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I am signing off for the evening now. Wishing y'all a very Merry Christmas -- and my Jewish followers a very Happy Chanukkah! Love, Stephen David (Wan Ju Xiong)

Awesome! I just found out that I have finally reached my goal of 400 followers. My next goal is to reach 500 followers. Thanks to everyone for their support! Also, if anyone would send me their likes/dislikes about the blog, it would help me when choosing topics/photos/postings, although I still reserve the right to post according to my fancy. (a large part of my postings are unpredictable and just come to me from inspirational quotes I have stumbled upon, other blogs or news items that stand out for me. Blessings! Stephen David (Wan Ju Xiong)

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The long, flowing wind rasping, wheezing, mating with the world of substance; The crying Shakuhachi. There are no tears, only quiet acheing. Longing... Lonely... A dying deer forsaken in some forest. Perhaps some soft pleasure in gazing out into that timeless place. I do not know. My ears hear only the growing silence. © Copyright, Stephen Jones

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Yesterday I had a new PET scan done and today reviewed it with my new Oncologist. The good news is... the tumor in my lower right lung is gone, and the cancer appears to be IN REMISSION The oncologist himself called it "phenomenal" and likened my results to another patient he had who had 4th stage breast cancer and other doctors considered her case hopeless. It has now been 17 years since her cancer went into remission. Its funny because I was worried about how two months had gone by since my first chemo session and I was concerned about getting back into treatment. But whenever I prayed about it, I kept thinking "Maybe God will destroy the tumor and clean my body of cancer cells WITHOUT further treatment." If I had a few more chemo sessions before this happened it would be easy enough for sceptics to say it was just because of the chemo. But it's hard NOT to see God's hand in this when I have only had one chemo session and that was two months ago. I have actually felt sicker than ever in the mornings and still have pain in the area where the tumor was as well as other places. The doctor said that was likely due to tissue left behind. The PET Scan shows that the tumor is gone but can't show what else is going on. In any case, I still need to go through around three more chemotherapy cycles to make sure my body is clean of cancer cells and less likely to come back soon. There is also the issue of Myeloma. My previous oncologist gave me some pills that were supposed to knock it down a bit and help my white cell count to avoid infection from the chemo, but he wanted to concentrate on the more serious problem of the esophageal cancer. My new oncologist wants to do some tests, including some kind of bone and skeletal studies in order to determine for sure if I have an active form of Myeloma or just a "slumbering"/Inactive Myeloma, as my previous oncologist had presumed. So even though my family is celebrating and praising God for His grace in healing me, I likely have another two or three months of sickness from chemo and tests go go through. But it is certainly a welcome relief to go into this knowing the battle has already been won!