Dean P. Demos

I have completed another cycle of Velcade and nearly finished with a 14 day cycle of Revlimid.  Therefore, I’m off for 7 days.  My next appointment will be with Dr. G.  He will give me a progress update on Monday, Feb.11th.  I will get my Velcade and a Zometa injection.  The first Zometa treatment I had gave me flu symptoms … a muscle ache all over and a bad stiff neck.  The second wasn’t anything like that.   I’m grateful that I have the benefit of  medical technology and caring people to do what they can to fight this disease. 

I wonder what in my body causes those plasma cells to become abnormal and malignant.  That’s where I want a change … for my body to STOP IT!  It makes me think of the contrary nature of us all.  “All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way, and the Lord put on Him [Jesus] the guilt and iniquity of us all.”  Is. 53:6

Jesus, I ask You to heal my body and cause these bad cells to die and the new ones to be healthy.  I ask the same for all my friends and loved ones, that we can live healthy spiritual lives and healthy physical lives.  That everything that displeases You would be gone, and grace-enabled obedience in everything would abound.