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Posted on 3/17/14 at 9:28 pm to Prof
Posted on 3/17/14 at 9:28 pm to Prof
It does suck. I am 43 and have had Stage IV lymphoma twice sine early 2011. After it relapsed in 2012, my 2 nod round of treatment was much rougher than the first which was just 5 months of chemo. The 2nd round was 4 months of chemo and radiation culminating in a full week of high dose chemo and total body irradiation .....and a stem cell transplant. Have been in remission since February of 2013 and hope to stay that way.
Even if I do dodge it ever relapsing, it has changed my body to the core. Right leg is almost useless because of the nerve damage I suffered from a 14 cm tumor wrapped around my lower spine. Lower back pain. And a combover where I once had hair as thick as a bear on my head.
But, I am alive and with my wife and children(aged 14,12,8, and 3) and thank God every day I have with them.
Even if I do dodge it ever relapsing, it has changed my body to the core. Right leg is almost useless because of the nerve damage I suffered from a 14 cm tumor wrapped around my lower spine. Lower back pain. And a combover where I once had hair as thick as a bear on my head.
But, I am alive and with my wife and children(aged 14,12,8, and 3) and thank God every day I have with them.
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 1:08 pm to Dick Leverage
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But, I am alive and with my wife and children(aged 14,12,8, and 3) and thank God every day I have with them.
Makes me want to cry. Not that you are alive, but that you have to deal with it with so many to care for.
My family doesn't really have too much cancer in the tree--it's all heart disease. Which is fine. When I go, I hope I just keel over.
Which leads to another conspiracy question--there's lots of money in treating cancer. Not enough money in curing it?
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