Luckily I didn't need a transplant. We caught it before it spread and it was still contained within the lymph nodes in my neck. I was still late stage 1 or early stage 2. The husband of one of my wife's coworkers had the exact same thing and was diagnosed 3 or 4 weeks earlier. I remember thinking poor bastard. Fortunately I tolerated chemo very well - so well I actually gained 30 pounds during treatment :( now I have to bust ass and lose it!
Something like this definitely does change your outlook. It's so easy to get caught up in the day to day crap. Sometimes its hard to remember to stop and smell the roses or hug your kid. Not for me anymore - life decided to remind me with a big old kick in the butt. After getting better my wife and I have decided to return home to Nova Scotia, Canada, to be closer to our families. We have the big house the nice cars but some things just aren't worth wasting your life for! (BTW, if anyone is looking for a house in NH - http://www.pruverani.com/view_listing_residential.asp?MLS=176429&T=1 :D ) The US has been kind to us for the past 9 years, but now its time to go home. Duane -----Original Message----- From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 10:02 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: feeling kinda foolish I am glad to hear that. I know someone else who has that and he is having to have some sort of transplant. (bone marrow?) Look at it this way though, even if it comes back, you will have bought yourself some time, right? And it is always better to be here today :) That is, in any event, my theory, now that I have had a look at the alternative. I saw the aspen turn this fall, and it was good. Dana On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 21:41:56 -0500, Duane Boudreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am now, but it will be 5 years before I know for sure. > > In June past I found out I had Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Luckily the "kind" of > NHL I had was one of the most treatable. Almost five months of chemo wiped > it out. My last PET came back clean but until I'm clean for 5 years nothing > is guaranteed. I'll have my fingers crossed until then for sure. > > > > Duane > > -----Original Message----- > From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 9:33 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: feeling kinda foolish > > No kidding :) You OK now? > > Dana > > On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 21:21:41 -0500, Duane Boudreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I got a look first hand at how expensive medical treatment can cost! > > > > My bills, at least the ones I saw added up to over 45k over the last 5 > > months. On top of that there were 2 CT Scans and 2 PET Scans that weren't > on > > any of the bills I saw. All told my co-pay added up to about 70 bucks! > Quite > > a bargain! Best $70 I ever spent. > > > > Duane > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:138510 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
