Hey Rick,
First, some wonderful news. I had a PET Scan on Friday and an MRI of my brain on Sunday and today I got the results -- the cancer has not spread from the right lung! My body and brain are cancer-free!
So in the next two or three weeks I will have my right lung removed, followed by (I think) one treatment of Chemotherapy just in case anything is hiding in the thoracic area and I could very well be completely cured within a month. I can't tell you (but I'm sure you can guess) how thrilled I am that my "5-years-if-lucky" got changed to "no limit in sight" in a single phone call this afternoon.
Mind you, the Dr said they have to do it "old school", which means opening me up from stem to stern because the tumor goes right up to the bronchial branch so they can't do it through the throat (read "the easy, less painful way"). He said it's going to be incredibly painful and that I'll need epidurals in my upper back just so the pain won't prevent me from taking full breaths for the first few days and then the post-op pain is supposed to be awesome but that's all nothin' 'cause I'm going to LIVE and get to spend many more years with my wife!
Second, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your hypnosis sessions. I've been listening every night since I got them a week ago and they are AMAZING. And as promised, I'd like to give you some feedback: First off, your voice is perfect. I have 7 or 8 hypnosis Apps and your voice is better than Max Kirsten or (my favorite) Andrew Johnson and both the sound quality and consistency of volume of your recording is better than any I've ever heard.
Also, your induction (right term for getting me 'under'?) is incredibly effective because I've never gotten more than 3 minutes into either session before I'm out like a light. And I've never remembered anything from either of the sessions but every morning since I started listening, I've felt "fantastic". I put that in quotes because I noticed that whenever someone asked how I was feeling over the last week (and with what's going on, I got asked that a LOT), I kept replying "I feel fantastic". Not a normal phrase for me but it's how I felt (emotionally, mentally and physically) and it's what came out when asked. I noticed that by the afternoon I didn't feel as great as in the morning but in the mornings I felt so remarkably "fantastic" it was actually strange. (But quite nice, believe me.)
The only thing slightly odd is that every night except one, I woke up at or near the end of the session(s). I believe you say "you can stay awake or go to sleep" and then count to an "awake state" and maybe I get hung up on the "awake" part but it would be awesome if you could get your sessions turned into Apps and have optional endings for wake vs sleep and the App could seamlessly transition to one or the other without mentioning the alternate and potentially bringing the subject out inadvertently.
On the subject of Apps, I think I've purchased every one in the App Store (Apple's) and you would be VERY successful if you were to make Apps for insomnia, stopping smoking and your wellness Apps because no one has done it right yet. Either they are a great hypnotist as you are but their App's features and functionality suck, or the App design is perfect but they (apparently) aren't hypnotists.
Anyway, I can't believe how much I've been typing at you -- sorry. I did promise to give you my feedback but I think I went a bit overboard.
The bottom line is I will continue to use your sessions because they are apparently making me feel "fantastic". I do want to listen to them when not hypnotized 'cause I'm curious as heck to find out what the last 47 minutes contain (grin) and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for providing such a great product and for your generous gift of the Mind Body Healing MP3.
I wish you all the best and if you decide to have Apps done, I can provide you with lots of suggestions on what to do and what to avoid and I would love to be able to do something for you so please don't hesitate to ask.
Thanks again for everything. (And sorry again for the insanely long email!)
Warm Regards,
Bob S
