Revisiting my Zac Gant post from 1-20-14

I am back requesting more prayers for my nephew Zac and his wife Christy. Please pray with us and without ceasing. This cancer is the most understudied and one of the most lethal. It is the fastest rising cancer in the US. This cancer is one of the most aggressive cancers affecting men today.

I wanted to revisit his story and our prayer request from the blog I posted Tuesday 1/21/14.

The words below are from Christy written today after seeing the results of a Bone Scan.

"We got the results of the bone scan. Not what we wanted, again. The metastasis to the sacrum was confirmed, and it also showed a few new spots. That should give you an idea of how aggressive his cancer is. These spots were not visible on the PET scan from January 6th. He has mets in the pelvic bones and femur now.

(For the medical people: Right greater trochanter, right pubic ramus, left sacroiliac joint, and right sacrum)

Zac has made a decision. He will start chemo again next Friday. He will be on Cisplatin (IV every 3 weeks) and Xeloda (6-8 tabs daily). He will also be getting an IV infusion of Zometa once every 4 weeks. Zometa is not an anti-cancer drug. It helps strengthen the bones. The bone mets are in weight bearing bones. This could become a problem fast if we don't start treatment again soon.

We went to see Dr. Linn, the radiation oncologist, today. We were considering radiation to his left side (diaphragm) because of the pain. The risk of damaging surrounding organs is too great. They were also considering radiation to the sacrum (spine). He is not having pain from that. We all agreed it would be best to try chemo again first. If that doesn't control the bone mets we will still have radiation as a backup if needed.

Zac is still doing really good most days...very little vomiting, and fatigue is not keeping him down. Pray chemo doesn't change that! "

Photo taken Tuesday. He has hair again!