It's official, we have an Oncologist, and we love him! (as much as you can love a doctor that is treating your husband for cancer...) We immediately sensed a different atmosphere in his office. The first Oncology office was a little hoity toity (sp?), flat screen TVs everywhere, filtered water, fancy receptionist area...not bad things, but not our gig.
One of the first things I saw at Dr. Senecal's was a bright green t-shirt that said, "Cancer Sucks". I pretty much knew this was the place for us (and the free Starbucks coffee pretty much knocked it out of the ball park). In the room were pictures of Dr. Senecal hiking, fishing, hanging out with friends. Then he walked in...we just knew (like love at first sight : ) ) he was the one for us.
The short story of his plan is: do radiation and chemo (simultaneously) for 5 weeks, wait about a month, then have surgery, followed up by chemo. The last doctor did not want to do treatment ahead of time, but there are too many benefits to not have the treatment first. We feel great about this plan and we are told that Dave is "young and healthy" and should do well with treatment and surgery. The doctor even said that Dave should not miss much work (just around surgery time).
So tomorrow we meet with the radiologist to get set up for radiation (Dave goes in 5 days a week for treatment and it only takes a few minutes!) The other good news we received is that our insurance is covering most of the cost of the chemo, I guess not all of them do. We will only have to pay a co-pay.
Isaiah 11:2 was the verse in my devotional today: "The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord." Then it reads, "Throughout His ministry, Jesus relied upon the Holy Spirit to direct Him as He made crucial decisions...". then, "You need God's wisdom for the decisions you face." As I drove this morning, I prayed God would give us wisdom and clearly direct us in a decision and I believe He did just that.
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More Questions Than Answers
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God is so good. Praise Him for His clear direction for you!! Cheering you on and faithfully praying!!
ReplyDeletePraise God! Sounds like the doctor is really good, and the shirt sounds awesome...oh yeah and the Starbucks :) Love you all, praying too!
ReplyDeleteAwesome news!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jesus!!!
ReplyDeleteWe've dealt with more than our fair share of doctors, and the RIGHT doctor really makes all the difference.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that you guys like Dr. Applesauce, I mean Seneca! Right? Er, no er, wait... Dr. Senecal!
How nice that the Dr. said that Dave is "young and healthy" - I'd like to add that he's pretty, has lovely eyes and can cook a mean burger on the grill.
Seriously - we are continuing to pray for you and look forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks.