Cancer survivors.??
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My brother is going on 3 years from colon cancer, and my daughter is going on 2 years from lung cancer, non smoker. They are doing very well at the time. We are very thankful that it was caught in time. I wish you the very best with your recovery. Blessings, Sparkles.
my father was little and he survived canser but my grandmother grandfater uncle and best freind have all died of it
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I had Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma 3 years ago, at age 46. I did CHOP x 6 with weekly rituxan. Also radiation x 16. So far, so good since then. Other than weight gain [thank you, Prednisone], fatigue and CHEMO BRAIN, I'm OK. Hey, it could have been a lot worse! I'm thankful to be alive.
Here's a great site for info, and to see more 'success' stories:
http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/hm_lls...
Best wishes
I'm a nose cancer survivor, currently on remission.
Went thru 35 sessions of radiotherapy (2 June 2005 till 20 July 2005) and thru endoscopes and CT scans, the tumor indeed "died". So, we thought all was clear. But, the pains at back waist area and fevers, which started halfway thru the radiotherapy, refused to go away. In the beginning when the fevers surfaced, my radiation oncologist thought it was a side effect to the radiotherapy, as some of his other patients too got fever, but stop having when they finished radiotherapy. When the back aches surfaced, it was thought to be another side effect as radiotherapy affects the nervous system somehow. After radiotherapy finished, I was still having fevers and back aches.
2 weeks after I finished radiotherapy, my mum insisted my GP had my blood and urine tested, but the tests (did several times) all reflected normal results. My mum was tired of all those repeated testing that showed nothing because I couldn't be having pains and fevers day in, day out for no reason. She then asked my GP to send me for a PET scan.
The results for the PET scan was horrible, there were black patches EVERYWHERE. My GP (who later told my mum that actually suspected the cancer had spread upon seeing the PET scan, but he didn't want to interpret the scan as he was afraid that he would interpret it wrongly) immediately set up an appointment again with my radiation oncologist.
So, on 10 Aug 2005 morning, I went back to see my radiation oncologist (with my parents and bf), who upon seeing the scan (tried to conceal his shocked face) and called all the radiotherapy oncologists he had on his list within the same medical building. He told me I needed chemo RIGHT AWAY.
Went upstairs to see the c the chemo oncologist who immediately explained what drugs she's gonna use, etc and send us off for lunch and to come back for treatment after lunch.
I knew my cancer had spread to my bones n liver. But I did not know it was so serious. While I was there, hooked up on the IV on my very first chemo on that afternoon, my chemo oncologist called my parents to her room, leaving my bf there to keep my company. She told my parents that they have to prepared for the worst as I have only 2-6 months of lifespan left, chemo is a gamble and it was to lengthen my life, with an option to cure. Almost dead, I went through 6 cycles of chemotherapy (till 27 Dec 2005).
Did another PET scan to check if everything's clear. Scan looks ok, but I was put on oral chemotherapy drugs (January 2006 till 19 Sep 2006), to be sure everything was cleared. After the oral drugs treatment, I did another PET scan. She then declared me NED (no evidence of disease).
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