Dear everyone,
I need some more cheering here, folks, the news in not too hot ... I am continuing to do what I can, but I am not MV with all the energy that you guys can summon up for Arno.
Arno is in a difficult moment. I ask that those who remember him in his wild, brilliant, and energetic days please post to give him support and love now. Every time in the past, the messages you left for him kept him going better for a few days.
After 6-plus years of battling it in every way we can think of, the cancer has now spread also to the bone and the brain. Arno is choosing palliative radiation to try to control the metastatic pain. Planned treatment starts on Monday, every day M- F for 5 weeks to the bone, followed then by the brain protocol.
He spends his days at home, in is favorite armchair, snoozing most of the time. He can take a 10-min short walk around the neighborhood on most days when he feels that the pain in manageable, and here is a recent pic of him. He should soon get some special glasses with prisms to correct the vision damage caused by the brain tumor.
The war is lost at this point, but I think there are still a couple of battles left. At least, I am banking on that.
Please send lots of love and energy to Arno. I'll keep you posted.
Thank you,
Salima