being in perfect alignment (we know that from the MRI) due to her compression fractures and surgery's limitations at restoring God's perfection. Thus a misalignment of just one or two degrees in those repaired vertebras causes her back muscles to overcompensate and strain by the end of the day. But hey, that is a small price to pay for repairing major compression fractures and taking away her constant pain and very limited mobility that she had up through October. We are indeed blessed.

About a month ago our Naturopath reduced the dosages and frequency of some of her supplements and cut out others. But after a month of reductions, he called to say that he wasn't as pleased with the blood work that he had gotten and felt that he was a bit premature in cutting back. So he wanted her to ramp back up the therapeutic doses and stay there for another two, weeks and then see how it looks and reevaluate. It absolutely amazes me what all a trained eye can see in one's blood. But after all, Moses told us around 3500 years ago that life is in the blood.

God has been very good to us in many ways this past month and some prayers that we have prayed for over 5 years have been answered. Praise the Lord! We will celebrate 30 years of marriage next week. What a trip! The end of this month marks the beginning of our ninth year of getting to worship God at this awesome church. This summer will complete our 13th year in Ft. Worth. My, my, how time flies!

P.S. The Oncologist on Friday said that Deb is doing amazingly well. Just great. The blood work is all superb.