Daniel Hall

hello everyone, unfortunately the good news doesn't mean that chemo is going any easier for me. I've been so weak the last four days i can barely walk. i almost went to the ER when it first happened because i could barely breathe after walking upstairs to bed. on another note i still haven't received anything from my disability. the same doctors that demand money before treatment are taking months to send in my medical history. so i haven't gotten any money in a month. rent and other bills are due very soon and I'm down to almost nothing. i don't know what we're going to do. if my long term disability doesn't start next week we're going to get evicted. we have three dogs and can't go anywhere if that happens. I'm very scared for my kids and pets right now. ending on a positive note I'm going to attach a pic of the world's cutest dog in my very biased opinion Kaya!!

Hello everyone! after Monday it was hard to be hopeful but i actually got really good news yesterday. the chemo has been really effective. the pet scan couldn't detect any cancer in my lungs. They said my liver cancer had shrunk to the point they called it "nearly completely resolved". My main tumor in my large intestine has shrunk from 10cm to 21mm! so the report was as good as I could have hoped, short of a miracle. I'm very relieved and happy to have a chance to live. I'm not out of the woods yet obviously but i responded really well to the torture, i mean treatment . speaking of chemo i start up again next week so as not to lose any progress we made. my disability situation is still in waiting and they made some mistake as i mentioned Monday. it's amazing that insurance always wants to give you less than you paid for but never more. no as of now i have zero income coming in. I'll update here once this gets resolved. thanks so much for all your support and prayers. may God bless each of you for your kindness and compassion!! i finally feel some optimism for having a future again. Daniel

today was a terrible day. this is not about my pet scan results, I'll get those Wed. everything went wrong today. i confirmed that my school district isn't paying for my insurance through Nov but they're already done so i need to come up with 1100 dollars every month extra to keep my insurance. my disability payment, looks like I'll have to fight for the correct amount. it's 6-700 dollars less than it's supposed to be monthly. my son got a flat tire on the way home from college. I'm still throwing up two weeks after my last chemo. today was just awful and so stressful. even the pet scan was terrible. i have a destroyed left shoulder so it was hurting so bad during the whole thing. i don't know guys, I'm so discouraged and stressed out. everything went wrong today, it's hard to believe at this point my results will be good based on today. i don't know what we're going to do. Daniel

well i have had my final chemo for the first 6 rounds but yesterday i got a reminder that the side affects still last. 7 days out for me is often sick pretty bad but yesterday was on a whole new level. i came very close to calling 911. i could not catch my breath even after walking a very short distance in the house. I threw up from the time i woke until bed. it was awful. couldn't eat or drink all day. even meds got thrown up immediately. I'm feeling a bit better today. i suspect maybe i got food poisoning or something because it was bad. probably the most scared of dying I've ever been. not being able to breathe is terrifying. on a positive note i get my pet scan follow up this coming Monday. hopefully I'll hear after that all the suffering has been worth it. God bless Daniel