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And thanks for giving another perspective on intensive chemo for what seems to be a hopeless case... I'm sorta of the opinion I wouldn't have chosen your path in your position & would be the loser for it, but we only know when we reach that decision point really what we will do.
My mother contracted pancreatic cancer at 87yo & is still alive & healthy & cancer-free 5+ years later after an operation & chemo.
One never knows, it's all Wheel of Fortune after 65yo.
That's an amazing story MadMan. I had a friend survive stage 3 lung cancer, Yep, she still smokes. Uhg! It's a mystery why some people survive what would be impossible.
I just signed the release forms that will allow my doctors to have my medical case published in the BMJ (British Medical Journal). Of course, there aren't going to be any personal identifiers, so I'm not really going to be famous.
I also learned something else very interesting today as well. My internist revealed to my wife and me that none of my doctors (oncologist, cardiologist, pulmonologist) thought that I was going to survive when I was hospitalized with Stage 4 mediastinal lymphoma and going through chemo in 2017. In addition to the main tumor in my chest, tumors had spread to three of the four chambers of my heart as well (I thought it was only in one chamber), and they believed that it was just too much to overcome.
And if the cancer didn't kill me, the chemo might have. Whereas some cancer patients can take chemo pills or have infusions that last a couple of hours at a time, my chemo program consisted of inpatient, 24-hour, round-the-clock infusions for six days straight, followed by a two-week recuperation period, and then another round of 24-hour infusions for a week at a time. This went on for four months. To say that I was weak and exhausted at the end of that period of time would be an understatement. But then that was followed by five weeks of daily (M-F) radiation treatments. But at the end of it all, the tumors had all but disappeared, and I am now in remission.
It gives one pause to think that my retirement (and my life) could very well have come to a premature end two years ago and is a reason to try to live each day to the fullest.
Damn, I will award you the "You're one tough old bird" award....I debate if I'd even want to go through with that, even if I paid not a dime, and had loads of weed ready....
Thank you all so much for the very kind comments. I appreciate it greatly! Rather than respond to everyone here, I wrote bring notes via the rep system.
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Originally Posted by Piney Creek
If you continue to be this tough, we may have to change your name to MadMAXofBethesda. Congratulations, and always happy to hear about people kicking cancer's butt. Would it be possible to give us a link to the article when it's published?
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Originally Posted by dnkw
This is fantastic - congratulations! Post back the issue when you learn it. I want to read about you.
Absolutely.
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Congratulations, and always happy to hear about people kicking cancer's butt. Would it be possible to give us a link to the article when it's published?
