Exercising to Cure Brain Tumor

Wow, what a ride! On Friday I received exams from a detailed MRI (with spectroscopy and perfusion) to assess whether I can interrupt or not my chemotherapy as my last MRI showed that my tumor did not grow since my surgery one year ago, and that I might be eligible to a watch and see approach. Watch and see?
While I haven't met my neurosurgeon to discuss if we could wait based on the latest MRI as he is on vacation until Jan 15 I read the technician's report to try to understand on my own what is going on.
I might be a little paranoid but two comments called my attention:
1. "One of the samples, adjunct to the posterior aspect of the surgical cavity, shows evidence of a discrete elevation of the peak hill (sorry if I butchered this one but I am not sure what is the exact translation of pico de colina) in relation to the hill, compatible with an increase in membrane turn-over, while maintaining the NAA/creatine relationship, unspecific pattern that might be related to a scarring process or eventually to the presence of a residual lesion/relapse. No evidence of abnormal peaks".
2. Thickening of the mucus layer of the paranasal cavities, with retention/polyp cysts on the maxillary sinus, being larger on the right side
The first comment freaked me out a bit with the "presence of residual lesion/relapse", or in other words the tumor could be back. The second one freaked me out with the word "polyp", particularly larger on the right side, the side of my brain tumor.
The brain can play games with us and we need to control it. In my case I have always had a feeling of water in my right ear resulting from an ear infection from when I was about 15 years old, consequence of ocean water that got into my ear. I still need to swim with ear plugs to prevent infections but the feeling of a bad ear has always been there, but now I had a reason: "polyp"!
So I did what I had to do in that situation according to my treatment book. Got on the bike on Saturday morning, under a 33 C heat (92 F) with my poor brother who just started riding, and climbed a few steep hills close to my house to get rid of the damn polyp. What an unfair treatment to my brother but as a 23 years-old he should be able to chase his 38 years-old brother. I suppose my 5 years biking were enough to break his 5 weeks biking, but he is loving it and I am loving to ride with him! If age meant anything I would not get my ass kicked by my uncle and by the MLCCC crew, many of who while approaching 60 would always kick my butt too! And people think there is an age where one can be called old. This is what I call the state-of-mind barrier, think of yourself old and you become old, think of yourself sick and you become sick.
On Sunday I ran 6K under similar heat, that should take care of the polyp. In fact I felt much better than before, nothing like exercising to cure cancer!
Today I went into the Internet to check what exactly retention/polyp cysts on the maxillary sinus meant, and here I find that it meant nothing more than something that might occur in any sinus infection.
Anyway all this preamble is meant to help me share that I truly believe that exercising can cure cancer and I will continue to subscribe to my Heat Shock Protein (HSP) treatment theory. If an increase in HSP production can help the body regenerate damaged DNA I will get back on the wagon as I have not since I was diagnosed. I am heading to the pool and will get ready for my first post brain tumor triathlon. No matter what I cannot let this thing slow me down, to the contrary I need to act quickly to prevent my life from running away from me.
I hope that 2013 brings new treatments and cures to this scary condition but that in the meantime we can all fight the good fight to get better. My father once again taught me a great lesson through his numerous Facebook posts: "Without an adversary courage languishes. It is only clear how great it is and how far its power can go when it shows, as it handles suffering, what it is capable of. It is worth knowing that good people should do the same thing: do not panic when facing adversity nor complain about destiny; whatever happens take it as a good thing, convert it into a good thing; what matters is not what you face, but how you face it." This was written by Seneca, on Divine Providence.
Ops, I was going to hit the pool but it is too late and it shut-down, so I'd better go to bed and get some rest in hopes of running tomorrow morning.
A positive attitude is everything in life, I had no idea of how great a world we are living in from a historical perspective. I just finished reading two great books, "A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and the a Study of the Events Culminating in The Great Conflict", by Logan Marshal, and "1943 - Roosevelt and Vargas in Natal", by Roberto Muylaert. It is simply amazing what a man with polio was capable of, I am more convinced that ever that Roosevelt was right, there is nothing to fear but fear itself, and he proved it over and over. We all have abilities far beyond we give ourselves credit for, and while we have life, with or without cancer, we ought to live life to the fullest, and while I can run, ride and swim I will do so at will, without of course forgetting my lovely family, friends and job!