My husband was diagnosed in July 2023 (1 year ago), stage 3 if I recall correctly with metastasis. In Sept, on our girls’ 1st day of school they informed us that it was incurable and estimated 1 - 1.5 years. Folfox & Opdivo immunotherapy started in October reduced the tumour, returned his ability to eat. He had 4 “good” days out of every 14 for half a year. Exhaustion and nausea. But the neuropathy was intense by March/ April so it was time to quit it. Soon after, the tumour started to affect his swallowing again. He was losing what little weight he had left and losing the ability to consume food again. We learned the cancer (aggressive HER-2+ adeno, if I recall the right terminology) had spread to his stomach and cramps & pain were added to the difficult experience.

Out of their back pockets, the medical team brought radiotherapy. So far, it seems to have just kicked him when he was down. He went from starving & active to starving, nauseated, and in bed all the time. The hope is that he will begin to recover from the side affects of the radiotherapy, but as I watch his body waste away, I have my doubts.
I’ve learned about a promising complementary treatment called molecular hydrogen (if you ask AI, ChatGPT, Pi, etc., that is what they say: “promising”. PubMed calls it promising too). We are looking to have the therapy administered in a targeted way, which is pretty damn experimental. Perhaps we will succeed in getting the health system to bring it in through Canada’s Special Access Program. Perhaps we won’t. Perhaps it will help him. Perhaps it won’t.

But you asked for hopeful stories: Here’s the bottom line. For my husband, for me and our two girls, Jesus has been present with us every day through this journey. He has not forsaken us, even in the most dire circumstances. He has removed virtually all fear. For us, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Blessings!