Advent is a time of waiting. Waiting for something incredible and immeasurably more important than the funding of a drug. We want to live each day anticipating, remembering and celebrating Emmanuel. God is with us!
Blessings to all of you!
Brian’s diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma was in May 2018. The initial treatment was a stem cell transplant. After 30 months there was a relapse, followed by chemo, another relapse, new chemo and yet another relapse. In January 2024, the 4th treatment began. Brian currently gets weekly injections of an immunotherapy drug. Sometimes we keep the faith and sometimes we need family and friends around us to keep the faith for us. This blog is about enabling us all to be kept in the faith.
we continue to pray for healing, comfort, peace, and joy for you and Kathy.
ReplyDeleteHarriette and August
Thanks August and Harriette. We pray the same for you. May you know how closely God walks with you.
DeleteHi Brian, from Holland I am following your blogpost. I am so proud of your strength and courage. The Lord is able to do so much more then we can imagine or pray for. I hope you can grasp the whole meaning of that!
ReplyDeleteWhat is the funding they are waiting for? Is that for you to raise the money to get treatment? Or is it funding that is needed to devellop the medicine itself?
Can we help in any way?
Love Esther, Sander, Corben en Max
Hi Esther. It's is so good to hear from you. I am a stubborn learner, but Kathy and I continue to know God's goodness in this. We were reminded in a sermon we streamed that there is nothing we can do and nothing that can happen that can write us out of God's story. Christmas is evidence of how deep God's love is and how far God will go to hold on to and save us.
DeleteI am stuck in no-man's-land on the drug funding right now. the drug is approved in Canada and negotiations are in progress to establish what price each of the provincial government health care systems would pay the drug company. Until that negotiation is complete, the drug seems unavailable (in Canada) because there is no contract to pay for it. Hopefully that gets resolved soon. I will get an update from my doctor this week.
Your offer to help moves me to tears. Thanks for your care. At this point you can join us in praying for funding to be settled soon.
Kathy and I send our love to you and those three handsome guys you share your life with! Keep the faith!
Brian