My brother Johnny, age 60, shed this earthly vessel and lives on, March 10, 2008, at 1:45 a.m. and I was there beside him. He lost the use of his legs and just gave up hope because he couldn't walk. It was an inspiration to me watching him so bravely carry this burden to the end without one "Why me?" or "It just isn't fair, I have so much more life to live." He never spoke a discouraging word to any of this family. Well, on to the real story behind his 10 month survival. The sutent did it's job. Before he died, the CT scan was as clear as if it were a healthy skeletal system. It was amazing to look at it and think there is hope after all. But, the catch to this is, Sutent doesn't attack the soft tissue. The cancer finally invaded most of his soft tissue and organs and there was nothing to do but watch him, day by day worsen and his lungs finally fill with fluid to their capacity and smother out this brave soldier's battle. There is much research to be done to formulate a treatment which will also attack the cancer cells in those organs and soft tissuealong with the bones. My brother survived Vietnam in 1966-1969 and I attribute his renal cell carcinoma to the dioxin and other chemical exposure while he was in Pleiku, 119th Helicopter Assault Company, the fighting "Crocs" and "Gators". There were complications from diabetes mellitis type II associated with his illness which the government acknowledges as a presumptive and awarded him 20% disability 3 months before his death. These chemicals lay in wait in the kidneys which cannot process them, and I am still trying to get the Department of Defense to acknowledge the incubation period for these exposures is just now arriving in most Vietnam Vetrans who are afflicted with one or more forms of illnesses associated with the spraying. So, if you are a Vetran, do not give up. I hope and pray that hypertension, diabetes Type II and kidney cancer will be a thing of the past. I wish each and every one of you out there the greatest of success with your treatment and encourage you not to give up because you feel hopeless. Help is on the horizon. God be with you and keep you during your journey through this earth age. Soon we all will reach our destination, our Father.