Happy (Bonanza) Days

What a good, good weekend!  We try not to be overly optimistic, the operative word being overly.  Optimistic is a good thing, but we don't want it to set us on the wrong course.  Like feeling so good that you don't need to do that anymore.  With all of this research we have stumbled upon some really good advise and products that are making our life better even if we weren't dealing with Murphy.  Everything from stuff to make Murphy go away to music and mental exercises to help with the stress of it all.  Of course, we wouldn't want anyone to think that we are putting anything above our faith in what we get from our god, Jehovah and the wonderful international brotherhood.  We work really hard to keep a balance in our lives and keep the kingdom first, because in the end (whatever that might be) we want to be in the new world with all of our friends.
We spent Sat. morning in Bonanza, the little town we first lived in when we moved to Oregon.  Every year the town puts on a celebration of the town.  For many years we participated in the event (we sold desserts) so we get an ego boost when we see people there who remember us and beg us to come back.  Because we had the breakfast business for 3 1/2 years and Walt worked as a server in my brothers restaurant after that he knows a lot of people and because he is Walt a lot of people love him and were happy to see him.   It was fun watching the grandkids collect candy during the parade.  We got there at 10:30 and he was "done" by noon.  The rest of the day was spent resting up.
Sunday morning meeting was great. We couldn't stick around and visit because Walt's medication for pain was about at it's end so we needed to get home and get some more on board.  His pain isn't too bad if he keeps up the drugs, but we are still dealing with it with fairly benign medication (tylenol & ibuprofen). Stupid Murphy still wants to make it's presents known.  We are on day 3 of no problems eating and Walt's appetite seems to be improving some.  We are down one more pound, but the weight loss seems to have slowed down drastically.  It's got to be all of the protein I'm stuffing down him.
So, thanks again for the prayers.  They are working because we feel like we could conquer the world.  We love you all.

It's All About The Food

So, we are having some good days and some bad days.  The bad days consist of extreme tiredness and more than the usual pain.  Still controlling the pain with tylenol and ibuprofen.  Good days are just tiredness.  I was real concerned with Walt's weight loss.  Much more than he was.  He kept saying "a few more pounds and I'll weigh what I did when we got married".  When he lost 3 lbs. in 2 days I got kicked into high gear.  Did some more research and started pounding down the protein.  So, with the poached eggs in the morning he is getting cottage cheese, a small beef patty and avocado.  Walt loves his avocado mashed with salt and onion powder.  Yum.  Last night I made shrimp, avocado and broccoli wrapped in a lettuce leaf.  Egg drop soup on the side.  Shrimp has to be wild caught (twice as expensive, of course). Shrimp is good for you because it has a lot of B vitamins and protein.  Beef is grass fed. ($4.00 a pound) Why does it have to be so expensive to be healthy?  I have beef jerky in the oven drying out.  Walt needs to snack and there are just not a lot of choices.  I have to make my own cause I can't find one without sugar.  It was a blessing to find out that he can have meat, just not big amounts that take his immune system a lot of work to digest.

We drove out to Bonanza yesterday to take Thomas home and sit in the park to watch the kids play.  Thomas stayed a couple of nights with us while Amanda took the big kids to visit with their dad for a few weeks.  George couldn't go cause the first night we had Gavin he got sick in the middle of the night with a terrible cough.  George had to come get him.  We just can't have sickness in this house.  The sitting in the sun is part of Walt's therapy.  Soaking up as much Vitamin D as possible will help his immune system.

Here's a fact:  We all have cancer cells in our bodies.  The reason some people get tumors is that their immune systems can't fight it off.  Please all of you, work on making your immune systems the best it can be.

I got to thinking that if anyone has a comment or suggestion that you might not want to post here I will give you my email address.  Think most of you have it, but just in case:  conniejn1@gmail.com

Friends and family are back in their homes in Idyllwild.  That fire was too close for comfort and we are all grateful for the prayers that helped our friends cope with a terrifying situation.
And, of course, thank you for your prayers for Walt and myself.  You can't imagine the comfort they bring us.  

To Much Worry

Our children's childhood home is on fire.  Idyllwild has been evacuated.  We lived there 11 years until Walt and I were forced to move to the desert because of his lung disease.  This is where we first studied the bible and got baptized. Amanda lived there even after we left and Kristopher lives there now.  We have so many friends there.  There are about 40 brothers and sisters in the congregation there and I got to know everyone of them when I was there for 3 months 2 years ago.  Kris is safe.  Last night we heard that he was in Mt Center about 10 miles from Idyllwild, but in an area that was already passed over by the fire.  Haven't heard an update all day so don't know if the town is still standing. Such a worry.
Walt is having a nice day.  His long time friend Bob came for breakfast this morning.  Walt and Bob have gone for breakfast once a week for years.  They used to go with John, but he died a few years back from black tar lung disease.  It's so difficult for Walt to find anything to eat at a restaurant so it's easier for them to come here.  Bob and John used to come to the restaurant when we had it so I'm used to cooking for Bob.  He's pretty easy to please.  I made seafood omelets (do you believe it NOT poached eggs!) and they were happy guys.
I juiced some carrots and beets today.  Carrot juice is a big cancer fighter so it is a must.  Good thing Walt likes it.
We had a visit from friends Theresa and Dan.  Walt had a beautiful salad for lunch made from the organic veggies from their garden.  Thanks for the special treat and the cuck was delicious.  Walt got a card from his niece, Jannette.  It was so special.  We have many fond memories of all of the family that was at one time in Ohio and are now all over the place.
I have to say again, in case anyone missed it.  We have heard from so many friends and family that we haven't talked to in forever.  Again, that is not a sad thing.  With our busy lives we can't possibly keep up with everyone and everything we have to do.  What a blessing to know that our long lost (or not) friends think about us and are there for us when we need them.  That means you Dina & Oscar, Tim & Olga, Tim & Karen, Becky, Joyce & Don and anyone else I forgot because my brain is fried.  We love you all and thank you again for your prayers.  Walt has such a positive, happy attitude and I give the credit to all of you keeping him in your thoughts and prayers.
Update:  Guess what Walt wants for dinner?  You guessed it.  3 poached eggs!

Life Goes On---Yea!

Monday morning.  Walt has had his 3 poached eggs (good protein) which he has had almost every morning for weeks now.  He's a funny guy.  He gets stuck on something and he wants it over and over again.  I would change it up with a veggie omelet or something, but he's happy with his poached.
He's feeling pretty good.  We had a busy weekend and he not only survived, but enjoyed himself.  The kids stopped by Sat. afternoon.  Walt was asleep in his chair, but that didn't last long.  When Gavin (2 yr old) hits the front door he heads for Walt's room (man cave) because he has to see his Grumpy first thing.  George needed to measure my chicken coop so he could make some boxes for my girls to lay eggs.  He also found us a juicer so Walt can drink lots of carrot juice.  A real good cancer fighter.
Sunday we went to our meeting and Walt did the sound.  After that we had 21 friends from the Kingdom Hall over for hospitality.  We have visiting speakers every Sunday and they usually come from far away so we have them for a meal before they have to travel back to their homes.  Everyone brought food and so many were mindful of Walt's diet so we had lots of salad and fruit.  After everyone left except special friends, Andy and Robin, we were able to share our holistic treatments with each other (it is foremost on our minds).  Andy has to deal with many severe health issues too. What a blessing to have good friends to share with.  I feel that way about all of you who take the time to read my ramblings.  You are all a blessing.
We have heard from many family members and friends that we haven't talked to in years.  I was thinking that it is sad that we mostly talk to far away people only when there is tragedy upon us.  But you know, its not sad.  We have such busy lives that we can't ever expect to be close to everyone or we would be so full of anxiety because we missed someone (especially if we have big families and lots of friends).  We should be very happy to realize that those friends and family are there for us when we need them most.
Walt talked to his baby sister, Marlene.  Cracks me up cause she's my age, but she will always be his baby sister.  I got a message from my sisters Cindy and Deb.  Don't talk with these folks often, but we know they have our back.  So, to all of you, thank you again, especially for your prayers.  We could (and hopefully WILL) be in this for the long hall so we still have a need for those prayers.  Love you all.

Here's The Scoop

Some who are reading this and a lot who are not have questions as to what kind of treatment we are doing.  The only options we have are to attack the tumors.  They are so fast moving that we don't have enough time to build Walt's immune system to be able to handle them alone.  We are also working on that aspect but the attack is on.  There is so much information out there that it has taken me a little time to put it all together.  The last thing we want to do is more harm or cancel out the good by using things together that don't work together.  We are using a website that we got from the doctors office.  It's called cancertutor.com and it's amazing.  The whole thing is put together by a man who has been a trained cancer researcher since 2002.  There is no advertizing and he is not selling anything.  We are using the Dirt Cheap Protocol.  We are implementing the things that are meant to deal with our type of cancer and the fact that it is fast growing and stage 4.  We are doing the baking soda and the cancer diet.  Yesterday we tried the 6 lemons a day.  Didn't work.  Walt felt bad and just couldn't get it down so we are nixing that one.  We have been told that the most important guide is how he feels.  So tomorrow we are going to do the honey treatment.  The honey will be a vehicle for turmeric, cinnamon, and ginger.  We will keep trying every treatment on this protocol.  There are friends and family who have many suggestions.  We look into them all and appreciate the concern.  Know this, I have the email address of the researcher and I can ask him any question and he gets right back to me.  He is better than a doctor because he just wants to help.  He doesn't ask for a dime and is giving us the treatments we can afford and are the best for Walts condition.  We would love the outcome to be a cure, but if it buys time and keeps him out of pain then that's a plus.  Perhaps the cancer can be kept at bay so that we can build that immune system.
I did find some contradictions on the website as far as what Walt could eat on the cancer diet.  It says "no meat".  Then on the protocol it said that if he wasn't taking these certain enzymes he could eat meat.  So, I asked Webster and he said Walt could eat meat.  He also said that dairy products are not good for any human, but not forbidden on the diet.  I also asked about the Zeolite we use in our house for cleaning, etc.  He said it wasn't a cancer cure, but it does remove the metals from your system so he should take it too.  He does.
So tonight Walt had a small hamburger patty on lettuce with tomato and avocado.  He was in hog heaven.  He won't get a lot of meat and mostly organic chicken, but it is a treat.
Hope this isn't all boring.  It is what is foremost on our minds and consumes our life right now so please bare with us.
Thanks again and love you all.

Distractions Are Good

Good distractions are great!  Our good distractions left this morning.  It is sad and I am missing them terribly already.  There is no replacement for wonderful friends who love you.  Walt and I have many wonderful friends right here near to us.  We get to see them all of the time and for that we are so grateful.  Long distance friends are so special because you don't see them enough and when you get to see them life is good.    Sharon, Peggy, Meegan and Bailey were so helpful in many ways.  Mentally, emotionally, physically (they mopped, vacuumed, washed, planted, swept, cleaned, etc.) and especially spiritually.  While they were here we got to have our granddaughter Madison too.  What a hard worker she is.  We also have the blessing of having our daughter Amanda close.  What a help she is and especially when she brings George (who hauled away our dump stuff), Austin (who cleans out the chicken coop) and Thomas and Gavin who just make us smile and sometimes laugh hysterically.
We got some good news from the doctor Monday.  We finally found out where Murphy is.  The esophagus spans the space between the top of your throat to the top of your stomach.  Murphy is at the top of his stomach so it shouldn't impede his airway should it grow.  We love our doctor.  He looks at us sideways sometimes when we tell him some of the things we are doing to get rid of Murphy, but he knows he is there to only tell us if we could be doing something detrimental to Walt's overall health.  So far so good.
I have found some incredible information in all of the research I've been forced to do.  Here's a tidbit that I don't think many know.
Salt...........Our bodies need salt, but not the stuff in processed foods or regular old table salt even if its sea salt.  By the way, all salt comes from the sea.  What our bodies need is the Real Salt that is mined from ancient deposits that are full of trace minerals that help our bodies thrive (and don't raise your blood pressure).  Walt gave up salt a year ago because he was told that its just not good for you.  Now he has to get used to the salty flavor again because this is one of the things that he has to have on the cancer protocol we are following.  He needs all of those minerals to build his immune system.  Who knew? We have 25lbs coming.
Since I last wrote here Walt has made it to two meetings, Sunday and last night.  He gets tired, but is always happy he could get out to get his spiritual food.  Yesterday Andy and Folsom came by for a very nice visit.  We are looking forward to having hospitality at our house this coming Sunday after meeting.  Walt talked with his two brothers last week.  He says its like no time at all has gone by.  Thanks guys.
Thanks for all of the prayers and well wishes.  Theresa, thanks for the olive oil..........we are set for life.
We love you all.

So Much To Talk About

Feeling a little overwhelmed.  There has been so much to consider, think we have settled on a plan.  The naturopath yesterday was wonderful.  She spent and hour and forty-five minutes with us.  She listened and asked a lot of questions.  She gave us some good guidelines and a plan of action.  Walt has decided he doesn't want to go back though for a couple of good reasons.  There is a great deal of cost involved, not just with the doctor but with the travel.  It is a rough trip for him and he would rather not do it.  Also, she indicated that we are already on the right track with a few tweeks.
We are having a great time with friends who have come from California to help.  Our friend Peggy is an RN and is so helpful with all of the medical stuff.  Sharon was there when we learned the Truth so she knows us inside and out. Right now Sharon is mopping my floor and Peggy is talking about medications with Walt.   What a blessing.
Yesterday we ate lunch at Chipotle.  What a great place to pick and choose what you will eat.  Their food is suppose to be organic and you can pick what you want to build a salad, taco or burrito.  We were able to stay in the guidelines of our food plan.
Walt went to breakfast with his friend Bob this morning.  He feels pretty good.  They had to go to Denny's because everything else was closed.  He had poached eggs and a bowl of fruit.  Stayed on his diet.  What a guy.
Thanks for listening to me ramble again. Prayers are keeping us strong and sane.  Thanks so much.

Oh Well......

We had a wonderful visit with the pulmonary doctor today even though the news was not good.  Walt has not one friend of Murphy, but two.  Oh well.  It doesn't change much.  Still don't know if they are  independent of the one in the esophagus or metastasis, but again it doesn't matter because our treatment would be the same.   We have such a close relationship with our doctor that it was very hard on him.  He did save our daughters life after all and Walt's too.  He was so kind and understanding of what we want to do and he will do any follow up needed.
We made it to our Sunday morning meeting yesterday.  So many sad faces, but everyone was happy to see Walt even though there is about 20 lbs less of him to see.  He fit into a suit that he hasn't worn in years and he outgrew right after he got it.  It's like he is able to shop in his own closet.  I was able to go out in service this morning because we have a wonderful friend from Placerville, Ca. visiting to help out.  David chauffeured us to the doctor and to get more oxygen for Walt.  Then he put up a new ceiling fan in the bedroom.  What a guy.
We are truly feeling the strength needed to endure all of this bad news.  Keep those prayers coming because it is the very best that any of us can do.  We love you all.