Early Thursday in Escondido
Val, Chris, Nancy, and I are off to USC for Chemo 24 this morning. Val receives IV 5Fu/Leucovoran and Avastin. The 5FU is administered over 48 hours through a pump in her pocket. She is also on oral Tarceva.
Pray for Val as she makes this trip and weathers the storm of cancer therapies.
Continue to pray for wisdom in pain management. Like all of us, Val tries to get by with as little medication as possible. This can and does get us in trouble.
We are also going to try a walk-in consultation with Dr. Lo at Cedars. Pray that he can fit us into his busy schedule.
Your Servant
Pray for Val as she makes this trip and weathers the storm of cancer therapies.
Continue to pray for wisdom in pain management. Like all of us, Val tries to get by with as little medication as possible. This can and does get us in trouble.
We are also going to try a walk-in consultation with Dr. Lo at Cedars. Pray that he can fit us into his busy schedule.
Your Servant
posted by McCrea Family at 6:30 AM
5 Comments:
I smoked pot when I had a severe injury. None of the traditional medications worked, they just made me loopy. Pot helped me relax and be pain free. While the other medications gave me a severe hang over feeling. It would not hurt to try it.
I will pray that you are guided to the right pain medication for you.
I think pot has important medicinal qualities that are just beginning to be discovered. The taboo put on it makes people hesitant to use it. I say if it works, smoke it.
Dear All!
Richard...you are so funny! You could never be banished! And what a good dad you are...investigating this resource for your beautiful daughter! We look forward to your inspiring blogs always!
The prayers continue Val...for you and your family. Lord, we just pray for relief! We pray that you can give the doctors superior wisdom to find and make the right decisions for pain management. And Lord...we pray for endurance for Val. Please give her strength...bless her with energy and peace to run this race! Lord, we ask that you hold Val...we know that you love her with a love that NEVER ends...that you delight and rejoice in her...that in you...she can do all things! We pray that she feels this! Amen!
Val...you keep that amazing, beautiful head up...we love you!
Love,
Kerry Randall
Val, I'm not normally one who would quote from the bible. You and I spoke about religion once--briefly. I said to you that I had lost my faith in the church I was raised in, as it had become overrun with a political beaurocracy. I never connected with anyone there. My grandfather was a deacon for decades, working in a parish comprised predominantly of devout, migrant, hispanics. They loved him.
Funny, he never allowed his chldren to speak Spanish in the home. He also insisted they attend private schools outside their neighborhood. I'll never fully understand that double standard.
I'll never understand many things, including the manner in which he hurt me and my family. It seems life is often plagued with double standards.
The important part of this confession lies in the fact that I have held onto my faith in God.
I still believe in Him, despite all the wickedness inflicted by my grandfather and those who represented the church. I believe he created the Earth for us, full of gifts.
With you in mind, I read today from the book of Genesis. Have you read it lately? 1:29-1:31 really stand out for me.
It says that all these seed bearing plants and herbs are gifts to rememdy our hunger and our ease our pain. Yet here you stand, caught up in the beaurocracy of man's law, with your life in the balance. On one hand you have pain and nausea and on the other you have Earth's gift--marijuana, a potentially good source of relief from these symptoms.
Maybe you fear the burden of crossing man's law, worried that you will be judged for it later. Or perhaps you think it might lead you to a worse fate here on earth. I have no idea where your head is at on this.
I guess I just don't always agree with man's interpretation of the Word. It's hard for me to fathom how someone as pure and loving as you could ever be judged poorly for utilizing God's herbal gifts to help heal yourself?
I'll pray for you. I'll even hook you up with some of my brothers "musician friends" if you change your mind!
Take care of yourself Val!
Love, Maria
I have tears in my eyes reading all this. This is real life, not perfect. No one should judge anyone trying to help someone. I do not know richard, but I can tell he would give his own life for his daughter.I love his honesty, I am in a bible study, and we talked today about suffering, and why it happens to people, good people. Valerie is a testimony to that. God is using Valerie to help others in their faith. She is touching so many people. I pray for Valerie and her healing, I pray for this whole family, and I pray for this blog to continue to be a place for people to come and learn, grow, and love, no matter where they arein this crazy world. We all want Valerie to be cancer free. We love you Val. Thanks for more than you know...
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