KR Cincy
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« on: March 13, 2008, 08:33:06 AM » |
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Since I lost my kidneys to renal cancer, I have to get screened 4 times a year to look for any recurrence. Today was my 4th screening, a CT scan, which means drinking the contrast liquid. Besides feeling icky from that stuff (gurgling around in me with no way out until my treatment tonight) I now have to wait until Wednesday to find out the results. That's probably the hardest part. The good news is if it's a clean screen, that means I'm one full year cancer-free and my odds of staying that way go up.
Hopin' for the best....
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« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2008, 09:32:55 AM » |
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Keeping my fingers crossed for you - Sluff we need a fingers crossed icon please - come on if you can do it for Misty you can do it for me. (Hey I;m sure you do it for all the ladies  ) Seriously KR Cincy I will be hooping for a clean screen for you.  |
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« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2008, 10:03:05 AM » |
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Here's hoping for good news, KR! The waiting is absolutely the worst!
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« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2008, 10:17:17 AM » |
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KR I know the anxiety waiting for the screening results to come back. Been there, done that. I'm 10 years out now so I have now dropped to a much lower risk for recurrence (breast cancer).  All fingers and toes crossed for clean results. Sandyb |
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« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2008, 10:21:34 AM » |
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« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2008, 10:24:12 AM » |
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Good luck, I hope all will be fine.
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gotta do what I gotta do.. 2 yrs in ctr hemo
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« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2008, 10:33:22 AM » |
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It is quite absurd how patients are expected to deal so much more courageously with medical threats than we would normally expect people to deal with other kinds of threats of equal magnitude. If you are on trial and face the chance of a death sentence, it is taken for granted that you will need to have all your relatives around you, that you will need sedation, and that a psychiatrist should be on hand to help you out if you break down from hearing the bad news. But if you risk a death sentence not from a court of law but from a medical test, it is expected that you will bear up just fine with no help at all!
The Tsar played a hideous practical joke on the novelist Dostoyevski by sentencing him to death and then, at the last minute, having an officer ride up to the firing squad with the order that Dostoyevski be pardoned. The novelist reacted to this 'joke' by having an epileptic seizure, and had serious epilepsy for the rest of his life afterwards. Why is it that when patients are sitting in the doctor's office waiting for the biopsy results to be revealed aren't expected to be equally upset, though they face a risk of life or death every bit as dramatic as Dostoyevski did?
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« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2008, 10:38:37 AM » |
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« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2008, 10:54:06 AM » |
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Hi, Hoping everything turns out OK for ya!  Anne |
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« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2008, 11:02:04 AM » |
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My husband has to have those screening, also. 3 years and no reoccurrence. The waiting game is difficult, try to find something to keep your mind off it and help the time pass. Call a friend, watch a movie, anything that will give your mind a break. I wish you the best in your results.
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« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2008, 12:36:50 PM » |
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Best of luck to you! Every day is one closer to another year!
Keep it up!
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« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2008, 12:53:15 PM » |
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I have my fingers crossed for you.
Hopefully, you are cancer free. It takes a brave person to handle this, and you are that brave person.
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« Reply #13 on: March 13, 2008, 12:59:24 PM » |
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Man, honey. I sure do hope it comes back clear for one more year, heck for the next 50+ years!!!! I agree, the waiting is the hardest, and cruelest part. |
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« Reply #14 on: March 13, 2008, 01:01:50 PM » |
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 My youngest son is a cancer survivor now 9 years in remission but every year, 2 time a year Saint Jude's Hosp would run him through the ACT clinic (after cancer treatment). The waiting for the results are extremly hard so we can relate. you are in our prayers please keep us updated. Edited: Fixed smiley - okarol/admin |
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« Reply #15 on: March 13, 2008, 02:03:43 PM » |
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Keeping my fingers crossed that good news comes your way. |
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« Reply #16 on: March 13, 2008, 02:12:34 PM » |
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Hoping for good results. Waiting is so hard. I want answers right away, but it just doesn't work that way. I'll be thinking of you |
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« Reply #17 on: March 13, 2008, 02:19:59 PM » |
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Be Free!!!!! We are here for ya!!!! |
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KR Cincy
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« Reply #18 on: March 13, 2008, 02:21:31 PM » |
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thanks...you guys are the best!
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Not giving up...thanks to Susan.
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KR Cincy
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« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2008, 11:30:15 AM » |
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I am happy to report that my cancer screening came out clean! The doctor is happy...we'll keep on screening, but he said the first year is critical, so that's a good start.
Thanks again for all the good wishes!!
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« Reply #20 on: March 19, 2008, 12:23:46 PM » |
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gotta do what I gotta do.. 2 yrs in ctr hemo
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« Reply #21 on: March 19, 2008, 12:27:59 PM » |
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Yay! That's very good news.
Now your mind can be at ease.
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« Reply #22 on: March 19, 2008, 12:29:02 PM » |
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 KR Cincy. that is great news.
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okarol
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« Reply #23 on: March 19, 2008, 12:52:40 PM » |
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 Yippeeee! Great news KR!
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« Reply #24 on: March 19, 2008, 01:02:02 PM » |
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Thank goodness! I am so glad for you It is always a good day when the doctor says something positive |
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