Tuesday 9-29-09 Sanoviv Update

Sorry for the lack of detail in the morning update.  I got connected to Skype and between my call and my own work appointments I had to keep today I found I was very brief. 

Back to the hyperthermia treatment yesterday afternoon - as I said, it was tough.  Shelly didn't sleep well and woke up with start of a migraine and no appetite.  We had smoothies for breakfast which was helpful.  (They are REALLY good.)    When we saw her onsite physician before lunch Shelly told him about the onset of the migraine and he prescribed a medication with no side effects that would keep it from escalating. 

The IV situation - Shell is currently in an IV treatment right now where they are cleaning her blood.  It is called extracorporeal ozone treatment.  It requires 2 IV sites (one to draw the blood and one to put it back in).  It sounds a little gross but it doesn't look bad.  She will have several of these to process the full 5 liters in her body.  In a few minutes she will be heading to her lymphatic massage which was rescheduled till later today.

They IV nurses finally said she needs a catheter/port inserted in her chest for all these IVs rather than sticking her every time.  She does not have good veins for IVs.  The catheter is not their first choice for any patient because of the increased risk of infection since it puts a line directly into the superior vena cava. (at least that is where they put mine when I had one.)  We are glad to have this as an alternative. 

I found out more about Ukrain, the natural chemo supplement from Germany.  It is a non-toxic herb which does not attack the normal cells.  Read more about it here.   http://www.truthquest2.com/nontoxicchemotherapy.htm

In the morning Shelly is radiant. Her skin is glowing and she looks well rested (whether she got a good nights sleep or not). In the afternoon you can see the wear. She is tired but slugging through all they ask without complaining.

We are losing weight...which is a pleasant side effect of the vegetarian diet and exercise.

For those of you who are family I believe she is going to get online tonight for a Skype call.   Plan on around 8:30pm.

Hugs to all!