We follow the fantastic Mr. Nat Myers and visitors here will know something of his plight and struggles with the Big C and the bravery and tenacity which he applies every day. Playing and ‘slanging' toons as he goes - he sends us this frank news and update whilst playing in the hospital for his treatment! Singin’ like a an old blues man being the old soul that he is!
We love the dude, simply as!
Nat says:
"Howdy y’all. I ain’t posted an update about my fight in a while. I been getting back to some aspect of rambling, & some of y’all might think I’m through, or in remission. That’s my fault for not clarifying what’s been going on. My story is a long song, and I doubt it will ever end with ranging a bell. First off, what I got is called intimal sarcoma. The main thing is in my pulmonary artery. If that sounds stressful, it’s cuz it is. I have undergone dozens of chemo infusions since I was first diagnosed in 2025, including red devil, ifosfomade, and until recently a combo called gem-tax. I received eleven cycles of gem-tax, before fluid build up in my lungs last month led us to change things up. A couple weeks ago I started receiving single chemo infusions over a month long cycle, twice a month. My cancer, which shrank significantly at first, is still shrinking, but only slightly, and is considered stable. My doctors seem confident based on my scans that this switch up will prolly work. But when and if it doesn’t, there is a number of successive treatments they have in mind for me. I receive treatment at the James at OSU with Dr. Marium Husain, with help & oversight from Dr Mrinal Gounder & Dr. Alex Kentsis at Memorial Sloan. I am infinitely thankful for them and their teams for the improvement in my outcomes. While I’m still on standard protocol, both the James & MSk have discovered new, treatments that are in the pipeline once standard protocol runs course. A year ago, a lot of y’all were watching me just beginning to hope I could get one more year. A year on, I don’t think you blame me that I want more than just that now. I feel rabid as a dog and bluer than a jay sometimes. It is a privilege beyond description to be here. Every moment, I live life again. I spent too much time filling my veins with bad blood. I am not foolish to the reality this is a long haul, but this thing ain’t killed me fast enough. I mighta been in the bogies, but I’m back to par and I ain’t never going back, if I have my way. But a prayer goes a long way, and I can use all the luck you can spare for all the trouble that come my way"
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