As we suspected, I will not be a candidate for surgery unless chemo treatments shrink the cancer a lot.
On Thursday, I start a chemotherapy regiment of two drugs, receiving the drugs for two weeks and then one week off. This course will be repeated 2 or 3 times before I am reassessed.
If there is a reduction or at least a stop in the growth of the cancer, then other treatments including radiation will follow.
Now I am continuing to strengthen my body and mind in preparation to fight the cancer. I am changing my diet to exclude sugar and red meat, and increasing my intake of lots of grains and veggies to support my immune system.
Thank you for all of your love, support and help.
Keep it coming...it makes a big difference to know I have others behind me.
xo David
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Strength, health and courage, dear David!
ReplyDeleteTry Debra's Natural Gourmet miso soup with seaweed freshly made on Friday mornings for help with the immune system. I know an acupuncturist who helps people with cancer and can recommend cooling and strengthening foods prior to treatment.
XX
Sue C
Be strong David,
ReplyDeleteWe are with you heart, mind and soul.
love, steve and tina
Hey Dahlin',
ReplyDeleteAlthough it may sound stringent, you may wanna check out macrobiotics. I did it for a year and never felt better--it does include lot of grains and excludes meat, sugar, etc. It's really the oldm traditional Japanese diet which was really very sound. The miso-seaweed soup is definitely something you would have on that diet and it is supposed to also help people with various cancers.
Sending strength and love,
xxoo
Korndingo
http://www.shareguide.com/Kushi.html
ReplyDeleteFor whatever its worth--but all them whole grains and veggies are really yummy to boot!
Dave,
ReplyDeleteJust heard the news about your illness. Stay strong and know that you have literally hundreds and hundreds of your many admirers and friends sending positive energy your way. You will prevail!
Patt Moser (remember me from the CCHS library many years ago?)
If anyone can do this, David, you can!
ReplyDeleteI'll keep sending thoughts your way!
Best, Leslie
Hejsan Prifti! Getting yourself as strong as you can mentally and physically is the best treatment that you are in charge of. We're sending you lots of love from The Valley. Vi alskar dig mycket!!! Kramar, Hannah
ReplyDeleteSo I am sending Dave photos to visualize with.. this is a good summer assignment for all you Prifti kids who have had your eyes opened by his teaching..Snap and send...Good luck today Dave.. I am sending you flowers..Sue Hallstein
ReplyDeleteHI Dave,
ReplyDeleteHope the chemo wasn't too too awful, and that it is shrinking and shriveling all that doesn't belong in there!! I am visualizing it! Stay strong! Keep up the healthy eating and big Dave laugh every so often if you can muster it!!
Much love,
Alice
Prifti - give it hell, brother. Thinking of you lots lately, sending positive vibes.
ReplyDeleteMuch love from the Hollywood family,
Mike
Daivd, my kitchen is ready to see some serious cooking- how about a great recipe from Gaining Ground - Debbie D and Anna Stabes
ReplyDeleteI have been thinking about you lately! About how wonderful you are and sending positive energy your way. Drove by Brighton the other day and was thinking about fun times working in your studies and being spoiled by pho every day. You are strong and brave and much loved.
ReplyDeleteDearest Monica, Amanda and Lucas.
ReplyDeleteThank you my dears.
You are an amazing family. So many people loved/were touched by your husband/your father. You did not need to share your family's hospice/end-of-life journey, but you did. And this was the priceless gift that you gave to all those that David touched.
End of life is so hard. No one knows what to say. We get all mixed up between our own fear/grief and what we might offer to lighten the burden for the family we care for. Our vocabulary is so limited. I so wish we could open a dialogue about the quality of death as we talk about quality of life.
But your family illuminated this path. David's introduction of hopsice in your blog was unexpected, wonderous, and an amazing gift to all who stuggle with how to deal with end-of-life. Your husband/dad is the poster child for hope and love in the face of terminal illness.
I am confident that David is off on another adventure, re-incarnated to a life that he so deserves based on the joy, hope, and love he spread so generously among all that he met.
God bless David and you. I am so grateful to have know such an angel on this earth.
Ellen Quackenbush
...a jazzy-jazz encouraged me to say ALOHA David--I'm glad I did...aloha. ~Mel
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