the show must go on

Hope that you all are well...
Gopilila's health has shown no improvement. However, according to the latest xray, things (the cancer) has slowed down. So, this may be the result of the new medication (Tarceva) that she has been on, or the cumulative effect of the various therapies that she has been undergoing.
Last week she had a cold and cough, but fortunately that seems under control (the mercy of antibiotics). However, her pain levels over the last couple of days seems to be worse. In my unscientific way, I gauge her condition based on how much pain she is in - less pain, things are ok; more pain, things are getting worse (though this could just be that her body has acclimatized to the pain killers and she needs a higher dosage). Anyways, a little flag kind of goes up when she cringes in pain and she has been doing that a bit more than usual of late. She also seems to have a few more emotional breakdowns (though not everyday/regularly) and so today we have an appointment with a Psycho - oncologist (http://www.massgeneral.org/cancer/locator/search_clinician.asp?id=348) . I think that it will be good for her. She saw a psycho- oncologist when she was receiving treatment in India as well and it seemed to help her.
Yesterday, we went to see a traditional tibetan doctor, Dr. Bhutti, http://www.tibetanherbalmedicine.com/. She was really nice. Let's see...

Shanti Shanti Shanti!

keeping on

So, things have been quiet, relatively, at this end. Gopilila's health has not really improved; it has been pretty much the same- bouts of pain once in a while, tiredness and fatigue. at least, she does not seem to be nauseated lately. She has been blessed with visits of Rasa, Asta Sakhi and Rukhmavati, and Krishna Balaman with his parents KM and KB. Devotee visits and calls have been encouraging.
She has been getting different kinds of medicines and healing - some qi gong, acupuncture and Tui Na, tongren (which is like medical faith healing http://www.yinyanghouse.com/tongren/tamhealing_tongren_introduction )
and energy healing. She seems to be appreciating these different healings and treatments and they have had a positive effect on us.
A little bit of this and a little bit of that.