Hi Everyone,

Thank you for making Ceci's birthday great!!!  she said she laughed every time her text went off!!  She had Stephen thinking the joke was on him and that it really wasn't her birthday. She did confess the truth and they both got a kick out of the situation.

Well, today the IV went in and was good without too much wiggling.  Yes Lord!!

Hopefully, I won't have a bad reaction to the one treatment today.  I will be able to use this IV tomorrow for treatment. Then will start early so we can leave around 2:00.  We are praying for a shortened time to get across the border.

A praise report here.  One of the patients brought her friend from Scotland to help her and the friend gave her life to the Lord!! We met the grandson of the founder of the hospital and he said people receive more than just treatment here,  they have staff and prayer warriors praying for all who enter this hospital to be touched by the Lord in all ways.  He is a very compassionate man.

They say that Mother's Day is a very big and important holiday here in Mexico.  The nurse said he is 18 hours away from his mom and can't be with her so he will be home Sat. and cry.  Another male nurse said the same thing about crying, so it really must be a big deal.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers reading this.  We will be going to my mom's in the valley and Ceci will be able to join us. I am looking forward to Sunday.

Bye for now. Be blessed,

Baldy locks
(my new name from Kelly M.)

Hi Everyone,

No treatment on Monday.  I am sure enjoying the food.  I have been eating lots and lots.

I have been feeling pretty good. Taking a nausea pill every day but only one compared to 3 a day.  Just got back from having my blood about 1/2 cup and put ozone in it and then put it back in. 

Cathy

Sunday, May 5, 2008

4/23 PET: Cathy Haedt

IMPRESSION:
This PET scan is negative for any hypermetabolic foci. It shows
complete resolution of the multiple abnormalities demonstrated on the
prior study of 2/13/08, suggests complete treatment response (But we know the truth God Heals!!)

Praise the Lord!!!!!  I am so excited.  I will talk to the oncologist on Tues to see if I will have to continue the rest of the chemo. Wow I am so excited.

Thank you Jesus!!!!!  You are my healer!!!  I'm trading my sickness Yes Lord Yes Lord Yes Yes Lord Yes!!!!!!

Hi Everyone,

Its been so long since I have been on the computer.  I would start feeling nausea's and so I would stop.  I believe I have worked through that now and enjoying reading email and surfing the net and playing freecell!

We got home on Fri the 15th of March and the Master Commission students were leading a service at Angelus Temple on Sat the 16th.   I didn't know how I was going to feel so I never made plans to go.  But Saturday I woke up after sleeping in my own bed which felt like a cloud, I felt so good I decided to go that night.  Rhonda and Ceci and Carissa Wolf and I headed to the service.  Ceci hadn't been there all week because she was sick and I made her stay home.  The students ran to Ceci when they saw her they were so glad she came.  They told me how much they just love her and how they have been praying for me.  Then they showed me these bracelets that they made that had "for Ceci" on them.  This was a reminder for them to pray "for Ceci".  It makes me feel so good that she has such a support for her from her peers during this time.  They recognize how hard this situation is for someone there own age.  Talking to the kids that night they shared with me how they lost a parent. They really can relate to Ceci in her situation. One of the songs they sang that night had the words "I'm alive, I'm alive"  I turned to Rhonda and said that's my new theme song!!  I was singing my heart out and jumping and praising God for everything he has brought me through.  It was such a great night. 

I went to church the next day and it was so good to see everyone.  I thank you all for your prayers.  It means a lot to me knowing that you are interceding and standing in the gap for me.

It was great to worship the Lord in singing that day.  I would get short of breath just standing with my arms lifted and moving around and singing my heart out to God with such thankfulness, but I didn't care.  I was tired afterward but a good tired.

On Monday Fred drove me to Kaiser in Woodland hills.  They told me I have to have a blood test before chemo.  I asked if I could use the same site for IV and where they take the blood.  No she said can't do that.  I was so sad tears came down my face I couldn't help just thinking of them poking me twice after my arms were so sore from Mexico hospital.

The gal called my name to take blood and I recognized her from when I was in the hospital at Kaiser and she didn't hurt me then.  So I told her my story and why I have tears because I couldn't take anymore pain.  She said don't cry and hugged me.  She used the tiniest needle and it didn't hurt!!  I was so happy I cried for joy and she hugged me again!

Fred and I are sitting in the waiting room for me to be called to have chemo and the nurse came out and says we don't have time to give you the chemo today because your blood results won't be in for another hour.  Fred stood up and through his magazine down and walked out and I was jumping for joy!!  I just wasn't ready emotionally to get poked and God knew it and helped me out.  The next day I was emotionally ready and I told her the nurse who gave me the IV that I have special veins and she took her time with me and she got it on the first try!! I said Thank you Jesus and she said that's right.  God is so good to take care of the small things that make me so happy. 

I came home and felt great.  I ate dinner and took my 15 supplements with it.  Then about 7:30 it hit me with not feeling very well.  I took a nausea pill and I didn't get sick but just didn't feel good.  The next day the IV worked again Praise the Lord. I got in the car after the treatment which was only an hour long this day and I felt like I had to lay back.  Came home and just laid on the sofa.  I was able to eat dinner and take my supplements and back to the sofa.  It was so nice that our dinner was brought to us from different families at church and made it easier for me to just eat without having to think about what to fix and have the energy to fix it.  Thank thank you for meeting that need!!  Like I say sometimes its just the little things that let you know God is with you.

The next day I didn't feel so good before and after chemo taking lots of anti nausea pills.  Came home and rested.  Still able to eat.  Friday the same thing. Saturday I was feeling better and noticing not as many nausea pills and Sunday was Easter and I felt I had been resurrected from the dead I felt so good!!  Went to church stood and praised the Lord in singing and had a great time.  Went to my moms and still felt good all day.  Cecil was able to come home and we enjoyed being with her. 

Fred took me to the Dr. on Monday and I felt good again.  She walked in and was so surprised!!  She was thinking before she saw me that she wanted to take a chest X ray but she listened to my lungs and just smiled and laughed and didn't know what to say except you sound so good I can't believe it and she hugged me!!  She asked how my breathing was and I told her only when I dance and sing during worship at church I do feel short of breath and she just smiled and said that's great!! 

The plan is 6 rounds of chemo every 21 days.  The next round is April 8th.  I will go the first day to Kaiser Woodland Hills and get an IV for 3 hours. The next 2 days I can just take a pill and not have to go to Kaiser and no IV!!! Then she is scheduling me to have a PET and CT scan the week of April 21st. Then I have an appointment with the Dr to go over the scans April 29th and Chemo that week. I have to go back to the hospital in Mexico soon for 6 days to get treatment.  I am not sure when I will go yet.

I am enjoying this week with no Dr. appointments and no chemo and no IV's and feeling great!!  Rhonda and I went to Northridge Foursquare church on Wednesday and surprised Ceci.  Masters Commission lead their youth service.  The worship was awesome and again I just sang my heart out to the Lord and I was jumping and raising my arms.  One of the other students told me later that when she saw me from the back dancing around she had to get up and move.  She said if you can do it so can I!  When we got there all the students were in a group and when they saw me they started clapping.  I turned around thinking who is behind me that I missed that they are clapping for. There was no one but me and it just made me feel so humbled that they would do that for me.  One of the other students told me about a vision she had and she wrote it down for me but she never mailed it.  So she asked if she could share it.  It was so right on and a confirmation for what I was feeling.  I just feel the hand of God on my life in everything I do.  Good and bad, up and down he is there.  I know he is close to me and never leaves me and I can do all things but when you walk those words out, its amazing.  My calendar today says 'My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me. Psalm 63:8  and below there is a quote that says "There is a place where my spirit sings  In the hollow of God's palm.

Thank you again brothers and Sisters in Christ for taking time to pray for our family and care by sending cards, emails, meals, books, hats, blankets, wigs and flowers.  We really feel loved and card for by all of you and the Lord.

Love you,

Cathy

It's been so long since I have been on the computer.  My brain had been trained to  sit at the computer I receive treatment for hours.  So I couldn't get my brain to be retrained that's its OK to be on the computer and not get treatment!  So brain, there is no treatment today, no IVs, no chemo. 

We left Oasis of Hope Hospital on Fri the 14th.  It was hard saying good bye to our new friends and prayer partners.  Cancer patients have a special bond.  We did get email address and phone numbers to keep in touch.

I left CD's and the scripture verses I had on my wall with Juanita, who was having a hard time.  She had such fear.  I prayed with her before leaving and she prayed for me.  She was waiting for results from an ultra sound and was scared for the report.  I called her Sat from  Simi and the results were just GAS and she needed to walk more!! Praise the Lord.  We were so happy for that news. 

We left Oasis of Hope around 1:00 and started for the border of Mexico.  The driver was so good and knew all the back roads.  It was so congested. 

There was another couple in the van going home also.  They were from Iowa.  He had a sarcoma in his cheek and went right away to Oasis last June.  He has been going back every month to receive chemo and treatments.  He said the last scan is the cancer is gone!!  He said he feels like plowing the fields again!!  Praise the Lord.  So they have been through this border crossing at least 7 times and never had any problems. 

We ended up going to another border crossing since the TJ one was 3 hours for us in a van with a special permit.  Yikes.  The other boarder we had to get out and take all our luggage and walk across the boarder.  The line was short and moved fast. 

Well we had all this luggage for 3 weeks of stuff and the other couple only had 1 suitcase a piece they were there for only 1 week so they helped us with our stuff.  Then they had a guy that made them open there supplements and get out the paper work and check it.  They said that's never happened before.  Then we had to walk a long ways (it was long for me in my condition) to find our driver.  At least we were in CA!!! 

Fred takes a walk to find him and brings him to us.  Fred and the driver got out of the van and the van started rolling forward and I yelled and Fred jumped in on the passenger side and through it into park.  He saved the day!!  I never saw him move so fast!!  Had the van kept going it could have hit someone or another car bemuses we were in a very busy area.

We  got dropped off at our parking lot and the driver thought he was still in Mexico and pulls right in front of another car.  We were so glad to be in our own car and driving.  I felt like kissing the ground!!

We got home around 9:00pm and Ceci and my mom and Dave and Rhonda were here.  They had flowers and balloons and cookies and banners welcoming us home.  It felt so good!!  Thank You Lord for the great experience of Mexico and for providing the funds for us to go and for bringing us home safely and for giving us such great support through family and friends.  Jesus is Alive!!

Cathy

Hi Everyone,

I missed writing yesterday.  I was hooked up all day and the Vit K and Vit C make me feel yucky!!  My head just swims.  Ceci called and wanted me to make a decision on something and I just couldn't even start to think.  It's so hard to imagine right now how bad it gets when I feel normal now.

I am waiting to finish treatment. 2 more today.  Fred just got back from lunch.  The "companions" went to lunch together at the health food restaurant. He got tortilla soup that was really good he said.  he then took a walk to the beach and took a picture of the south west corner of CA. Pretty cool.  I went to lunch without Fred and one of the other patients said she was talking with Fred earlier today and she can tell me everything he has done  on my van. Fred is getting pretty bored if he is talking to the female patients about working on the van! lol

Well, I received my prescription for supplements today.  Only 36 pills a day!!  They are so nice they even give you a sleek black new rolling suitcase with every purchase. Guess what, all your supplements fill the case!!!  You will not believe it to you see it. You know how many supplements i have on the counter now.  I think we will have to remodel the kitchen so I have room for the supplements!!!!

 Last night we had a healing service in the chapel.  It was so great being in a hospital praying for healings!!  We also went into other rooms that the patients could not get to the service and they still wanted prayer.  We are all from different denominations but came together as Christ's church.  Some prayed in tongues some had words for others, we all laid hands on the sick  and praised the Lord. My friend prayed for someone else for the first time.  It was a great night!!

 Love and miss you all,

Cathy

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"He does great things too marvelous to understand. He performs countless miracles."                     Job 9:10

I am feeling so good and normal today. It feels so good.  Except for the IV in my arm, I really feel good.  I had trouble this weekend with the cold and headache. I listened to 2 CD's my sister sent to me that are just healing scriptures and I felt so much better.

We did go to Rosarita Beach.  It's only 20 min away.  They dropped us off and we walked around the stores.  These people are very aggressive in their selling.  You can't even touch anything or look at anything and they are trying to sell you.  So we took a walk to the beach which was only a half a block away. 

As we are walking toward the beach I can smell horse manure.  Which was very odd.  I thought I would smell the ocean; no, I smelt horse.  Well it was like a circus on the beach with all the horses to rent food to buy and trinkets to buy and they are really geared up for spring break.  The music was pumping!!  You could feel it. 

They have men at the beach from the bars trying to sell you table space with chairs and umbrellas.  So we were bombarded at the beach with the same aggressive sales people.  When you rent their tables then you buy your beer from the bar they worked for.  It's quite interesting,  lots of guys waiting for the girls to come.  Can you imagine that place at night?  This was a huge stretch of the beach.  They say they will get 20,000 students that come in for spring break, and they sure cater to them.

When we got back we walked down the street from the hospital to a health food restaurant.  I was thinking it was a lunch counter or something small.  It's a huge restaurant with a view of San Diego.  Great menu to choose and the food was so good.  We walked back and I fell asleep for the night.  I didn't think I was that tired but the day wore me out. 

Fred had rented a movie from Blockbuster and watched in on the lap top with headphones so that worked good.  I was so worried or him to go out at night to return the video back to Blockbuster.  He wasn't worried and made it safely back.

Sunday, we woke up and another beautiful day except for this headache I had. I did everything to get rid of it, but it just wouldn't go away. 

We had church in the dining area.  I stayed and he was so on fire for unbelievers to come to know Christ.  He shared some of the struggles he faces here in Mexico when trying to share the gospel.  He says it's so dangerous here you can't even trust the police and that the only way to survive is prayer!!  He is a pastor at a local church here and is the son in law to the founder of Oasis Of Hope.

I took a nap after church and woke up a couple of hours later feeling better.  Fred felt better because he went and got another hamburger at Carls Jr.  He was happy.

We just sat and visited with others who are going through the same things.  Everyone is so open and hopeful in Jesus so it is so encouraging for everyone to share with others what the Lord has done for them to get them here and what he is doing while they are here.  Its amazing. 

Went to devotions this morning and we prayed for a woman and her husband that is not doing so well. They put him in the regular hospital.  They accepted Jesus since they have been here, which is a praise.

I am sharing my worships cd's with others,  I find it helps so much when you are having your treatment.

Fred is out for a walk right now.  He goes on these long walks and talks to people everywhere.  So when he gets back he has all these new stories for me to hear.

He has been so good to me.  I was reading 1 Cor. 13, the love chapter. Fred has been this man of Love to me. He has been so kind and gentle, not irritable (even though I have.) He hasn't given up hope or faith. He rejoices in the Lord with me and he is certainly enduring through this circumstance.  He has been LOVE to me.  I thank God for Fred.

What a great day!!  I woke up feeling so good I skipped to church!!  We had 2 worship songs and they read a love letter to us from the Lord with scripture.  It was beautiful. 

Then we said goodbye to a man who is off home to Scotland.  I forgot to give him my email to keep in touch with him. 

After church I went back to our room and Fred was still sleeping so I didn't want to wake him up and I went to breakfast.  He finally came down and he wasn't feeling well.  He is used to eating more protein from beef source and isn't getting that here.  I think he was so low from not enough protein.  He took a walk to Carls Jr. this afternoon.  He sure felt better afterward.

I was hooked up to a IV from 10:15am-6:30pm.  I was so happy when they took that IV out.  I started jumping up and down.  No more treatment till Mon.

After dinner we went out front of the hospital and were talking with some of the wives of husbands who are getting treatment.  They are having such a hard time with the "health food" they were talking all about the food they wanted to eat and laughing so hard how a piece of cheese could taste so good.  They then talked about all the hamburger places near there homes that they like.  They just went on and on.  They were so funny.  It was good entertainment. 

Fred signed us up to take a trip to Rosarita Beach.  We were suppose to go last week but couldn't because I wasn't feeling well.  The weather looks good for tomorrow so we will try again.

We found some egg crates for Fred's bed to make it more comfortable so hopefully he will sleep better.  I have been sleeping so well.  They give me melatonin at night and its suppose to help you sleep better.  It works for me.

Well off to bed. Love you all and thanks for the emails and calls.

XOXO

I am driving everyone crazy today because I feel so good! I think that cold or flu thing really brought me down physically.

if you could see me know I am on the computer with one hand because the other is hooked to a IV. They have me hooked up to oxygen in my nose, I have head phones on, my granny glasses on my nose and my Aunt Jemimah head scarf on!  What a sight!!!

I have to be careful when singing with headphones on that I don't sing too loud. they may move me to the funny farm level!!

Fred is getting my lunch for me since I am hooked to IV. I only have 4 hours of treatment left!!

It's Wednesday and I am all done with treatments today.  Yahoo.  No IV's in my arm.  My left arm is so sore from yesterdays IV.  Hopefully it will recover enough for tomorrow.  I spoke to one person and they said I should have a port put in and then I talked to a patient who has a port and she said it hurts her all the time.  I don't think there is anyway around the pain and discomfort of the IV.  I just don't do well with pain and my veins are so hard to find.  I pray before going to start the IV that it will be a good vein and get it the first time.  In fact the nurse who starts the IV is praying too!!

The last 2 days have been so long with all the treatments.  The fluid hurts going in so they have to slow the fluid down where I can tolerate it so it takes forever.  They are very patient with me.

We missed devotions this morning being so tired I couldn't even get up. We did go to breakfast because I don't want to skip meals so I can have some kind of strength and food still tastes good.

Jorge and Geri Armenta came into the dining room and we were so surprised to see them.  They were suppose to come on Thursday, which is an all day long on the IV for me and I don't feel good, but they ended up coming today.  They stayed and visited with us for awhile and had to move on to Ensenada, which is a couple hours south of us.  Its a beautiful day out with the sun shining.  I felt like walking out with them to their car.  They have a secured parking lot which was nice for them. 

We went back to our room and took a nap because they gave me a treatment of b-17 which makes me fall asleep.  We went to lunch and then sat outside for awhile.  Fred is taking a nap and I am trying to catch up with everyone since I have been under the weather so to speak.

Thanks for all the emails and scriptures and prayers online.  If I don't answer them it usually because I don't feel good and my brain feels foggy.  I wouldn't make a good drug addict.  I don't like this feeling.

God bless you all.  I miss you!

Love,

Cathy

I have been hooked up all morning and noon and now they are getting ready to hook me up again.  They gave me something for my cold which has helped with headache and nose running so I am feeling better.  Just a long day on IV.  No treatments tomorrow. 

Fred is out taking a walk and he is being such a blessing and a big help for me.  There is a lady here whose husband comes later in the week.  I can't imagine doing this without Fred.  Thank you Lord...

I have had an awful time with the IV thing.  They don't want to work and then this morning the Vitamin K burns my arm so bad they slowed it down and it took forever to go through it.  I have 2 more Vitamin C and 1 Vitamin K and a Laetrile.  4 more and they are about one hour each if they don't burn.  They used an ice pack to give me some relief.  They don't want you to be in pain.

Woke up this morning not feeling well at all.  Took medicine for nausea and thought that would help.  Breakfast was my favorite - whole wheat and buckwheat pancakes with nuts and strawberry sauce on it. Yummy.  But when you don't feel good food doesn't taste good.  I ate it knowing that this is my favorite breakfast but it didn't taste as good as I remembered it. 

The church service was held in the dining area.  Dr. Contreras spoke about perspective when given the word cancer.  He is very compassionate and you can tell he loves the Lord and people who suffer. 

We went outside since the sun was shining but I had to put my hood on so my head wouldn't burn.  I didn't bring any scarves with me cuz I didn't know that my hair was going to fall out while I was here.  Oh well, I am not the only one with no hair. 

We came back to our room and fell asleep.  We are both fighting this cold.  It's not very fun.  I would rather be outside walking in the sun but no energy to get out.

I hope and pray for us to feel good tomorrow so I can get treatment.

Thank you for the emails and the love and prayers.

Well today was the day my hair decided to come out.  I wasn't thinking it would fall out yet.  Kaiser Dr. said after 2nd chemo treatment, which is March 17th.  I got in the shower and ran my hand over my head and it felt like a spider web in my hand. I couldn't figure out what was going on.  Then I saw a handful of hair. Now the worst part is I just paid $20 on Tues to get a really cute hair cut!! It only was with me for 4 days!!  Well at least I looked good when I got here.  I went down for breakfast after I got my hair all out and had to cut some of it.  I left it spiked in front.  One of the other patients called me GI Jane!! He is from Scotland so if you can imagine hearing it with an accent. It was cute.

Not feeling well today and Dr. said it could be the flu more than a reaction from the treatment.  The treatment makes your hands swell so I had to take my rings off before I couldn't move them.  We were going to take a field trip to Rosarita Beach but since I am not feeling well we called it off. 

We were able to get a chair for Fred to recline in.  His back was bothering so much because there wasn't a comfortable place to sit.  I asked for prayer for Fred's situation at devotion yesterday and by evening we had a chair for him.  The Lord even cares about the little stuff!!

Ceci went back to Masters Commission last night,  Rheanna took her for us.  Ceci had had laryngitis for 2 months and needed a break.  On break she got the flu.  We thought best for her to stay home till Fri. to recoup more.  Please pray for her to have good health to make it through the hard schedule they have to do.

Thank you for all your emails and prayers.  Can never have enough.

God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.     Psalm 46:1

Cathy

Yesterday and today they took out a cup of blood and put ozone in it and then ran it through an ultra violet light before putting it back in.  It takes about 30 min. to do the whole procedure.  The gentlemen that does this is so on fire for the Lord and it shows.  There was no one else in there and we had a concert of Gospel music which he loves and SINGS!!  He was sharing his favorite CD and songs and just blasting the music and singing away.  It was so fun.  That kind of stuff just doesn't happen at Kaiser!

Went to lunch and it was so good.  Came back and they gave me a treatment at 3:40 called Perftec.  Its a new treatment that they have had good results with.  They do all these things to put oxygen into the blood so the Vitamin C treatment will turn into hydrogen peroxide and kill the cancer.  That's my version of what they are doing.  Well after an hour of treatment I started getting pain in my chest that was so bad they had to discontinue the treatment and gave me a shot of pain medicine. Which really helped relieve the pain.  So on Mon we will try it again and give it slower by IV and give me some other medicine.  Its a very important part of the therapy and I want to try again.  My friend only lasted 3min. before she had pain.  So I don't know what they are going to do for her.

During the perftec treatment they have me on oxygen.  When the perftec treatment had to be stopped they gave me by I V Vitamin C, then B17 then Vitamin C again.  That took about 2 hours.  I felt good afterward not like the chemo at home where you have to take medicine for nausea.  Right now I am hooked up to Vitamin K by I V.  Not sure what it does.

Well thank you all for praying for me and the emails.  It really helps me to feel at home.

Praise Report- The doctor at Kaiser came through with the copy of the scans I need without having to go through all the paper work!! My mom already picked them up and put them in the mail.  How's that for answered prayer!!  Praise the Lord!!

Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever! Hebrews 13:8

Love you all!!