Well, not many of you know, but I was planning on heading to St. Kitts in the Caribbean for some R&R at the end of this month. Friday evening my older sister, she's 44, got some life changing news..

She has suffered from Crohn's disease for many years and while having a procedure to remove a section of her small intestine, they discovered a few suspicious spots..The pathology report came back that she has a rare Stromal Sarcoma(cancer) that is difficult to impossible to treat..She then had a vaginal UltraSound and it was pointing to ovarian cancer as well..They then did an MRI and CT Scan and it showed a spot on her liver..The biopsy from the liver was also positive for carcinoma..The bottom line is she is in a terrible position..Two different cancers in 3 different locations..

After speaking with her Oncologist and a Specialist from the Mayo Clinic, we decided her best course of action would be chemotherapy followed up with several surgical procedures..Her Chemo commences on the 15th of this month..If she decides to pass on the Chemo, then we will be packing and moving to Nevis in the West Indies..It is a small island in the Caribbean that we go to as a family every year and will afford her the chance to enjoy her time left..So, either way I will be on and off as much as possible whether we stay here or move to the Island..

On a lighter note, I discovered that real estate prices here in the states are nothing compared to this place..A 3 bedroom house on the beach starts at around $800,000 US Dollars..Ouch!! The first house I looked at was 1.5 million and it wasn't anything like you could get here in the states for that much money..Ouch!!!

Doc M