Good News IS GOOD NEWS!!!

Metisha just called with good news!!! She had blood work done yesterday and it showed her markers are down from 203 to 180 after only two weeks on the new oral chemo pills! We are so excited to finally get a good news phone call from oncology! Prayers to do work and our prayers are full of prasies today!

No News is Good News!

Metisha has been on the new oral chemo and has experienced ZERO side effects! We are so thankful that she is still able to LIVE the life she wants and has not been slowed down by cancer. She has also had an unexpected improvement recently: her hair has been growing back where she had radiation! What a happy surprise! And last weekend we experienced another miracle. Tisha was eating a s’mores and when she was finished she actually said, “I never thought I would say this but that was actually too sweet.” Metisha thought a sugary treat was too sweet! She is continuing to battle her sugar addiction and that was a “sweet” victory.

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I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me. We believe all things includes beating stage four cancer! We are so thankful for all of your prayers and they are working!

Keep praying with us that:

• the oral chemo will remove all cancer from Metisha’s liver,
• there will be no cancer reoccurrence anywhere else in her body,
• she can replace her love of sugar with a passion for veggies and fruit and
• she will be a wrinkly, old, cancer free woman!

$25

Metisha got her oral chemo pills today and they were covered by insurance so she only had to pay $25! This is a huge answer to prayer and a testament to the power of prayer! We are so thankful and overjoyed today! Metisha will start taking the drugs this evening so pray with us that she will not experience any side affects; no sickness, no exhaustion and no hair loss. And most importantly pray that the drugs will work and kill all the cancer spots on her liver!

And since we know prayer works, please pray for our friend Lori. Lori and Metisha have been best friends since junior high. Lori had a beautiful baby girl last Thursday and then had a severe stroke Sunday morning that has affected her mobility in her left side. Please pray with us that Lori will be 100% restored and regain all mobility in her left side. And pray for her beautiful family: husband John, daughter Laney (2 years old), daughter Haley (5 days old) and her mother Marva. They are beautiful people and Lori is strong and we believe she will be running after her girls very soon!

Possible Oral Chemo Treatment!

Tisha’s doctor consulted with MD Andersen and they recommended an oral chemo treatment. They doctor said she has treated several women with metastatic spots on the liver and they have responded very well to this drug. Metisha would take several pills in the morning and the evening for 14 days, then take a break and then start again for 14 days. It has side effects similar to chemo (can make you sick and can cause hair loss) but they are generally less than chemo. This drug is very expensive at over $2,000 per month so a HUGE prayer request is that the drug will be covered by Metisha’s insurance. Please pray diligently for this. This therapy would be easier on Metisha than chemo, gives her a better chance of not losing her hair again and may be more effective.

So now we are prayerfully waiting for oncology to check on insurance coverage.