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So my dad is obviously more elequent with words......here is the email he sent to some of his team members from his work. This is the same info as the post I did last night just put better. Love ya pops! Good morning! Thank you for your continued prayers and support for my family and myself. Many having been asking for an update on my healing from kidney surgery and the progress that is being made on my treatment. I am healing very well from the surgery and continue to gain strength every day. I can walk further and further every day. If I cough or laugh to hard I can feel it, but overall I am doing very well. This has been a roller-coaster week for us. Many highs and lows as we learn more and more about kidney cancer. We met with our Oncology Doctor on Tuesday with hopes that the Targeted Therapy discuss following surgery would give us a cure; however, the blunt reality of this disease hit Lori and I right between the eyes. Kidney cancer is treated in several different ways. As mentioned previously, radiation and chemo therapy have not proven to be effective. Targeted Therapy uses drugs that have proven to suspend cancer growth, but they do not cure it. There is really only one treatment that is known to cure kidney cancer it’s called Interleukin-2. High Dose Interleukin-2 Therapy is administered in the State of Utah by one Oncologist located at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Because of my age and good health I have been accepted to begin this therapy beginning Monday November 12th. The body normally produces these substances in small amounts in response to infections and other diseases. Interleukins are part of a family of proteins called cytokines. Our immune system cells rely on Interleukins to make the immune system more or less active. The therapy I will receive will super charge my immune system to fight off and kill the cancer. High Dose Interleukin-2 Therapy consists of 3-4 sessions (depending on my body’s ability to handle the therapy). The sessions consist of (5) days each with a 10 day rest between sessions. I will enter the Huntsman Cancer Institute on Monday the 12th – 16th and will be in ICU during the treatments. I will most likely have a port surgically placed in my chest to receive the Interleukin-2 therapy. My neighbor down the street has the same cancer and has been through this same treatment and could not speak more highly of it and of Dr. Agerwall who administers the therapy. The therapy makes you very sick during the (5) day session and during the recovery period, but I am good with that if this will cure my cancer. It’s a small price to be paid when measuring options. Our family is exercising great faith. Our chins are up and we are carrying a positive attitude, which makes all the difference in the world when fighting cancer. Family, neighbors, friends, and our partners at Schreiber continue to express love, support, and inspired words of encouragement. We could not be blessed more and are so appreciative. Tender mercies have been extended to our family in so many different ways. We are grateful for your service on our behalf.