Thirty Months Old

 Updated with a photo and additional Optune info 8/9/18.

Brain cancer is...

 ...thirty months old.

Today is Darrell's 30-month-from-diagnosis  anniversary.  What's so special about 30 months?  The median overall survival with GBM is 15 months.  Double that.  That's today.*

Imagine someone asking you, "You have one year to live.  What will you do with it?"

We made careful choices; we answered that question, and we lived that year. 

And now we are living another year...and...oh, wait, another half a year beyond that.

Fight on, Darrell!

That's a pretty awesome Birthday Month Celebration Day Day 8.

 Update:  Fun (?) Photo

When we talked with Zach today about Darrell's anniversary, Andi said, "30 months, and he shows absolutely no sign of slowing down."  Zach said, "We don't even know what could stop the Big D."  True, true.  However, we do know what cannot stop Darrell:

 A weed whacker.  Darrell wanted you to see.  Abatement 2018:  No casualties, one injury.  Owie.


 *Yes, Optune changes everything.  We have stated elsewhere that people with Darrell's Optune compliance stats have incredible long-term survival numbers:  40% surviving GBM 5 years versus 10% survival without Optune with high compliance rates.  

I did some more research on Optune's company, Novocure, in preparing for this post.  Optune's mechanism for treatment, Tumor Treating Fields, shows promising results for many, many cancers.  If you're interested, check out this link for Novocure's timeline for working against other cancers.  Their treatment for pancreatic cancer has a Phase 3 trial occurring right now, right here in So Cal:  Anaheim!

Fight on, Cancer Warriors!