Sunday, December 31, 2017

My hubby's birthday

My husband turns 62 today, New Year's Eve. The last 2 years have been tough. Just prior to his 60th birthday, he was bragging about how much sick leave he had, and then he had rotator cuff surgery. He fully recovered from that to find out he had stage 1a lung cancer, stage 2b esophageal cancer and given a 3-5 year life expectancy. He recovered from both of those surgeries (lobectomy and esophagectomy) by his 61 birthday to received a promotion at work.
In March he was told the esophageal cancer appeared to have spread to his lower right lung lobe and he had early prostate cancer, with the possible metastasis the prognosis is 3 years.  The oncology board again suggested chemo and radiation, and a second time Al declined treatment. He wants quality of life.
Back at the gym and being over zealous, he tore his esophagectomy internal incision creating multiple hernias. In April, he had robotic hernia surgery, due to complications with that surgery he is just now recovering and has gained back the 15 pounds he lost in April.
We began following Chris Wark's juice plan in early September. He won't change his diet due to the feelings of deprivation. In November, he had his check-up and appears to be cancer free, PSA levels dropped to low normal and there appears to be nothing on his lung. His doctor suggested he keep doing whatever I am having him do. His prognosis now is only God knows.
We are celebrating this year and all the years to come, using up his vacation time instead of his sick time!!! We went to the Bahamas to celebrate all 5 of our birthdays. God willing, next year Costa Rica!
He is celebrating with his boys at the movies, while I cook a birthday New Year's Eve meal for all.

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