May 18, 2012

CT scan clear. I was sitting in the doctors office at the cancer clinic reading my bible on my iphone, reading matthew chapter 6-


²⁵ “Therefore I tell you, do not worry^(AC) about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?²⁶ Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.^(AD) Are you not much more valuable than they?^(AE) 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life


and my oncologists walks into the room.  I say, hi Dr Murray, he says, hello Gilbert, I am looking for a tool for another patient, I will be right with you.   35 minutes later, of not worrying, an intern or a resident walks into the room.  This is the conversation

intern- hello gilbert

me- hi

intern- i am DR Craig, i am a resident, so how are you

me- good

intern- thats good, now how have you been feeling

me- tell me what's on the report

intern- what, I er...

me- tell me what is on the report

intern- uh, well, we are still waiting for , see the...

me- am i good or not, was it a clear scan?

intern- we are still waiting for the report, but your bloodwork is good, no raised levels of tumor markers, but we are still waiting for the report

me- so can you go get the report and then we can chat

intern- uh, yeah, i can do that but the scan is clear, nothing unusual on it, just waiting for the actual written report from radiology

me- ok, well thank you, you should tell the patient he is fine first, then you can ask me all the questions you want

intern- yes of course, let me check for the report and i will be back

me- that would be great, why don't you do that

25 more mins...

my regular doc walks in- Gilbert you are fine, things are looking great, you look great, 1 year, congratulations, we won't even need to see you until the end of the summer.  ok

me- yup, thanks Doc.

And Scene...haha, never a dull moment


1 year cancer free- Praise God.

May 17, 2012

Results day- always an interesting one.  Good thing is that I have been so busy lately that I haven't had time to think or worry about it.

On a side note.  Looks like we are finally moving to a slightly bigger place.  I have to say- I am a pretty cheap, typical asian but I just spent the best $400 of my life the other day.  We found a place we love and in the area we want to live.  We made and offer and it got accepted,  Then I paid $400 for an inspection on the house.  WOW- this guy was the most thorough guy I have ever met.  I learned more about the place we bought than humanly possible.  It was awesome.  Any of you out there buying a place- get an inspection- and call me for my guy.  I was so reassured that I was buying a great place after his report, made shelling out the deposit a lot easier.

For those of you who know me, you know I hate to pay retail- for anything.(June's friend Glo calls me Good Deal Gil)   I used to say that every person needs to have 2 main hookups in their lives.  You have to have a good mechanic and a good travel agent( 2 industries that can really rip you off).  I gotta say that I may add 2 more people to that list.  We were searching for a new home since before the cancer- it's been a long road and so happy that we finally found something we like after almost 2 years.  The other 2 people you must have in your life is a good realtor and mortgage broker.  When you are going to shell out that kind of money, you want to be able to sleep at night knowing that there are 2 guys that are working for your best interest.  Thank you Sterling Wong and Alex Pang- our realtor and mortgage guy.  You guys made it happen.  Sterling- you are the Jerry Mcguire of real estate- the silent assassin/pitbull of negotiation.  Alex, you got us $$$, which is always nice.  Especially at a low interest rate.  2 christian brothers that I would recommend to anyone and everyone because you guys are diligent and have amazing dedication and resolve.  And I get to move June into a place she loves where Rhys can grow up in. I am forever grateful.  Free cokes all around.

Ok off to work and then doc appt this afternoon.  Will post when I get my results later today.

May 5, 2012

Just your typical Sat morning. Got up. Fired up my laptop and read a few emails. But now I am at life labs getting my routine blood test. I had forgotten about it during the week. I have another Ct scan on the 14th. A year ago today. I was finished my chemo and waiting to see if the treatmen had worked. Seemed so long ago but also seems like just yesterday when I was faced with the uncertainty of a disease that has taken so many. Been very busy lately at work but I continue to see God working around me and I seek his peace in these crazy times. I feel very fortunate to have a job where I have never had a day where I looked at the clock hoping it would go faster. Wondering when it was time to go home. Not once in the last 5 years has that happened. Usually it's looking at the clock wondering where all the time went. I have been in jobs when I was younger that I stared at that clock- Willing it to go faster. Not fun. Well, still waiting for them to call my name and draw about 6 vials of blood. Tumor markers, liver and kidney enzymes, glucose. I will never get use to the needles. But gives me a chance to blog while I wait for my words with fiends, friends to play their words. Enjoy life, enjoy work. Whatever you are doing- enjoy the moment. Living a life of hope or glass half full a lot more fulfilling than going through life on glass half empty mode.