We're printing up on my Kaiser lab results and packing a bag for Houston. It's a very long drive of course, but I'm not sure I could fly in my current condition. We can rent a new car for a few hundred dollars to travel with, and praise be to Jesus that we will have safe passage all the way there and back. We have a lot of things (Medical records) to print and bring with us, and fortunately some friends have offered a temporary apartment to stay in my we are there. If we need to, we could buy a cheap car that would last a few weeks and save us the dollars required to rent a car for a month at a time. Big-time road trip coming up! This will be literally a life-altering journey and for myself it will be a life- preserving journey, Lord willing.
The thought of any complications on this trip is terrifying, whether we drive or fly. For several reasons, I believe that driving will be easier for me than flying. Please pray for our safe travel to and from Houston,as it will be a long trip. We will be there for a few weeks, and neither of us has ever been there before so this will be interesting!
In order to make this trip, I need to tell Kaiser I am stopping my treatments. This is scary in itself, as it automatically triggers the hospice program with Kaiser health insurance. When you discontinue treatment, you're on your own. I don't really know what to make of that. What I do know however is that I want to have a different course of treatment than radiation and chemotherapy. I do not know much about the treatment offered at the clinic in Houston, other than its success rate being so much better than conventional medicine. It does seem to me like an intelligent choice, and that is what we have agreed to do.
We have had an enormous outpouring of help from new friends in Texas through my network of Corvette lovers. This has been so touching, it's amazing. It looks like we will not only have a place to stay in Houston but a vehicle available to us if we need it!! How's that for exciting?
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Hi,
Just read last night (http://www.thevettebarn.com/forums/off-topic/16304-anybody-over-here-friends-w-san-diego-paul.html) about your tumor.
The people in Houston are good folks. I moved last summer, but have many good friends there. I'm so glad to hear that you've had offers of help from them.
Best of luck with your treatment....Liz (oyealiz)
Hi Paul,
Well, I think this is definitely a GREAT step in the best direction for your complete healing! It takes so much courage to do what you are doing and say goodbye to chemo/radiation treatments-but I know from being a Hospice RN and seeing what my Mom went thru that chemo and radiation is just so grueling and toxic (as it kills healthy cells too). The treatment at the Houston clinic sounds so promising and more humane than Kaiser BS and the chemo/radiation! The road trip sounds like a better way to get there than flying-and ya know if u run into any trouble you can go to any ER room. I have a nurse friend who just moved down to Houston area from Michigan to be closer to her kids and grandkids-yes, the people there are very warm and kind. It's also cool that you have a network of supportive friends with the Corvette club over there too! I know they will help ya a lot.Maybe they have a connection to a "loaner Corvette" for you while you are out there! ;) I drove across the country (and back to MI) just me and my little mini Dachshund!-back in 2006 when I moved back to SD for a while and it was an amazing and fun trip!
I went to Galveston and also thru Houston-it is a nice area! Do you know how long you might be staying in Houston? Maybe you can see the place in Houston where they launched the rockets- NASA place? =) please keep in touch and let me know how yer doing. I will send you text messages since dunno if you will have computer with ya? and as one of my friends always says... "where God guides, God provides" and it definitely looks like God is guiding you to Houston! Bless you and your angel wife on your journey and always. Love you! xoxo
Chris
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