DAYS TEN AND ELEVEN.

Dear Folks - Have to apologize for lack of blog yesterday. Probably a traumatic event for most of you 

:-)

The Internet was down, so no chance to publish. On the other hand, I got IV Flagyl yesterday, and it made me so sick that I didn't eat supper, and went to bed very very early - I couldn't have done the blog in any event. Flagyl orally is bad; I thought IV would be different. My advice is... try to avoid both.

The major event of yesterday was that Evan went across the border to San Diego and went to the San Diego Zoo (eat your hearts out Steve and Sarah :-) ) It's just about a 20 minute walk, for Ev at least, from here to the border, then an hour to cross, on foot, and then there's a trolley to the Zoo. He said it was fantastic. I was really glad he went, because I worry about him getting bored. I've asked him to put a few pictures up.

Oh, and yesterday I also had an appointment with Dr. Espinoza. They got the results of my next 2 blood cancer marker tests (actually 2 new tests on the blood I gave when I first got here). They were both negative, which I took as very very positive. Now, Jacalyn has been doing energy work for me for months, and has been telling me for almost that long that my cancer is gone. She's very pleased with the results. And I have to give her credit for the work she's done. Thanks, J. So say we all. Now the question is , Why all the interminable bathroom trips. Guess we'll have to hope that the  good folks here at the Clinic can help with that. One of the first things Dr. C mentioned (did I mention this earlier?) was that they measured inflammation in my body. Normal is 0-8, mine reads 24. Not good. They're giving me anti-inflammatories by IV, so hopefully when that takes effect there will be a change.

Also yesterday had an appointment for an examination with the dentist whose office is on the second floor. He's relatively young, speaks impeccable English, not even an accent, and has a team he works with for various procedures. The fellow he has do tough extractions is one of his professors from dent school, and I have one of those. He comes well recommended by the people I've spoken to here, and his prices are 20 - 25% of Canadian. Guess I'll get a little work done.

Sat next to a lady from LaCrete - 6 hours north of Grande Prairie? - anyway, way up north. Her name is Gertrude Froese, and is here with her husband George. George got diagnosed with cancer in April 2011, and the Drs "gave him" 1 month to live. I'm here to tell you that he's very much alive, and doing fine. They came down last spring, and are now down for their 2nd or 3rd trip, and he looks pretty hale and hearty to me. They heard about it from a friend, also from LaCrete, who 8 years ago got prostate cancer, with lymph node spread, and was told to get his affairs in order, as they wouldn't even bother doing surgery. He's healthy, working, and doing fine. He comes back down here once a year. It's expensive, but what's your life worth? Another lady told me that a physician, whose wife is a nurse, both from Medicine Hat, just went home after 21 days of treatment, and she's doing well. Also, my client from Spruce View told me of a visit with a judge from Red Deer, Darryl Reimer, who's orginally from Grande Prairie area, and he and his wife just finished up. The stories are legion. 

Anyway, I'm going to turn this over to Evan in hopes that he can add pictures. Wishing the best to each of you....

Grant