From: Kyle
Date: January 22, 2004
Hello to all of Kim's friend's again, Kyle (His son) here again. I would like to once again thank everyone for their generosity (We have received several generous donations), their concern, and their efforts on his behalf. I would like to thank Steve Anderson for all of his hard work setting up this website and organizing the benefit concert, as well as The Heroics, Art Difuria, Zonic Shockum and Steve Pheonix for playing at the concert, your support is greatly appreciated, and really boosts my Dad's morale, which is one of the most important things right now. No real substantial updates on his condition, but here's what we have the last few days:
1) Kim is continuing to feel OK, he has been pretty energetic and excited, mainly, I think, because he has so many family and friends around him all the time. He has bad days, but most days he acts almost like his old self.
2) He is continuing naturopathic treatment, he has gotten several more herbal remedies.
3) Thursday the 22nd he will be starting medicines to help strengthen his bones, which is the main worry right now.
4) For now, we are forgoing radiation therapy as the cancer has spread into too many bones for it to be feasable.
5) A colonoscopy and endoscopy of the upper GI tract failed to reveal any primary tumors, leading doctors to beleive the primary tumor is not in the GI tract or colon.
6) We will be starting chemotherapy next week, and will reach a decision where he will be treated next week as well. We may still get into a clinical trial at Stanford, but most likely we will be sending Kim to UCSF for treatment.
Well, that's about it for now, like I said, Kim's morale is high right now, and he is feeling decent most days. We all appreciate the support everyone has given, Kim's friends and family give him the most hope right now.
Kyle
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