“We were lied to…you can’t bring down a monster with a single silver bullet.”
Standard of care, new therapies, clinical trials, off-label medications, supplements, mental health, spiritual health, Western Medicine, Eastern Medicine, Placebos…all the silver bullets you can fire at it. That’s what is takes to bring down a monster.
Life is for the living
My journey, resources and things I’ve learned to provide the best opportunity for me to live a long life with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
The difference between a curious physician and an incurious doctor is literally the difference between living longer than expected and dying before your time. Choose wisely.
The long and winding road
“Don’t quit your job…this isn’t over. Get to six months, then to one year, then to three years, then to five years then to 10.”
~Travis Wilkes, MD
“You can’t stand guard 24 hours a day watching for your lab results, your scan results, whether or not the cancer is shrinking or growing. Give that burden to me. I’ll carry that for you…its what I do.”
~Kim Reiss Binder, MD
The two most curious and intelligent physicians I’ve encountered and I’ve been blessed to have them both work in partnership to guide my care.
“God knows our situation; He will not judge us as if we had no difficulties to overcome. What matters is the sincerity and perseverance of our will to overcome them.”
— C.S. Lewis