http://charyssehesse.com Oligoastrocytoma grade 2/3 survivor Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:42:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The results of my MRI showed the tumor to be stable since my last scan, which was almost 3 months ago.  How blessed am I?  This time spent off of treatment was great not only for a break, but so much better for my relationship with God.  I loved it.  ... http://charyssehesse.com/2010/02/26/stable/ Several weeks ago, I felt like God was speaking to me about where I was putting my faith and trust with this tumor.  Was I putting my ultimate trust in him that he would bring healing to my body, or was I putting all of my faith and trust in ... http://charyssehesse.com/2010/02/12/taking-a-step-of-faith/ For those of you who are on this site to monitor what kind of treatment that I am doing that may be helpful in deciding your treatment plan, I am now adding which treatments that I've been doing in between scans on the 'Health updates' page.  You will be able ... http://charyssehesse.com/2009/12/22/health-updates/ I recently had a PET and MRI scan done on December 1st.  Both scans are showing the tumor to be stable.  Amazing news!  We decided after the last scan to take out the chemo (Temodar) and just do the natural IV treatment that I've been doing over the past 18 ... http://charyssehesse.com/2009/12/14/scan-time-again/ Seriously.  Are there any clever play on words that have yet to be thought of surrounding all of the hoopla of the swine flu virus?  I'm so tired of it headlining everything I watch and read.  You?  But even though I'm becoming immune to caring about anything that has to ... http://charyssehesse.com/2009/10/05/the-swine-flu-vaccine-helpful-or-hurtful/ I am usually not one to feel sorry for myself. I am so thankful that I was raised to live in this mindset: It is what it is. You do what you have to do. On most days it is easy for me to rest in that. ... http://charyssehesse.com/2009/10/02/todays-reality/ I guess it's been awhile since I've been hanging out here.  Facebook makes for lazy bloggers, I think.  Most of you know that I had a scan this morning.  The scan was read extremely quickly, which is probably attributed to the fact that I had to be at the hospital ... http://charyssehesse.com/2009/09/15/mri-scan-results/ Wow.  Summer is halfway over.  The weather has been amazing and so we're trying to soak up as much Vitamin D, as we all know the rain is just around the corner.  The only good thing about that will be that I will actually sit down and write some more ... http://charyssehesse.com/2009/08/05/you-might-be-a-redneck-ifyou-build-your-pool-out-of-hay-bales-and-tarps/ An article recently came out about how researchers from a 'green' chemistry center have found a way to recover a chemical called polyvinyl-alcohol (PVA).  It is a compound that is used in the television industry and is a key element of television sets with liquid crystal display (LCD) technology.  ... http://charyssehesse.com/2009/07/17/recycling-our-health/ First, you should know that I give the glory to God for answered prayers.  I am so thankful for every single prayer that has been lifted up upon my behalf.  I'm thankful for the 156 members that signed up almost immediately for the Facebook group that was created to pray ... http://charyssehesse.com/2009/07/16/livin-on-a-prayerand-dmso/