Besides raising money for Relay For Life, our Huntin’ For A Cure team is also selling the t-shirts below for $12. Proceeds will benefit Relay For Life. They come in Youth sizes S M L and Adult sizes S M L XL 2X. Comment below if you’re interested in purchasing these t-shirts from us.
Did you know, this year, about 562,340 Americans are expected to die of cancer, more than 1,500 people a day. Cancer is currently the second most common cause of death in the US, exceeded only by heart disease. In the US, cancer accounts for nearly 1 of every 4 deaths. Because of this, it’s important [...]
Well there’s already a month gone in 2010 so we thought we’d give you a quick update on what’s been going on with us so far in 2010!
This new year started off in a bad way as my dad ended up having to be taken to the hospital for a collapsed lung. He was in [...]
Today is the last day of 2009. I don’t think I’ve ever looked forward to a year ending more than I have this year. Tomorrow will be a new year and a fresh start. In the New Year, there are many things that we hope to accomplish and there are many things that we are [...]
You never know when it might hit you, that you could of lost someone you loved to this terrible disease until you hear those magical words, you’re all done with treatment and we believe you have nothing to worry about. Even though I heard them yesterday it didn’t really hit me until today. I could [...]
Casey has responded very well to his Chemo treatment. He’s had some nausea and fatigue but overall he’s done much better than we expected. He rested for most of the weekend besides a few incidents where he was being stubborn and he’s been keeping up with his 6 bottles of water a day. He’ll have [...]
Update on Pathology Results
Dr. Atluri consulted with Harvard Medical School for a third opinion on Casey’s pathology results. The tumor was completely Seminoma! That means that he only has to have one 48 hour treatment of Carboplatin. We are beyond thankful to everyone who kept us in our their thoughts and prayers. The prayers worked [...]
So as you know we’ve been waiting for the past two weeks for our appointment with the urologist who was supposed to tell us more information about the RPLND surgery that I was supposed to have (instead of the chemo) to make sure there’s absolutely no cancer left my body. Well looks like I may [...]
I have to say that the worst part of this whole experience has been the waiting. We’ve waited to hear back from pathology reports, CT Scans, blood tests, analysis’s and waited for all kinds of appointments. Right now, we’re waiting to meet the new Urologist that would be performing the RPLND surgery on Casey if [...]
The news: We just saw the oncologist Dr. Atluri at Leo Jenkins Cancer Center for the second time. When we saw her last week she was waiting on more information from the Oncologist we saw in Rocky Mount. Once she reviewed Casey’s case more thoroughly, and discussed it with her colleagues they decided that chemotherapy [...]