I have three friends (neighbor, friends 6 yr old son and another friends wife) who are all battling cancer right now. Two of them are battling brain cancer I don’t remember where the friends wife’s cancer started, but it is now in her blood stream. 

We had thought my neighbor was doing good until this week when they found another pea size spot on her brain and it looks as if it’s a regrowth of the tumor since it’s in the same spot.  They are now at the hospital waiting to hear back from Duke University as to what the next course of action will be.   She is 40 years old and has a girl going into 3rd grade and a son going into Kindergarten.  I just pray that the doctors can once again be able to remove it and that this time it doesn’t come back.  All I know is she is willing to do the best, most effective, most aggressive treatment available so she can kick this cancer’s butt.

Then there is our friends son who is also battling brain cancer.  Last week his counts once again went low and ended up getting another blood transfusion.  Then a couple days ago he ended up getting another high temp so he had to go back in.  It turned out he had a serious infection going on and at one point his temp got up to 104.something.   Thankfully his temp has broke, but with his blood counts still being low and having to get an IV Antibiotic he will be stuck in the hospital for 14 days!  Not what a 6 year old boy wants to hear in the summer.    His doctors have decided that for the remaining chemo treaments for him, they will reduce the chemo he gets by 20% since everytime it’s taking longer and longer for his counts to recover. 

I haven’t heard any new news on our friends wife, but since so much bad news has been going on regarding cancer I’m not sure I dare call to find out.

It just seems like there are more and more younger people I know fighting cancer and unfortunately three of my classmates (I graduated in 92′) have already passed away due to cancer. I’m not sure what kind of cancer they had (mesothelioma or something else) but either way it makes me worry and think when is it going to be my time? I keep thinking why are more and more people getting cancer?  Could it be because of all the chemical’s they put on or in our food? I had heard that MSG and Aspartame actually grows cancer like weeds and if that’s they case why does our government let the food companies put it in our food & drinks? It sure makes me think twice about eating some food and drinking pop!

UPDATE:  I have an update on my neighbor!  I went over at 6:15am today so her husband could get to the hospital and they could hear the results of the MRI from Duke and I guess it’s not a regrowth after all!  They believe it to be scar tissue!  I guess they have been keeping their eye on it the past six months and I guess that kind of cancer grows fast so there should of been a change had it of been cancer!  They still are having a PET scan done and will look at those results, but so far so good!