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Great news Grads!
My dad went 13 years with Prostate cancer.
Had surgery at diagnosis. It was advanced, stage 3 back then.
He started with some sort of injection every 6 months.
That worked for a number of years.
Then he had some sort of time release gadget under his skin for a few years, then it steamrolled him.
Chemo and radiation did nothing, but like I said, that was 13 years after the fact.
So you just never know.
It's all statistics.
But you know what? Sometimes we beat the house odds!!
That's outstanding you got to spend 13 extra years with your father! I hope (read pray) we get the same for my father in law. One of the most decent men I have ever had the privilege of knowing. The idea they gave him 2 years with "aggressive" cancer does seem questionable Greg. Who knows? Perhaps different types of cancer have different definitions and timelines of aggressiveness. I haven't had a lot of time to do research on this yet.Quote:
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Well..Fuck.
Just got off the phone with Deb.
Her appointment today raised questions of possible secondary cancer from the chemo or radiation.
Her white blood cell count leads the doctors to suspect further cancer growth.
Tests in 3 weeks, then decide whether to suspend the Herceptin and search for the cancer.
This is worse than the first diagnosis, you hang that date in front of you and the fucking cancer takes it away .
Really sorry to hear this. :(Quote:
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I meant to ask how she was doing when you were on last weekend. I'll keep you both in my thoughts.
I'm so sorry! Please tell Deb she's in my thoughts and prayers as are you!Quote:
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I believe I truly despise cancer. I've very sorry to hear your wife is dealing with this. I hope she kicks this shit out of cancer.Quote:
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Deb is a lovely lady, you'd love her if you met her. It breaks my heart that she has to go through this.Quote:
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Thanks guys.
All that Chemo, radiation, her hair finally growing back, and clean scan about 5 weeks ago and now "white count is off, could be secondary cancer from the treatments"...
Fuck me. She has never done anything to anybody, never says anything bad about anyone.
A hangnail is what she considered pain before.
Seeing her cut, poisoned, zapped until she is beet red, losing her hair, it is killing me to see her go through this.
I would take it from her without batting an eye.
If anybody caused her even a tenth of what she has gone through I would end them with zero second thought.
But there is nothing I can do.
We are praying it is an anomaly, and something other than the worst case.
3 weeks will give us a clue.
I'm praying with you! I agree with everything you say about her. She's a real gem.Quote:
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Thanks Eli.Quote:
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Just got off the phone with her.
She is like "oh don't worry, them doctors are just guessing at everything anyway. I feel just fine and I'm sure it's nothing".
Meanwhile I'm freaking the hell out.
She's so sweet and strong. She lights up the room that's for sure.Quote:
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Prayers to you and Deb. I'm sorry the both of you have to go through this.
I can't contain myself anymore, just thrilled to hear the news that Deb is fine! Yay! Go Deb for kicking cancer's ass!!Quote:
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I'm so sorry to hear this! Keeping her in my thoughts and prayers!Quote:
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Thanks Eli!
What Eli is referencing is that one of the Chemo nurses who has become a sort of close friend of Debs reviewed her blood results "unofficially".
Completely off the record, She informed us that the blood report looks like 98% of the typical reports she sees with women doing similar treatments.
Like everything else on this roller coaster, it's a big swing from just a few days ago...but in itself is an encouraging turn!
It highlights the fact that these doctors go mostly off interpretation of statistics, coupled with individual wishes and the biological response to treatments.
We have come to the conclusion that the "highs and lows" of what the doctors say, if taken verbatim, are not worth the stress.
On that note, we are just going to take it as it comes, and be thankful that through all of this, Deb has never even felt sick or been anything more than a little tired at times.
Hoping for the best Tommy. They took labs on me early last week to check my stuff out and I'm still waiting to hear the results. I go in today for my Bleomycin treatment so I'm gonna hit them up for my results. Hopefully the markers are dropping fast.
Any word on your FIL?Quote:
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Keeping my fingers crossed for you! Are you feeling any better today?Quote:
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Yes a little better this morning. I kinda feel like its finally flushing out of me at the moment. I was up a lot last night peeing so I'm thinking it's finally coming out of me. I don't think I hydrated enough this weekend so I'm gonna get them to run a bag of fluids through me today to help with the flush.Quote:
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That's a good idea. Look at you participating in your medical decisions and recovery! That's awesome!Quote:
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