Thread: Update on my brother...

Gears of War.

It freakin' rules.

I'm not much into games, but just to play that online with friends makes me want to buy a 360.

My cousin recently finished chemo for leukemia, though it's far from over. She ended up divorced from her new husband not long after chemo started.

Your brother has a hell of a road ahead of him, video games are great, and it'd be one of the first things I bought.

But when it gets bad, he won't be playing. One of the best things you can do is figure out how to rotate friends and family in and out so he's got differing compnay frequently.

Your brother will continue to be in my prayers. I hope he beats it!

Is the bone cancer termed multiple myeloma? My brother in law had that for 22 years and ended up with 2 complete bone marrow transplants through the City of Hope.

The stuff to watch for is the overall effect of the treatment. There are so many side effects that taken all together, the cancer ends up being the least of the problems.

I wish you and your family the best, and get him a laptop .

Originally Posted by abtech

I wish you and your family the best, and get him a laptop .

Both for him and visitors.

Also a camera in the room.

Glad to hear your brother is coping... hope you can post later with good news.

I am encouraged about Mayo's diagnosis - seems a bit more optimistic.

I'll keep him in my thoughts for the chemo treatment.. keep us updated. Also if he's bored, he can join in here and tell us stories about you.

Originally Posted by CBRVFR

keep us updated. Also if he's bored, he can join in here and tell us stories about you.

I am sure that would lift his spirits!
We are praying for Joff, and all of you!

Best wishes to him and yours, the road will be hard but hopefully short then he can spend the rest of his years bragging on it

Best wishes to Joff and to you and the family.

Thanks everyone for your wishes, I really do appreciate it--and I know Joff does too.

Abtech-I'm not sure what the type of bone cancer it is, but what I can tell you is that we were told that it is the "most common" type--whatever that is.

Whatever it is, we do feel that it is a lot more optimistic than what he was originally faced with.

I'll try to give periodic updates, but I'm sure that it'll be a long and difficult time for him, and I'm betting that not a lot will change from day to day.

Thanks again to all, and let me just say that I'm ready for winter to be over any time meow!

Thanks for the update, and continued best wishes to your brother and the entire family as he seeks healing.

Will keep your brother and family in our prayers

Your brother will be in my families prayers and thoughts.

As it's already been stated, rotate the friends and family as often as possible. My wife's aunt and sister in law both battled cancer and won. We did everything we could to keep a fresh smling face their corner and gave them appropriate space when we knew they needed it.

Her aunt had a type of bone cancer and her sister in law is 3 years out from a diagnosis of stage 3 melonoma.

Best of everything for your brother.

Originally Posted by TraumaOne

Wake Forest is only about an hour or less from me... Where is he staying?

Well, when he's in the hospital for treatment I believe he's at the Wake Forest Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Otherwise, he's at my parent's house in Jamestown, which is right outside of Greensboro.

Quick update: I spoke with Joff yesterday, and aside from constantly throwing up he said that it wasn't too bad. But, coupled with the vomiting is a serious lack of energy to do pretty much anything. Once that passes, things are fine though. He said that the drugs he is getting now are some of the harshest meds he'll get, so all things considered it could be a lot worse.

I think I'm going to send him a best buy gift card so he can pick out some games that he likes. I'll definitely share the recommendations that you all gave me! Oh, and I just might have to pick up "The Departed" for me while I'm there... If you haven't seen it, go rent it or pick it up ASAP!