Steadman Family

Many thanks to Abby and Joe for being gracious hosts and allowing us to invade their home. We love you both and hope that we can repay the favor.

We really enjoyed spending Sunday with everyone that came over. It’s been far too long since we’ve seen you and I cannot express our thanks enough for your love.

Some major highlights to share:

“The Great Silly String Fight of 2005″ - Lori and Kyle brought cans of silly string for all of the kids and let them lose in the backyard (I still think doing it Abby’s bedroom would have been more fun). I’ve never heard so many girls complain about their hair, but now have a deeper appreciation for Kyle’s patience.

A quite night out - Abby watched the kids while Melinda and I enjoyed a Sunday evening in the Topeka nightlife. It was much more relaxing than either of us could have imagined and allowed us to discuss our meeting with Dr. Banerji.

Boss Hogs BBQ - Dot and Rich made sure that our trip to Kansas was complete with a traditional meal. Thank you both for coming down to Topeka and for making lunch so easy and delicious.

Zoe, Cecelia and Sophia - I highly recommend that all cancer patients spend a weekend with these beautiful girls. The three of you did an amazing job in picking up all of our spirits. Ben still hasn’t stopped smiling when we talk about how much fun we had with you or laughing at references to Zoe’s big butt costume.

We were worried that the trip out would tax Ben’s energy, but it has done just the opposite. He’s got more interest in what’s going on, has more confidence in his strength and has had a much needed break from our routine of appointments.

Again, thank you all for your love and support.

    The meeting with Dr.Banerji went really well. He was very happy to meet with us and seemed to really believe that his homeopathic remedy would help Ben. He was able to explain how he came to discover this remedy and gave some examples of how he’s cured brain tumors with it. His knowledge of the western medicine treatments and their effects lent him quite a bit of credibility in our eyes. The remedy that he suggests can be bought almost anywhere that homeopathies are sold, and he wanted no money for the time he spent with us. He’s definitely not in this for money. He’s in the US right now meeting with five major research hospitals that are interested in his remedies for breast and lung cancers. He is also trying to set up animal studies for the remedy he has for brain tumors.

     When he looked at Ben, he could tell right away that we had Ben on steroids. He gave us another remedy to help with the swelling of Ben’s brain, and insisted that we get Ben off the steroids. We were/are already in the process of doing just that, with Ben down to .5 mgs a day until next Tuesday, and then off completely.

     I don’t know if these remedies will cure Ben, but I feel certain that I was led to Dr. Banerji for a reason. Hopefully it’s because its time for there to finally be a cure for this devastating condition. All of us (most especially Ben) would love nothing more!

     On a final note, Dr. Banerji is also working on a drug that may help anyone not responding to the first remedy. I tried to question him a little bit more, but he didn’t want to talk about Ben not responding to the first one. “Always keep positive thoughts, no negative ones” he said. He did assure me that we are always welcome to contact him with any questions we may have, and to keep him posted on Ben’s progress. Boy is he going to get sick of me! 

Love and peace to you all

Melinda