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Marie N. on February 23, 2010
I was Diagnosed with:
NHL Large B Cell
Employment Status:
unemployed
Gender/Age:
56
Type and Description of Treatments:
Chemo-therapy: Rituximab,Doxorubicin hydrochloride,Vincristine,and Cyclophosphamide coctail - eve...
How do you feel today?
While I am getting stronger, neuropathy in my hands and feet continues to be bothersome. My hair is growing back (yeah!) everywhere. My nails are still baby fine and continue to shred and catch on everything. I am now off hormone replacement therapy and experiencing most of the symptoms of menopause - a double whammy - I don't know...
Continue ReadingMichael W. on February 8, 2010
I was Diagnosed with:
Lymphoma of the brain
Employment Status:
Employed
Gender/Age:
52
Type and Description of Treatments:
Surgery to remove 1" X 2" gray matter behind right eye. Followed by chemo (chop) & radiation then...
How do you feel today?
GREAT !!! Just have to be tested every year now!
Continue ReadingPamela C. on January 26, 2010
I was Diagnosed with:
Stage IV Follicular Non Hodgkins Lymphoma (grade 2)
Employment Status:
Employed Full Time
Gender/Age:
38
Type and Description of Treatments:
8 Rounds of R-CVP Chemotherapy - every three to four weeks depending on blood count recovery
How do you feel today?
I feel good overall, yet anxious about the next couple of months. My last treatment is scheduled for tomorrow 1/27! Originally, it was for last week but my counts were too low so we postponed it.
Continue ReadingGail I. on January 11, 2010
I was Diagnosed with:
Ovarian Cancer
Employment Status:
employed
Gender/Age:
65
Type and Description of Treatments:
Chemo treatments of Cytoxan, Cysplatium, and Ariaycin 12 treatments three weeks apart.
How do you feel today?
Excellent. I am aware to stay active,exercise, eat correctly and pay close attention to my body. I do not have Osteoporosis because of the combination of diet and exercise.
Continue ReadingBrian K. on December 23, 2009
I was Diagnosed with:
Renal Cell Carcinoma (Kidney Cancer)
Employment Status:
Manager Independent Living Community (55+)
Gender/Age:
46
Type and Description of Treatments:
My name is Brian Kay; I am 42 years young and married to my beautiful wife Kadi. We have lived in...
How do you feel today?
I have since gone to eating a vegetarian, plant-based diet and feel better that I have ever felt before. I am also drinking ionized alkaline water. This is produced with the latest in water technology. This is a machine that is government approved as a medical device and is available here in the United States and many other parts of ...
Continue ReadingKristen N. on December 4, 2009
I was Diagnosed with:
IIA Ductal Carcinoma
Employment Status:
Unemployed
Gender/Age:
43
Type and Description of Treatments:
Bilateral Mastectomy with sentinel lymph node removal.
How do you feel today?
How do I feel today? Strong and Resilient are the words that immediately come to me. Tired and Raw are the words that sneak in when no one is looking. I have one final surgery left. Candidly, it's been a miraculous year full of ups and downs. My breast cancer is in remission and besides the on-going worry of recurrence; I am blessed to...
Continue ReadingSarah P. on November 24, 2009
I was Diagnosed with:
papillary thyroid
Employment Status:
part-time under the table employment
Gender/Age:
29
Type and Description of Treatments:
11/2007 full Thyroidectomy 12/2007- Iodine radiation (oral dose of radiation 200mc) 4/2008 lymph ...
How do you feel today?
Since this is the third time that I am scheduling treatment and surgery I don't feel panicked. However my doctors have told me that they don't really understand why I keep getting lymph nodes that test positive in the needle biopsy. I may need to find a new doctor but I am not sure if that would help or just disrupt my treatment.
Continue ReadingMonica G. on November 20, 2009
I was Diagnosed with:
BREAST CANCER STAGE II
Employment Status:
ACTIVE
Gender/Age:
42
Type and Description of Treatments:
8 ROUNDS OF CHEMO EVERY 2 WEEKS + RADIATIONS 4 ROUNDS OF A/C 4 ROUNDS OF TAXOL DATE FOR CHEMO: ...
How do you feel today?
I am feeling like I was reborn again. A bit sore from my bilateral mastectomy and ovaries surgery. I couldn't be happier after receiving a phone call from my surgeon on Thursday, 11/19 that the pathology reports came back normal as expected. I was very nervous prior to surgery.
Continue ReadingCynthia S. on November 1, 2009
I was Diagnosed with:
Stage 2 Agressive Breast Cancer
Employment Status:
Full time corporate trainer
Gender/Age:
56
Type and Description of Treatments:
surgery chemotherapy radiation
How do you feel today?
Today, I am completely fine and suffer no long term ill effects whatsoever.
Continue ReadingValeria Z. on October 28, 2009
I was Diagnosed with:
chronic myelogenous leukemia and Stage II breast cancer
Employment Status:
full-time
Gender/Age:
38
Type and Description of Treatments:
Gleevec (oral chemo for leukemia) and adromicin citoxin and taxol (iv chemo for breast cancer) A...
How do you feel today?
Today, I feel ok, I have my good and bad days but I have a lot of support from my family, friends, and co-workers to face anything that comes. Everyone that's around me knows in detail what I am going through because to me this is a fight that you don't fight alone. Cancer not only changes the life of the patient it changes the life ...
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