The Holiday of Miracles and the Miracle Treatment

I can’t help but see the connection. I’m not going to delve into Hanukkah’s details, but I will say this. The Maccabis survived because of a miracle. Let’s hope it rubs off on the rest of us.

I’ve been waiting for the past three months to start treatment for this annoying, lecherous illness. I’ve been keeping myself busy with crafty things, new ideas, happy thoughts, but the majority of the time, I’ve been stewing about how I don’t want to be here…doing this….now. I have so many beautiful dreams and all this waiting just pulls me out of the leaps and bounds ahead of me.

Yesterday, I received a present. My miracle drug arrived during Hanukkah. What a beautiful synchronicity. You must be wondering how we did it. Truth is, my parents are amazing. They have been working very hard to bypass all the bureaucracy and all the insanity to get the drug into the country. We are still fighting the insurance company. They should be covering my medical treatments. And in the end, they will.

In the meantime, we were able to get half the amount together and send for the first 3 months of treatment. And that box of something-more-expensive-than-diamonds arrived yesterday.

I got my first infusion of these magical cells. And it was a long day at the hospital. But I’m feeling optimistic and pretty well. Even though, I am more exhausted than usual. It is to be expected.

So, now there’s more waiting. But that’s ok. I’m feeling happier today than I have in a while. There was nothing traumatic about the treatment. It was so different than chemo. I won’t go into the details, but I do hope that cancer treatment starts to move quickly in this direction. Chemotherapy is much more damaging than it is helpful. Yes, it can prolong life, but I believe that cancer can be healed. And that doesn’t happen by systemically poisoning the body.

By the way, my mother took lots of pictures yesterday. I’ll post a few later on.

In chronological order, Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa and the all inclusive, Happy Holidays!!

Thank you EVERYONE for all this love and support. Thank you thank you thank you.

love,

HEALey

 

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