Hace dos dias me hicieron dos estudios en el Hospital City of Hope. Resulta que me iban a hacer una infiltracion la semana pasada pero mi oncologo prefirio que la postergaramos para hacer estos estudios primero y ver como esta todo por dentro y despues decidir como seguir. El Jueves que viene me dan los resultados de estos dos estudios. Me tengo muchisima fe para los resultados.
Fisicamente me vengo sintiendo muy bien, siento que mi cuerpo se va recuperando cada vez mas. Siempre sigo firme con mi nutricion comiendo en lo mayor que pueda organico y tomando todos los dias mis suplementos vitaminicos y medicamentos naturales.
Buen fin de semana para todos. Federico
ENGLISH
Two days ago I had 2 tests, a CT scan and a MRI. I am going to have the results next Thursday. I was going to have an infusion last week but my oncologist preferred to postpone it and have these 2 tests done and then decide how to continue with the treatment. I have a lot of faith for these results.
Physically I've been feeling pretty good, I feel that my body is recovering more and more from the last infusion. I am still firm with my nutrition. I am trying to eat mostly organic and still taking all my supplements and natural medicine.
Good weekend to all. Federico
ENGLISH
Friday, March 7, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
February 17th
I've been feeling very good for the last month. In Argentina I never stopped taking my medicine for chimoteraphy and everything I am doing with alternative medicine.
I had the greatest time there with my family and friends. It was very productive to meet with one of the best oncologist in Buenos Aires, doctor Alberto Caniparoli.
He approved everything I am doing here in California with my treatment and he encouraged me a lot to keep going on with a positive mind and to never give up. He checked all my tests I got done in California, he explained everything to me and gave me some great advice if I need to have the surgery in the future. He also suggested to take a nap everyday, and said that it is totally proven that people who takes naps live a longer and healthier life.
My side effects lately had been fatigue and sencibility and dryness in my hands and feet.
Tomorrow I am getting another infusion at the City of Hope Hospital.
Good week to all. Federico
SPANISH
Me vengo sintiendo muy bien en este ultimo mes. Estando en Argentina nunca pare ni un dia de tomar mis remedios de quimioterapia y todo lo que vengo haciendo con medicina alternativa. Mi esposa, mis hijos y yo la pasamos muy bien en Argentina con toda nuestra familia ahi y muchos de mis amigasos. Yo personalmente me vine con muchas mas fuerzas de alla, fue importantisimo para mi estar con mis seres queridos especialmente ahora que todavia estoy pasando por el tratamiento de quimioterapia.
Fue muy productivo ver a uno de los mejores oncologos de Buenos Aires, el doctor Alberto Caniparoli que voy todos los reportes medicos de mi Hospiltal aca en Estados Unidos y me explico todo muy claramente y apoyo totalmente todo lo que me estan haciendo con el tratamiento y me dio mucho animo para que no baje nunca los brazos con todo lo que me estan haciendo y que haga todo lo que me indiquen los medicos, que confie plenamente, que crea en ellos y me dio a entender que estoy tratandome en uno de los mejores Hospitales del mundo. Tambien me dio algunos buenos consejos y me dio mucha tranquilad en caso de que me tuviese que operar. Me sugirio que durmiera una siesta todos los dias, me dijo que esta compravado que las siesta es buenisma para la salud.
Maniana me hacen otra infiltracion en el Hospital City of Hope.
Buena semana para todos. Federico
I had the greatest time there with my family and friends. It was very productive to meet with one of the best oncologist in Buenos Aires, doctor Alberto Caniparoli.
He approved everything I am doing here in California with my treatment and he encouraged me a lot to keep going on with a positive mind and to never give up. He checked all my tests I got done in California, he explained everything to me and gave me some great advice if I need to have the surgery in the future. He also suggested to take a nap everyday, and said that it is totally proven that people who takes naps live a longer and healthier life.
My side effects lately had been fatigue and sencibility and dryness in my hands and feet.
Tomorrow I am getting another infusion at the City of Hope Hospital.
Good week to all. Federico
SPANISH
Me vengo sintiendo muy bien en este ultimo mes. Estando en Argentina nunca pare ni un dia de tomar mis remedios de quimioterapia y todo lo que vengo haciendo con medicina alternativa. Mi esposa, mis hijos y yo la pasamos muy bien en Argentina con toda nuestra familia ahi y muchos de mis amigasos. Yo personalmente me vine con muchas mas fuerzas de alla, fue importantisimo para mi estar con mis seres queridos especialmente ahora que todavia estoy pasando por el tratamiento de quimioterapia.
Fue muy productivo ver a uno de los mejores oncologos de Buenos Aires, el doctor Alberto Caniparoli que voy todos los reportes medicos de mi Hospiltal aca en Estados Unidos y me explico todo muy claramente y apoyo totalmente todo lo que me estan haciendo con el tratamiento y me dio mucho animo para que no baje nunca los brazos con todo lo que me estan haciendo y que haga todo lo que me indiquen los medicos, que confie plenamente, que crea en ellos y me dio a entender que estoy tratandome en uno de los mejores Hospitales del mundo. Tambien me dio algunos buenos consejos y me dio mucha tranquilad en caso de que me tuviese que operar. Me sugirio que durmiera una siesta todos los dias, me dijo que esta compravado que las siesta es buenisma para la salud.
Maniana me hacen otra infiltracion en el Hospital City of Hope.
Buena semana para todos. Federico
Sunday, February 3, 2008
February 3rd
Estoy a dos semanas de la ultima infiltracion de quimioterapia sintiendome muy bien,
mis padres nos invitaron para que vinieramos a Argentina y mi doctor me dio permiso para viajar y quedarme por un mes y tengo que estar de vuelta en California para el 26 de Febrero para otra infiltracion de quimioterapia.
Llegamos a Argentina ayer al mediodia y aca estoy con mi esposa y mis hijos en la casa de mis padres. A mi me va a hacer muy bien esta estadia en mi patria especialmente por lo que estoy pasando y poder estar junto a mi familia aca en Buenos Aires y ver a muchos amigos que extranio mucho. Siento que estar aca me va a ayudar a tener una mas pronta recuperacion. Pienso que la parte emocional es muy importante en todo esto.
De paso me traje todos los estudios en CDs que me hicieron en California para que los vea un amigo oncologo de mis padres de muy buena reputacion aca en Buenos Aires
y tener otra opinion y en mi idioma.
El viaje a Argentina fue bastante largo ya que costo hacer dormir a nuestros hijos en el avion y nos tuvieron despiertos casi toda la noche y con mi esposa no descansamos nada asi que aca estamos tratando de recuperar horas de suenio con algunas siestas.
Fue muy emocionante ver a mi Papa y a mi Mama en el aeropuerto junto con mi abuela y uno de mis mejores amigos que tambien nos fue a buscar. Mi hermano Mariano esta viajando hacia aca desde el Oeste del pais para vernos y pasar unos dias con nosotros.
Hace un poco mas de 6 meses cuando me diagnosticaron este cancer los medicos me dieron un 1 por ciento de probalidades de sobrevivir por el grado de cancer que tenia y haberme hecho metastasis en varias partes del cuerpo.
Ese 1 por ciento yo lo transforme en 100 por ciento desde el primer dia que me entere de esto. Lo pude hacer asi gracias a mi fe en Jesucristo, El fue quien me saco el miedo desde el primer dia, El que me hace sentir esta paz interior y tanta felicidad cada dia. A El le debo toda esta fuerza que siento todos los dias. El es mi medicina principal.
Que esten pasando una muy buena semana
Federico
ENGLISH
It´s been one week since my last infusion and i´m feeling really good. My parents invited us to come to Argentina and my doctor gave his permission to travel so here we are for one month and I have to be back for my next infusion on February 26th.
We arrived yesterday after a long flight. So here I am with my wife and kids in my parents house. I feel so good to be here in my country especially for what I am going through and be able to be with my argentinian family and a lot of my best friends here in Buenos Aires who I miss a lot.
I feel being here is going to help me to recover sooner. I think the emotional part is very important in all this.
I brought all my reports and CDs from all my exams in California to show them to a oncologist friend of my parents with a great reputation here in Buenos Aires so I can have another opinion and in my own language.
The flight to Argentina felt very long becasue it was hard to get the kids to sleep and they kept us awake the whole night so my wife and I didn`t rest at all and we are trying to take naps here to recover from this flight.
It was very emotional to see my Mother and my Dad at the airport together with my grandma and one of my best friends. My brother Mariano is coming back to Buenos Aires from the west side of the country and he wants to spend some days with us.
Arond 7 months ago I was diagnosed with this cancer which my doctors gave me a 1 percent chance of survival, I was in an advanced stage, it was in different parts in my body.
That 1 percent I turned it to 100 percent since the first day I knew about it. I was able to handle it and take this all posivitvly thanks to my faith in Jesus Christ, my God who feeds me with his grace.
He took away the fear from the first day, he makes me feel everyday this peace, joy and strengh. He is my main medicine.
Hope you are all having a great week
Federico
mis padres nos invitaron para que vinieramos a Argentina y mi doctor me dio permiso para viajar y quedarme por un mes y tengo que estar de vuelta en California para el 26 de Febrero para otra infiltracion de quimioterapia.
Llegamos a Argentina ayer al mediodia y aca estoy con mi esposa y mis hijos en la casa de mis padres. A mi me va a hacer muy bien esta estadia en mi patria especialmente por lo que estoy pasando y poder estar junto a mi familia aca en Buenos Aires y ver a muchos amigos que extranio mucho. Siento que estar aca me va a ayudar a tener una mas pronta recuperacion. Pienso que la parte emocional es muy importante en todo esto.
De paso me traje todos los estudios en CDs que me hicieron en California para que los vea un amigo oncologo de mis padres de muy buena reputacion aca en Buenos Aires
y tener otra opinion y en mi idioma.
El viaje a Argentina fue bastante largo ya que costo hacer dormir a nuestros hijos en el avion y nos tuvieron despiertos casi toda la noche y con mi esposa no descansamos nada asi que aca estamos tratando de recuperar horas de suenio con algunas siestas.
Fue muy emocionante ver a mi Papa y a mi Mama en el aeropuerto junto con mi abuela y uno de mis mejores amigos que tambien nos fue a buscar. Mi hermano Mariano esta viajando hacia aca desde el Oeste del pais para vernos y pasar unos dias con nosotros.
Hace un poco mas de 6 meses cuando me diagnosticaron este cancer los medicos me dieron un 1 por ciento de probalidades de sobrevivir por el grado de cancer que tenia y haberme hecho metastasis en varias partes del cuerpo.
Ese 1 por ciento yo lo transforme en 100 por ciento desde el primer dia que me entere de esto. Lo pude hacer asi gracias a mi fe en Jesucristo, El fue quien me saco el miedo desde el primer dia, El que me hace sentir esta paz interior y tanta felicidad cada dia. A El le debo toda esta fuerza que siento todos los dias. El es mi medicina principal.
Que esten pasando una muy buena semana
Federico
ENGLISH
It´s been one week since my last infusion and i´m feeling really good. My parents invited us to come to Argentina and my doctor gave his permission to travel so here we are for one month and I have to be back for my next infusion on February 26th.
We arrived yesterday after a long flight. So here I am with my wife and kids in my parents house. I feel so good to be here in my country especially for what I am going through and be able to be with my argentinian family and a lot of my best friends here in Buenos Aires who I miss a lot.
I feel being here is going to help me to recover sooner. I think the emotional part is very important in all this.
I brought all my reports and CDs from all my exams in California to show them to a oncologist friend of my parents with a great reputation here in Buenos Aires so I can have another opinion and in my own language.
The flight to Argentina felt very long becasue it was hard to get the kids to sleep and they kept us awake the whole night so my wife and I didn`t rest at all and we are trying to take naps here to recover from this flight.
It was very emotional to see my Mother and my Dad at the airport together with my grandma and one of my best friends. My brother Mariano is coming back to Buenos Aires from the west side of the country and he wants to spend some days with us.
Arond 7 months ago I was diagnosed with this cancer which my doctors gave me a 1 percent chance of survival, I was in an advanced stage, it was in different parts in my body.
That 1 percent I turned it to 100 percent since the first day I knew about it. I was able to handle it and take this all posivitvly thanks to my faith in Jesus Christ, my God who feeds me with his grace.
He took away the fear from the first day, he makes me feel everyday this peace, joy and strengh. He is my main medicine.
Hope you are all having a great week
Federico
Friday, January 18, 2008
Un dia despues de la infiltracion de quimioterapia. One day after the infusion
Hola a todos, ayer me hicieron otra infltracion de quimioterapia, todo salio bien, pase todo el dia en el Hospital, los resultados del estudio de mi sangre fueron buenos, mi oncologo esta muy optimista por como va progresando todo asi que me quiere dar un poco mas de un mes hasta hacerme la proxima infiltracion asi mi cuerpo se recupera un poco de las drogas de la quimioterapia, normalmente me hacen las infiltraciones cada 3 semanas.
Quiero contarles lo que mas afecta mucho cada vez que voy al Hospital, ver a tantos ninios con cancer, ninios desde un anio para adelante, yo tengo una hija de 3 anios y un varon de 10 meses y creo que por eso es que me toque tanto y me de tanta tristeza cada vez que veo ninios pasando por algo asi y no me olvido ni un dia de agradecerle a Dios por tener a mis dos hijos sanos y a mi esposa tambien.
No queria pasar esta oportunidad para volver a repetir lo importante que es hacerce estudios en caso de que sientan alguna molestia en la zona del esofago cuando comen, especialmente cuando tragan o si tiene reflujo de acido hacerse ver y no optar por los medicamentos baratos que nos quieren vender por propaganda como la Hepatalgina u otros que no se el nombre que hay que saber bien que efectos colaterales tienen, hay soluciones mas sanas. La nutrion es un factor inportantisimo para evitar la acidez estomacal que puede llevar a un cancer de esofago con el tiempo. Cuidado los que son adictos al mate o al cafe que son muy acidicos. Dicen aca los doctores que los dos causantes principales de cancer de esofago son el fumar tabaco especialmente por el papel del cigarrillo y el alcohol, obviamente en exceso.
Mi cancer se origino en el estomago justo en la entrada de este, por eso no se lo considerada el mio un cancer de esofago, compromete al esofago por hacer crecido desde es parte del estomago hacia arriba, por eso mi cancer se lo denomina algo asi como cancer gastro-esofago, en ingles lo llaman Gastroesophagil cancer y es dificil determinar la causa, se puede haber dado por distintos factores, genetico, alguna anomalia en mi higado, quizas alguna comida que no se cual, por las dudas corte con las comidas mas acidicas, o por como mi fe me hace creer que Dios permitio que esto me pasara por alguna buena razon. Ya me pasaron varias bendiciones desde que me diagnosticaron esto.
La medicina preventiva es importantisima hoy en dia especialmente, sepan que el cancer de esofago es uno de los canceres que cada vez se esta dando mas aca en Estados Unidos y en muchos paises mas. En Argentina se por ejemplo que se esta dando muchisimo.
Sepan que una endoscopia es el unico estudio que puede dar con certeza un diagnostico perfecto. No le tengan miedo, hoy se da anestecia para hacerlo y no se siente nada. Yo tuve miedo la primera ves que me lo hicieron porque nadie me habia dicho nada lo simple que era y tenia solo referencias de gente que se lo habian hecho con poco de anestecia en la garganta y que habian sufrido mucho y tenia esa idea. Hoy cambio la cosa, ya no se hace como antes.
El 21 de este mes es mi cumpleanios, cumplo 38.
Espero que todos esten teniendo un muy buen arranque en este anio nuevo, que vivan este anio con muchisimo amor, tengan fe,
Dios existe.
Un abrazo a todos. Fede
ENGLISH
Hello everyone, yesterday I got another infusion of chemotherapy. Everything went fine, I spent almost the whole day at the Hospital with Marci while my mother-in-law watched our kids.
The results of my blood test were good and my oncologist is very optimistic of the great progress I'm getting with the treatment. He decided to give me some time to for my body to recover until the next infusion, so in more than one month I am going to get the next infusion, normally I get one every 3 weeks.
I want to share with you something that affects me a lot. Every time I go to the Hospital I see a lot of kids with cancer. Some with no hair, others who look very ill. And it is so sad to see the children and their families fighting cancer. I see kids from 1 year old and older. I have a son of 10 months and a daughter of 3 years, so I think that is why this touches me so deep and makes me very sad every time I see them knowing what they are going through and I don't forget one day to thank God for having my kids healthy and my wife too.
I also don't want to let go the opportunity to tell you again how important it is to have a check up if you have any strange feeling in your throat or chest when eating, especially when swallowing or if you have some acid reflex. Also, don't go for the cheap products for acid reflex that are sold at pharmacies that have bad side effects, there are healthier solutions. Good nutrition is a very important factor to avoid acid reflex that could lead to cancer in time. Be careful whoever is addicted to coffee because it is so acidic.
Here the doctors say that the main causes of esophageal cancer are cigarettes, alcohol and acid refulx. I didn't have any risk factors for this cancer. My cancer was originated at the entrance of the stomach, that is why mine is not considered esopahageal cancer, it is called gastroesophageal junction cancer, and it grew up taking part of the esophagus. It is difficult to determine the cause of my cancer, it could be genetic, from an anomaly in my liver, maybe from some foods, or envoirnomental causes. Or with my faith I believe that God permitted this in my life for a good reason. So many blessings have occurred to me already since I was diagnosed with this cancer.
Preventive medicine is so important nowadays. Esophageal cancer
is one of the fastest growing cancers in United States and in more countries in the world.
An endoscopy is the only exam that can give an accurate diagnosis.Don't be afraid if you need one, today it is
given with anesthesia. I was afraid the first time i got one because no one told me how simple it was and I had a reference of people that got it before with anesthesia only in the throat and they suffered a lot. Today it is so different how it is done, it is not like before.
I hope everyone is having a very good start of this new year, live this year with a lot of love, have faith, God exists.
Until the next blog. Federico
Quiero contarles lo que mas afecta mucho cada vez que voy al Hospital, ver a tantos ninios con cancer, ninios desde un anio para adelante, yo tengo una hija de 3 anios y un varon de 10 meses y creo que por eso es que me toque tanto y me de tanta tristeza cada vez que veo ninios pasando por algo asi y no me olvido ni un dia de agradecerle a Dios por tener a mis dos hijos sanos y a mi esposa tambien.
No queria pasar esta oportunidad para volver a repetir lo importante que es hacerce estudios en caso de que sientan alguna molestia en la zona del esofago cuando comen, especialmente cuando tragan o si tiene reflujo de acido hacerse ver y no optar por los medicamentos baratos que nos quieren vender por propaganda como la Hepatalgina u otros que no se el nombre que hay que saber bien que efectos colaterales tienen, hay soluciones mas sanas. La nutrion es un factor inportantisimo para evitar la acidez estomacal que puede llevar a un cancer de esofago con el tiempo. Cuidado los que son adictos al mate o al cafe que son muy acidicos. Dicen aca los doctores que los dos causantes principales de cancer de esofago son el fumar tabaco especialmente por el papel del cigarrillo y el alcohol, obviamente en exceso.
Mi cancer se origino en el estomago justo en la entrada de este, por eso no se lo considerada el mio un cancer de esofago, compromete al esofago por hacer crecido desde es parte del estomago hacia arriba, por eso mi cancer se lo denomina algo asi como cancer gastro-esofago, en ingles lo llaman Gastroesophagil cancer y es dificil determinar la causa, se puede haber dado por distintos factores, genetico, alguna anomalia en mi higado, quizas alguna comida que no se cual, por las dudas corte con las comidas mas acidicas, o por como mi fe me hace creer que Dios permitio que esto me pasara por alguna buena razon. Ya me pasaron varias bendiciones desde que me diagnosticaron esto.
La medicina preventiva es importantisima hoy en dia especialmente, sepan que el cancer de esofago es uno de los canceres que cada vez se esta dando mas aca en Estados Unidos y en muchos paises mas. En Argentina se por ejemplo que se esta dando muchisimo.
Sepan que una endoscopia es el unico estudio que puede dar con certeza un diagnostico perfecto. No le tengan miedo, hoy se da anestecia para hacerlo y no se siente nada. Yo tuve miedo la primera ves que me lo hicieron porque nadie me habia dicho nada lo simple que era y tenia solo referencias de gente que se lo habian hecho con poco de anestecia en la garganta y que habian sufrido mucho y tenia esa idea. Hoy cambio la cosa, ya no se hace como antes.
El 21 de este mes es mi cumpleanios, cumplo 38.
Espero que todos esten teniendo un muy buen arranque en este anio nuevo, que vivan este anio con muchisimo amor, tengan fe,
Dios existe.
Un abrazo a todos. Fede
ENGLISH
Hello everyone, yesterday I got another infusion of chemotherapy. Everything went fine, I spent almost the whole day at the Hospital with Marci while my mother-in-law watched our kids.
The results of my blood test were good and my oncologist is very optimistic of the great progress I'm getting with the treatment. He decided to give me some time to for my body to recover until the next infusion, so in more than one month I am going to get the next infusion, normally I get one every 3 weeks.
I want to share with you something that affects me a lot. Every time I go to the Hospital I see a lot of kids with cancer. Some with no hair, others who look very ill. And it is so sad to see the children and their families fighting cancer. I see kids from 1 year old and older. I have a son of 10 months and a daughter of 3 years, so I think that is why this touches me so deep and makes me very sad every time I see them knowing what they are going through and I don't forget one day to thank God for having my kids healthy and my wife too.
I also don't want to let go the opportunity to tell you again how important it is to have a check up if you have any strange feeling in your throat or chest when eating, especially when swallowing or if you have some acid reflex. Also, don't go for the cheap products for acid reflex that are sold at pharmacies that have bad side effects, there are healthier solutions. Good nutrition is a very important factor to avoid acid reflex that could lead to cancer in time. Be careful whoever is addicted to coffee because it is so acidic.
Here the doctors say that the main causes of esophageal cancer are cigarettes, alcohol and acid refulx. I didn't have any risk factors for this cancer. My cancer was originated at the entrance of the stomach, that is why mine is not considered esopahageal cancer, it is called gastroesophageal junction cancer, and it grew up taking part of the esophagus. It is difficult to determine the cause of my cancer, it could be genetic, from an anomaly in my liver, maybe from some foods, or envoirnomental causes. Or with my faith I believe that God permitted this in my life for a good reason. So many blessings have occurred to me already since I was diagnosed with this cancer.
Preventive medicine is so important nowadays. Esophageal cancer
is one of the fastest growing cancers in United States and in more countries in the world.
An endoscopy is the only exam that can give an accurate diagnosis.Don't be afraid if you need one, today it is
given with anesthesia. I was afraid the first time i got one because no one told me how simple it was and I had a reference of people that got it before with anesthesia only in the throat and they suffered a lot. Today it is so different how it is done, it is not like before.
I hope everyone is having a very good start of this new year, live this year with a lot of love, have faith, God exists.
Until the next blog. Federico
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
New Year
I got another infusion last Thursday, this one has been a hard one but tolerable,
today I am feeling a little better with more strength, I also got the results from the last test I had 2 weeks ago, a CT scan, and everything got smaller ! This is giving me even more hope now. I am still having 4 tiny nodules in one of my lungs and the 4 got smaller comparing to the tests I got 3 months ago.
In 2 more weeks I am getting another infusion, the doctors want to keep going on with chimoteraphy and don't want to talk about surgery for now.
Now I am having side effects in my hands, feet, my stomach is very sensitive and I've been feeling a lot of fatige but still trying to exercise anyways.
This is all for now. Until the next post.
SPANISH
Me hicieron este Jueves pasado una infiltracion de quimioterapia, la vengo sintiendo bastante pesada pero tolerable y hoy me desperte sintiendome mejor con mas fuerza. Tambien me dieron los resultados del examen de hace 2 semanas y dio que se achico mas todo ! Esto me da mas esperanza todavia. Sigo teniendo 4 nodulos muy pequenios en uno de los pulmones que se achicaron mas comparando los examenes que me habian hecho hace 3 meses.
En dos semanas mas me van a hacer otra infiltracion, los doctores quieren seguir haciendome quimioterapia y no quieren hablar por ahora de operacion.
Ahora estoy teniendo efectos secundarios de la quimioterapia en mis manos, en mis pies, tengo muy sensible el estomago y vengo teniendo mucha fatiga pero igualmente trato de hacer ejercicio.
Esto es todo por ahora. Hasta el proximo post.
Federico
today I am feeling a little better with more strength, I also got the results from the last test I had 2 weeks ago, a CT scan, and everything got smaller ! This is giving me even more hope now. I am still having 4 tiny nodules in one of my lungs and the 4 got smaller comparing to the tests I got 3 months ago.
In 2 more weeks I am getting another infusion, the doctors want to keep going on with chimoteraphy and don't want to talk about surgery for now.
Now I am having side effects in my hands, feet, my stomach is very sensitive and I've been feeling a lot of fatige but still trying to exercise anyways.
This is all for now. Until the next post.
SPANISH
Me hicieron este Jueves pasado una infiltracion de quimioterapia, la vengo sintiendo bastante pesada pero tolerable y hoy me desperte sintiendome mejor con mas fuerza. Tambien me dieron los resultados del examen de hace 2 semanas y dio que se achico mas todo ! Esto me da mas esperanza todavia. Sigo teniendo 4 nodulos muy pequenios en uno de los pulmones que se achicaron mas comparando los examenes que me habian hecho hace 3 meses.
En dos semanas mas me van a hacer otra infiltracion, los doctores quieren seguir haciendome quimioterapia y no quieren hablar por ahora de operacion.
Ahora estoy teniendo efectos secundarios de la quimioterapia en mis manos, en mis pies, tengo muy sensible el estomago y vengo teniendo mucha fatiga pero igualmente trato de hacer ejercicio.
Esto es todo por ahora. Hasta el proximo post.
Federico
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Beautiful sunny Wenesday
Hello, since I got my last infusion 3 weeks ago I've been feeling very good. Everything went fine, so far the easiest infusion of all, I didn't have any anoing side effect so this let me stay active since that day.
I got 2 tests last Friday, a CT scan and a ECO for my heart, I don't have the results yet but I suppose tomorow before I get another infusion my doctor would let me know how was it.
The dosis of the infusion is still the same as when I started 6 months ago, this was my ninth infusion.
Regarding my nutrition, I am still eating everything organic and I continue doing also alternative medicine combined with suplements of vitamins, all this leaded by my omeopath or holistic doctor here in California in combination with my oncologist from City of Hope.
Something I recomend to whoever is going trough any serious illness is to bealive in alternative medicine and it can be combined with the traditional medicine o treat it only with alternative medicine.
Unfortunally the alternative medicine is not promoted as it should be because the traditional medicine is controled by the farmaceutical comapnies that have so much power y the traditional medicien ignores the big progress of the alternative medicine when what would be the best is that both integrate together, combining both woulfd be the best for everyone,
and this only depends of us to don't support only the traditinal medicine and we should start to inform ourselfs and pass the information to other of what is going on with the alternative and warn others of the big risks of a lot of drugs of traditional medicine. A lot of drugs that are sold to the public at any farmacy have a lot of side effects, for example the famous Ibuprofen, one of its side effects damage the liver, I know a lot of people that take it normally to stop pains and they get addicted to it. The alternative offers suplements for back pain for example, the most tipical pain in most of the people today
and without any side effects.
My brother and another friend were told form the doctors that they have to get surchary for the herni disc and they said that was the only solution they had for their problem, they both saw the same doctor for ther alternative medicine and with only one shot of vitamins it took away the pain and in a couple of days and they didin't have to get surchary and it has been a lot of years since then, I was witness of my brother recovery becasue I took him to this doctor and saw how he got better.
So we have to be very carefull with traditional medicine. With all this I don't mean I am totally against traditional medicine but what it is not right is that how much ignores what it is going on with alternative medicine.
Maybe some don't know about the big danger of the famous Flu Shot that is gien today to most of the americans and specially kids, it has mercury and some lead, it is poison for our bodies, it is terrible that the docotrs know about it and they recommend it to all of their patiens, what a crime ! When tere are natural supplements with vitamins for kids and for older ones to streghten the inmune system against coulds and flu. And the same way for some ther vaccines that kids get them in their first 4 years that have lead or aluminum. So parents find out good before you let the doctor inyect those vaccines to your kids.
You could be thinking now if I am saying all this why I am treating my cancer with tradicional medicine ? Well, it wasn't an easy decision to take, it was hard to decide what to do, I had the pressior of my family on one side, in the beginiing I just wanted to go only with alternative medicine, I knew cases of people who cures their cancers with the alternative but I ended taking the decision of treat it with both medicines, something that today I think it was a logical decicion, specially for how advanced was my cancer, stage 4 (metastasis). So for own decicion I am treating it with an integrated medicine, a combination of both medicines, thanks to the agreement of my oncologist at City of Hope, he says there is no problem of
doing both ways at the same time and since there has been a very good progress with the whole treatment, my oncogist doesn't want me to stop doing alternative treatment together with his treatment.
I started with the alternative in the begining before I came to California, my idea was before starting with the treatment here in California, to ask the doctors for a 4 or 6 months trial to see if the cancer started to get reduced with the alternative medicine, but I had pressure from my family, the wanted me to start with the chimoteraphy the sooner possible, so I didn't have the oportunity to know what could have happened treating me only with the alternative. Today I regreat for not beeing stronger back then and made the doctors let me have those 6 weeeks of trial with the alternative medicine and see what would've happened.
But now I have to keep looking forward and have faith that I took the correct decision with all this.
Hope you all have a beautiful Christmas and wish you all the best for the 2008.
Federico
Miercoles, un dia antes de otra infiltracion (Diciembre 26)
Hola, maniana me hacen otra infiltracion de quimioterapia, este Viernes pasado me hicieron dos examenes, todavia no se los resultados, quizas maniana mi oncologo me los de antes de la infiltracion. Desde la ultima infiltracion hace 3 semanas me vengo sintiendo bastante bien, salvo mis manos y los pies que se me secan mucho por el efecto secundario de una de los remedios, el resto todo bien.
Pase una muy buena Navidad en compania de toda la familia en California, estuvimos todo el Lunes y todo el Martes todos juntos.
Ni bien sepa los resultados escribo otra vez.
Espero que hayan tenido una hermosisima Navidad y les deseo a todos lo mejor para el 2008.
Federico
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