The Death of Cancer Cells?

From the first moment my wife discovered she had breast cancer, there was a deafening silence from the men I know. Even ones whose wives, mothers or girlfriends had breast cancer seemed to have received a gag order from some Central Cancer Command and did little more than mumble about the experience. Not one to shut up for any known reason, I started this blog…

My wife had a checkup this week. No one seemed to be looking for tumors, no one suggested CAT or PET or bone scans, no one felt for lumps...they took some blood and told her they’d get back to her...

She got the call and the doctor said that she was vitamin D deficient and they were prescribing some MEGA vitamin D pills. NOT to combat bone loss, not against depression, not for any of the reasons that seemed to ME to be logical. The vitamin D pills were for MUSCLE PAIN.

We went out to do a bit of shopping and picked up the prescription and when we got home, she took the pill (with a few slices of a medium, traditional crust, mushroom and black olive (plus “go light with the pepperoni”), and extra cheese pizza). After watching MASH and the first half of CHESS, she stood up, walked into the dining room and said, “Could a pill work after taking it two hours ago – because my legs don’t hurt anymore.”

I blinked in surprise and said, “I...well...I don’t THINK so.”

Since that day, her body pain is gone. She started taking capsaicin several weeks ago and that helped with pain as well.

This got us started on a nighttime conversation. By the time we were ready for bed, she said, “No one seems to be worried about me getting cancer again.”

“I know. It’s weird,” said I.

“What if...” she paused. Then she continued in a softer voice, “What if it’s gone? What if I don’t have to worry about a recurrence anymore? No one else seems worried. So, maybe I don’t have to worry.”

I didn’t know what to say. Her cancer doctor had prescribed the most aggressive regimen he knew. She had a double mastectomy. What more could she have done? Maybe the horror was over. Maybe FOREVER.

What if?

The concept is STUNNING and I’m pretty sure I’m not done thinking about it…or writing about it!

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