Another Small Request
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Last November, I asked that you keep my father - who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer - in your prayers. I received an overwhelming response, which is something for which I am extremely grateful.
Since then, he has been fighting hard, and is thankfully still with us. However, in the last few weeks, he has been suffering from a number of ailments, including breathing difficulties. As I write this post, he is back in hospital.
I won’t lie and say this isn’t a difficult time for me (although obviously not nearly as difficult as it is for my father). It is hard enough having your father fighting such a vicious enemy. It is harder when you are on the other side of the world while he fights.
I guess I am telling you all this because I feel I want to. And also because if you would be able to intensify your prayers for him, that certainly wouldn’t hurt (His Hebrew name is David ben Friedl).
G-d bless you all.
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An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.
February 24th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family right now.
February 24th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
We are thinking and praying for you and your father; may you find and comfort and strength in knowing that many are doing the same.
February 24th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Prayers sent- G-d bless you and your father, and all your family.
February 24th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Hoping all will be well from Boston.
February 24th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Hashem (God) should grant Dovid ben Friedl an refuah shleima (complete healing). My prayers are with you and your family at this time.
February 24th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Your father and the rest of your family will be in my thoughts and prayers.
Stan
February 24th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Your family is in my prayers. Bless you all.
February 24th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
I wish the best for you and your father…from New York.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:07 am
From Canada…may your father have a refuah shleima. You both are in my prayers.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:52 am
My prayers and thoughts are with your family.
February 25th, 2008 at 9:22 am
Hi Dave, I haven’t been around for a while and noticed your request for prayers when I dropped in the other day. Really hope your Dad gets better.
February 25th, 2008 at 11:15 am
God bless Mr. ben Friedl, I will be keeping him in my prayers here in Pamplona.
February 25th, 2008 at 11:18 am
All the best to you, your family and your father. I’m not sure this would be of any help but some Canadian scientists have recently discovered that a common drug used for rare metabolic disorders seems to have therapeutic effects with some cancers. Some studies have been done and some people have had very positive results.
Since this drug has been in use for many years for a different condition, it is considered safe and can - to the best of my knowledge - be taken along side chemotherapy or any other conventional treatment. Unfortunately it is not patentable, so no big pharmaceutical company cares to pursue this. On the other hand that also means this drug should be easily accessible with a doctor’s prescription and it should also be fairly cheap.
There is a special website set up for cancer patients who would like more information on this drug. It contains links to various studies as well as informative explanations and a collection of other people’s experiences with the drug.
This site is here: http://www.thedcasite.com/
The DCA page from the university of Alberta (where it was first discorvered it may be effective against cancer): http://www.depmed.ualberta.ca/dca/
A Canadian medical center that administers DCA off label to (usually terminal) cancer patients. Has some info on the progression of their patients: http://www.medicorcancer.com/DCAtherapyData.html
Many other websites and forums exist on this subject and are available by searching ‘DCA’ or ‘dichloroacetate’ on Google.
I hope this helps and again all the best to you and your family!
February 25th, 2008 at 11:49 am
David,
It’s worse for you than it is for your father: you have the responsibility for your father’s name and all of the joy he took from you and your brothers and sisters to be carried on in his grandchildren.
You would trade places with him in a heartbeat. That, my friend, is the unquantifiable love between father and son: you’d swap each other out.
Be well, David. It has been sublime coming across you over these last couple days.
May our Lord be with you.
J-
February 25th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
I’ll include him in my prayers. I don’t pray a lot. Maybe that’ll make it more effective.
Hope everything will turn out all right!
February 25th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
My Prayers and all my heartfelt sympathy for your dad, your family and you!