SOME SOBERING FACTS

I have esophageal cancer. Specifically I have Stage IV adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction. Sounds pretty serious doesn’t it? It is. Stage IV is as bad as a cancer gets. It means it has already metastasized (spread). There is no known cure for adenocarcinoma. The statistics I have been able to gather are bleak. Both the mean and the median survival time is approximately 1 year. The 5 year survival rate is only 3 percent. Three percent. That’s 3 people out of 100. I don’t believe that it is proper to pray for one’s self but I know there are a lot of people doing it for me. Here’s what I like people to pray for. Don’t ask God to make me one of those three people. That would be taking a spot from someone else. Instead, ask God to make me the guy who improves the statistics to 4 out of 100. Thanks.