Cancer free until proven otherwise :)

10 years 8 months ago #45191 by Joey
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Mike that is great news.

Joey

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10 years 8 months ago #45188 by CatherineH
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Mike,

So happy to read this! That's the BEST news I've heard in a very long time! Your wise advice has soothed my worries so many times... "cancer free until proven otherwise!" I will always be grateful to you for those words to live by!

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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10 years 8 months ago #45187 by Flamenco.
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Mike, that is the great news we have all been waiting for. I am so pleased for you. HUMUNGOUS cyberhug on its way to you!!!!! Was just going to bed, but am staying up to do a Happy dance!!
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10 years 8 months ago #45183 by mmc
Went over the scan with my doc. Complete response!

The reference lymph nodes shrunk to tiny size indicative of scar tissue.

Now I'm going to be on a maintenance dose of Avastin or a placebo.
So as you've heard me say before....CANCER FREE until proven otherwise!!!
Woohoo!

Mike

Age 54
10/31/06 dx CIS (TisG3) non-invasive (at 47)
9/19/08 TURB/TUIP dx Invasive T2G3
10/8/08 RC neobladder(at 49)
2/15/13 T4G3N3M1 distant metastases(at 53)
9/2013 finished chemo -cancer free again
1/2014 ct scan results....distant mets
2/2014 ct result...spread to liver, kidneys, and lymph...
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