“McAllister Girls” are still kicking cancers ass!
Sorry for the time gap on the blog postings…..it has been
about a month or so since my last post!
I took some time off from blogging!
But I felt it was time to get back at it and let everyone know how
Isabelle and Sarah are doing. Isabelle
is doing great and managing her chemo with flying colors! That little brave girl of mine very rarely
ever complains…..she’s such a trooper!
The worst part of her chemo sessions is that she is scared of the needle
and accessing her “power port”….which I totally understand…who wants needle
stuck in their chest every week??? Ummm
no one! Yet she musters all her strength and courage and still goes in there
almost every Friday with a good attitude and smile on her face! I can tell you that she is as normal as any
other 7 year old which a true blessing and praise the Lord! She only has a small residual issue from the surgery….mostly
balance issues when she is trying to stand on one foot or walk on a line toe-to-heal. They said that can take a long time to
resolve and may never completely come back to normal but she’s perfect in my
eyes! Her next MRI is June 24th
and I’m very optimistic for the results.
I truly believe that the CBD/THC oil along with the chemo is doing their
job to kill the cancer. She is acclimating
to the regiment of taking the oils morning, afternoon, and night! We are pushing them to the most that she can
tolerate and not seeing any side-effects….everything is very encouraging!
Life is starting to feel somewhat normal….I guess as normal
as things can be given our last year! I
think Sarah and I consistently have cancer on the brain but it seems to be
getting more manageable and we just learn to acclimate! It’s a little difficult to explain the
emotional and mental strain that cancer brings into your life and trying to
find some sense of normalcy afterwards.
I don’t think life will ever be the same again as It was before Sarah
was diagnosed with her breast cancer and then learning of Isabelle’s
diagnosis. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone! I think we just do our best to take one day
at a time and be grateful for each day that we are healthy and well! We smile more and more each day……and cry when
life gets pushes us to our limits! Life
certainly has its up’s and downs!
Update on Sarah: we went to the University of Utah recently
for Sarah to get her full body MRI. Good
news is that everything came back clear and she is cancer free…now this full
body MRI technology is not 100% as its can’t see everything to smallest cell
but it’s the best we have and they gave us good news so we will take what we
can get. We had the chance to meet a
great doctor by the name of Dr. Joshua Schiffman and he was truly amazing
doctor. I can’t say enough about his
compassion and drive to eliminate cancer.
He is pretty freaking awesome!!
Here some tidbits from our 2 hour conversation with Dr. Schiffman. He is currently doing research on elephants
and their TP53 genes…..what is a TP53 gene some of you may ask? The TP53 is the cancer suppressor gene that
helps correct mutated cell growth….essentially it helps ensure that we don’t get
cancer! So 99.9% of humans have 2 fully
functioning TP53 genes but sometimes the genes still get the coding incorrect
and then the cancer begins to grow….so here is the interesting part and how he
thinks elephants are the answer to all of our cancers problems!! Elephants are very large and live to be in
there 70’s or 80’s yet they very rarely if ever ever ever get cancer….which
doesn’t follow logic given how large they are and how long they live that given
the number of times cells are replicated that at some point there should be a
mutation and cancer SHOULD develop but it doesn’t…..the answer you ask!?!? Elephants have 40 TP53 cancer suppressor
genes….how cool is that!! His plan which
is in full effect…….he is working with a geneticist in Israel to utilize the
elephant TP53 gene along with nanotechnology to eliminate cancer! BOOM……Honestly
it just give me goosebumps to think about this stuff and that people are working
so hard to ride the human race of cancer concerns! I’m so encouraged by this effort with the
elephant research, the Sean Parker Institute, Biden’s” Moonshot” initiative to eliminate
cancer…..its all good stuff! I’m banking
on the elephants…..go to the basis of the problem and correct the TP53
issue! Either way meeting with Dr.
Schiffman was great and he gives me a lot of hope as he believes that the first
human trials will be in 2-3 years!
If you want to learn more about Dr. Schiffman and his
research and to possible donate to his efforts please check out these articles
(spread the word as I’m sure we all know someone dealing with cancer in one way
or another):
Other than that we are just forging ahead and staying the course! Life is good and we are looking forward to
the day that all of the McAllister’s are cancer-free! We will keep fighting the good fight and
kicking cancer’s ass! Until next time
folks….keep praying for us and keep Belle in your thoughts and prayers!
God Bless,
Mac
