Per his permission and own words

Feb 5th, 2012  As the sadness of Mike Fontaine’s death just sinks in, I learn from my Oncologist that my three month scans are clear and am good for another three months. Thank all of you for the kind thoughts and prayers and please keep them going as this(as you found from Mike) is a long and scary battle. I’ll again being going for a more extensive scan. The PET scan, on the 30^th of April and again if the Lord’s willing and the Devil doesn’t interfere, I’ll update you all then. Thank you all again.

Jeffrey S. Sourbeer

 

Nov 3, 2011 I just got home from seeing my Oncologist to receive the findings of my PET scan that was done on Monday, and all is good for the time being. There was no new cancer found and the tumors that exist have continued to diminish or stay the same size. I now have another three months of quality life. I will return in February to have another set of scans. God is good and I thank ALL of you who have had positive thoughts and prayers sent my way. I know this is just another battle won and the war continues, but with God’s help and your prayers, I will remain positive and continue to battle this hideous disease until the cure is found. Thank you all again and I will update again in three months.

  Jeffrey S. Sourbeer   

 

 

 

8/18/11   Finally, for those of you who have held positive and or prayerful thoughts for me in this battle with this hideous disease of cancer, a little good news. I went to the oncologist today to get the results of 2 CT scans with contrast that I was given Monday. The scans showed that both the tumors have diminished about 50% from the last scan and the doctor was happy. I now get 2 and ½  months with NO chemo. Anyone who has battled the disease knows that quality of life is the most important thing left in the time God allows us. I now will start to get stronger and feel better day by day and life is good again. Golf, fishing, and good ole fashion beer drinking is back in order and I truly feel it’s because of your support and prayers that this is possible. Please don’t think the war is won, but it feels good to win a small battle. I thank God for ALL of you and hope and pray you will continue to keep me in your thoughts and prayers.

 

Jeffrey S. Sourbeer

 

 

 

06/13/11-For all of you that have held positive thoughts and prayers for me, I want thank you and ask for all to continue as I seek to prolong my battle with this dread disease of cancer. As an update, I was given the news today, that more cancer was found in my last PET scan. The next step is an intense chemo therapy to try to slow the progress of the tumors.  I truly thank all of you who have held me in your prayers  and I hope to give you more information as I travel this journey toward a cure for this hideous disease. I will remain positive and keep all of you informed as the Doctor’s give me more information.

06/14/11 -I just  returned from the Doctor  with all options open to me for treatment. The first was to do nothing as I have no symptoms of any of the cancer and return in two months  after new scans are taken. The second was an extremely aggressive form of chemo that would take me down for a six week period and require a great deal of home care with side effects that are really bad. I chose option three, as it will allow me to have a quality of life with little to no side effects. This is a seven week treatment and the Doctor feels that it still keeps my  options open for the future.  I want to thank you all for  the prayers and good thoughts and will keep you up to date as I fight the battle with this disease.

 

April 6th, 2011

I went to the oncologist Monday to develop a new game plan to put the cancer in remission and to prolong my life. The chances of a full cure is at best slim, but not nil. We decided to take an aggressive approach to the treatment and I will undergo a procedure called the Cyber Knife on the cancerous lymph node in my neck, followed by 3 months of intense chemotherapy. We will then take it one scan at a time as to what treatment will best suit our needs. I will always be grateful for the thoughts and prayers you have given in the past three months and I hope they will continue until a cure is found for this dread disease. 

 

March 29th, 2011

"To all of you that have said prayers and held good thoughts for me as I battle the cancer, I thought I would bring you up to date on the current situation. After 5 chemo-therapies and 23 radiation therapy treatments, I was sent to Moffitt Cancer Center for a major surgery to maybe be cured of this dread cancer. Unfortunately the surgeon found another spot of cancer in my neck and the surgery was canceled . I now start over in prolonging the spread of the cancer and my life. I hope you all know how much I appreciate the prayers and well wishes. May God Bless you all and thank you so much."

Jeffrey S. Sourbeer