The Shadowlands

Mom's cancer has returned and spread.  

With a bit of vengeance it seems.

The oncologist's conclusion of the matter?  

A year and a half with treatment - treatment being the operative word here...

Conventional Chemotherapy (somewhat indiscriminately applied here in North America) 

annihilates the immune system at the same time, a route Mom has gone before and is understandably, unwilling to repeat.

That makes a bleak prognosis even bleaker.

So, after much due consideration we are headed to Germany's Leonardis Klinic

where optimal individualized care is the founding principle.

The Leonardis Premise

Our individual treatment concept encompasses

special innovative methods, such as

chemosensitivity testing, gene molecular and

enzyme tests. The results of these tests enable us

to find out which substances the patient optimally

reacts to and to determine the maximum doses of

these tested substances which the patient can

tolerate (in order to reduce the side effects to a

minimum) as well as the type of metabolization of

these substances in the patient’s body.

At the same time we can determine prognosis

methods and lay down preventive measures (among

others reduction of heavy metal load etc.) on the

basis of these immunological tests (of blood, urine

and mucous membrane). According to these data

we can develop an optimally individualized therapy

and nutrition concept for the specific patient in

concern.

It just seems to make a whole lot more sense given the circumstances.

Tentatively, this may be a three week stay for mom.  My sister and I will share the privilege of making this journey with her.  Many of you go with us in spirit and for this we are humbled and grateful.  Your prayer support is earnestly sought for traveling mercies and especially for finding peace and comfort in whatever God ordains.  
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will  fear no evil.

For you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.  Psalm 23:4