A RETURN TO HEALTH WITHOUT CHEMO
Good news folks! I had my 3rd Pet/CT scan Feb. 22, 2005 and when I saw my Oncologist on the 25th he said that compared to last scan in March 2004 that "Most" of my lymphnodes had shrunk. I was no longer anemic. My blood work was within normal range. Especially important was my RBC's were in normal range and that my Platelets had returned to normal range and that the lymphnodes he could feel were getting soft. He said he would see me in 6 months and not for a scan...just blood work. God is good and merciful. On 8-26-2005 I had blood work done and my blood work is still in good range. Will be scanned in 3 mos. and if anything changes I will consider Immunotherapy. Rituxan. This is not chemo but a way to target just the cancerours B-cells. Will keep updated. In Oct. 2005 I let them do a bone marrow biopsy and it came back 40% B-cell lymphoma in my bone marrow. Instead of being Stage III, I have been Stage IV all along. I decided to not do any treatments such as being part of a trial study at Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute. I still feel terrific & work full-time. UPDATE: October 2006. Had blood work done and still holding my own. Still working 8 hours a day and no medication. Update 10-20-2007. Still working full-time and still feeling top-of-the world. Would like to recommend another web-site with a touching story of a young man and his Mother and Father's love for him in his losing battle with Cancer. www.bradkimball.com
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