Back Home Again!!

8 years 5 months ago #49749 by GKLINE
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Funnily enough, I finally scrolled down to this line..
We must have been away at the same time.. My wife wanted to make turning 60 special, so she scheduled a trip to Italy.
Started in Venice and crossed over to Bolognia, Turin and Milan. I gained a few pounds along the way and drank some very good wine.
We also visited Lamborghini, Ducati, Maserati, Alpha Romeo and
Ferrari along the way.
You just can't keep a cancer survivor down.
I hope you enjoyed your trip...... Oh yeah, you did !

Light a man a fire and he is warm for an evening.
Light a man ON fire and he's warm forever.

08/08/08...RC neo bladder
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8 years 5 months ago #49521 by pemquid
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Sounds like a great trip! I've been gone from the board for so long that I didn't even know you were gone, but a belated welcome back.

Small TA Grade 1, May-06; recur (2 tiny), same, June-08; TURBTs both times. BCG begun July-08, dosage to 1/3rd May-10, completed treatment December-11. All clear since 2008.

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8 years 5 months ago #49503 by OldEngineer
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Welcome back Sara, but I couldn't tell whether the "ate a lot too" referred to the reindeer or other food lol! Hopefully Rudolph will still be around for Christmas this season lololol!!

T1 high grade transcell diagnosed 8/14/2015
TURBT 8/21/2015, removed tumor (17mmX14mmX11mm)
Repeat TURBT performed 9/25/2015
Pathology Report: no residual cancer detected
BCG planned starting in October

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8 years 5 months ago #49490 by Flamenco.
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Wow Sara Anne - that sounds like a wonderful trip you had- Glad you had a good time.xx

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8 years 5 months ago #49476 by sara.anne
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Yup, Catherine. Had reindeer stew, reindeer saute, reindeer sausage. Lots of great fish, but very little beef. Reindeer are not wild, but are herded by the Sami and Lapplanders.

and yes, Nicke. Got off the ship at Kirkenes...got a look at the Russian border and drove on to Ivalo, then to Rovaniemi. Flew from there to Helsinki. Saw that they had snow this weekend in Rovaniemi. I was in Sweden many many years ago. Have many friends there at the Karolinska.

SA

Diagnosis 2-08 Small papillary TCC; CIS
BCG; BCG maintenance
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8 years 5 months ago #49473 by CatherineH
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Hi Sara Anne... You have become quite the world traveler. So glad you had a wonderful trip and what a treat to meet Knut in person.

When you said "Also saw LOTS of reindeer (and ate a lot too) in Finnish Lapland before finishing the tour in Helsinki"... did you mean you ate a lot of reindeer?

Welcome home!

Best wishes... Catherine

TURBT 1/21/10 at age 55
Dx: T2aN0M0 Primary Bladder Adenocarcinoma
Partial Cystectomy 2/25/10
Vanderbilt Medical Center
Nashville, TN

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