Blog or facebook - your choice!

After months of putting off the inevitable, I've finally joined the 'facebook' era. Blame Hornsnoggle Ferret - when you have a website, the logical extension is apparently facebook, as this is where most of the 'moderns' connect. So if you find i'm doing fewer blogs, its because I'm devoting that time to keeping up with facebook. You serious blog readers wont be forgotten - I'll continue to give regular updates on my cancer journey, but anything to do with family or 'business', facebook is now the venue.
Another 'chemo' burst on Wed, with the usual after effects slowly kicking in. but with only three more to go, I'm giving it my best shot to finish the full course. Thanks to John for his terrific little book 'Healed from Cancer' showing the remarkable faith journey of a woman who had metastatic liver cancer and was given only weeks to live. Here she is some twenty years later writing about the power of prayer and living out the scriptural promises she reads and claims every day from the bible. Inspiring stuff!
If you've read my book, you'll know my last 'annus horribilis' was 1987, when everthing that could go wrong did. Guess what else happened in in 1987? We won the RWC! And here we are, 24 years later, having another challenging year, and we win the Cup again! Sorry to disappoint you, but I plan to have a much better year in 2015! Carpe Diem, my friends!

2 great results in one week...

Some weeks are tougher than others - the only tough thing about this week has been the waiting! Thankfully, the ABs did the job on Sunday at a game which my bro and I enjoyed as much as any sporting event we've ever been to. Then, after a few very anxious days, the mid term scan results came back today with a really positive outcome - no more new tumors anywhere, and a sizable reduction in the current lymph and lung carcinomas.  FANTASTIC!
All you faithful bloggers, supporters, prayer partners, cafe companions, take a bow - you've proven your faithfulness by sticking beside me for the long haul, and for that I am truly grateful. A real, genuine, bona fide, answer to your prayers, and a wonderful testimony to a Loving God.
Four more to go - no, not four more years (like the Aussies), just four more treatments, and and the end, who knows - more good news, and a final scan showing the cancer has disappeared altogether. Keep the dream alive! Together, we'll make it.

Mid way scan -progress report

Friday is another D-Day, the day of the halfway CT scan. Is the chemo working? Are we making progress? Are the cancerous areas shrinking? Has the spread to the lungs been stopped? Have all the awful side affects over the past 12 weeks been worth it? Will the 'Rena' break up? Will the ABs win their semi? We might not get the answers to all these questions (as much as we would like!) but its good to know Someone knows, and cares, and our future is in His hands. Pray for a miracle (for ALL the above!) and enjoy the week - I know I will be.
Being kept busy with the 'books' and all the learning curves I'm experiencing, plus looking forward  to family calling for the RWC games.
(I havent decided if I'm more nervous about the result of the scan or the AB - Wallaby game on the weekend. All will be revealed - watch this space!)

HALFTIME!

Four down, four to go - I feel like a marathon runner whose reached the halfway point, and is now on the home run - a good feeling! The few days following the 'chemo blast' are not pleasant,but with four great RWCgames in the weekend, I'm sure it will help take my mind of it. Off to the quarters tomorrow night at Eden Park with Glen and Melinda, then the semis next week with brother Lawrence - isnt it nice to have generous family? Hope I can hack the pace.
Had some very good feedback on My Story - might even get a review in the 'Challenge' if I play my cards right.
Received my sample Hornsnoggle Ferret stuffed toy the other day - very cute. Sadly they arrive from China too late for the Christmas trade, even if I place an order immediately, but at least I'll have a couple of the books ready.
Game on - phones off the hook, 4 hours of Rugby Heaven - You'll need to pray doubly hard this week - for my coping with the chemo treatment side affects and for YOUR TEAM to make the semis cut! Go the ABs!