hey Duane, Where in Nova Scotia. I have family throught the region.
larry On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 22:27:37 -0500, Duane Boudreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 Silver Sponsor - New Atlanta http://www.newatlanta.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:138531 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
