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Sure hate hearing that anyone has to face cancer. It is good that you were proactive with your doctor and hopefully, your discovery is early enough to allow you a head start in beating this awful disease. My prayers are with you and I wish you good luck to boot.
"The number one problem with America is, a whole lot of people need shot, and nobody is shooting them."
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Wish you all the best. Prayers.
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Best of luck with this
Stay positive
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Fight hard Erik! All my best wishes for you and the family!
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You will remember a curve of your wagon track in the grass of the plain like the features of a friend."
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Short story. I went to the hospital back in February because I thought I was having a heart attack. Ended up I was severely dehydrated and I joked it was a $3,000 bottle of water. Everything fine, but the platelets are low, likely from the dehydration. I took my 30th Anniversary in April trip to Greece, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, etc. Then caught a bug on return and got multi-focal pneumonia. It put me int he hospital for days and then weeks to recover. Took the wife on a Caribbean cruise for the real anniversary date and had a great time just chilling on beaches. Like a Corona commercial for 10 days straight. Two weeks later, I'm reviewing my charts from the hospital and noticed a couple of blood tests that were out of whack, including the platelets. My PC doc said not to worry, that when you are sick with infection, your blood counts get wonky. I told him okay, but now that I'm better, shouldn't we run the same tests as a precaution to insure nothing was wrong? He humored me and ordered the tests. Low WBC, Low RBC, Low platelets, High mean corpuscle volume, low hematocrit, low hemoglobin. I get a referral to a hematologist and get a bone marrow biopsy.
The phone call came yesterday confirming cancer.
Guys - Do it all. Don't wait for retirement. Take the trip. Love deeply, LIVE recklessly. Don't waste a day. Good Luck Sir... Your counsel is indeed wise...
If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.
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Short story. I went to the hospital back in February because I thought I was having a heart attack. Ended up I was severely dehydrated and I joked it was a $3,000 bottle of water. Everything fine, but the platelets are low, likely from the dehydration. I took my 30th Anniversary in April trip to Greece, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, etc. Then caught a bug on return and got multi-focal pneumonia. It put me int he hospital for days and then weeks to recover. Took the wife on a Caribbean cruise for the real anniversary date and had a great time just chilling on beaches. Like a Corona commercial for 10 days straight. Two weeks later, I'm reviewing my charts from the hospital and noticed a couple of blood tests that were out of whack, including the platelets. My PC doc said not to worry, that when you are sick with infection, your blood counts get wonky. I told him okay, but now that I'm better, shouldn't we run the same tests as a precaution to insure nothing was wrong? He humored me and ordered the tests. Low WBC, Low RBC, Low platelets, High mean corpuscle volume, low hematocrit, low hemoglobin. I get a referral to a hematologist and get a bone marrow biopsy.
The phone call came yesterday confirming cancer.
Guys - Do it all. Don't wait for retirement. Take the trip. Love deeply, LIVE recklessly. Don't waste a day. I am sorry to hear this. My heart goes out to those who have to fight this battle and their loved ones. It's a tough road. You and yours are in my prayers. On a side note, it seems a lot of people coming back from Europe come back sick. My wife and her friends came back sick. My neighbor came back sick got pneumonia and was in ICU for 3 days. At the barber shop yesterday I overheard a conversation about the same.
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Deer Camp! about as good as it gets!
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Two time survivor, ( still here). Pick a Doctor you trust. If you don't feel good they got this, go somewhere else. Don't stop getting the best care possible.
Best wishes and stay strong. Attitude means a lot.
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Best to you and family, the big C can be some sneaky stuff. Do the diet and the med treatment both. People with good health have no idea how fragile and fleeting good health really is.
“To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It is best to plan for all eventualities then believe in success, and only cross the failure bridge if you come to it."
Francis Marion - The Swamp Fox
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I recently got similar news except they called me into the doctor's office and cost me a $40 co-pay to hear the news. It was an organ that was triple-sized from what it should be, low WBC, platelets, etc. I was referred to Siteman Cancer Center. Despite bloodwork looking that way, the physician at the cancer center gave me hope and told me that often autoimmune disease can present much like cancer and called it "cancer's cousin". Following biopsies, they found granulomas which indicated it was indeed auto-immune disease. Sed-rate, ANA, CRP, and other labs confirmed it. I'm about to start methotrexate and immunosuppressant drugs after a few months of high-dose steroids.
This is affecting four to five organs, and may ultimately lead to organ failure, but it is treatable. Having a plan, staying positive, and doing the enjoyable things in life have kept me positive going forward. Don't quit, don't give up.
"Full time night woman? I never could find no tracks on a woman's heart. I packed me a squaw for ten year, Pilgrim. Cheyenne, she were, and the meanest bitch that ever balled for beads."
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Time to open up a can of whoop-ass. Attitude and mindset makes a big difference when it comes to fighting cancer especially. Wishing you the best.
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Prayers sent for healing and courage you and your family need for this unexpected journey.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”
ISAIAH 41:10
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Guys - Do it all. Don't wait for retirement. Take the trip. Love deeply, LIVE recklessly. Don't waste a day. WyColoCowboy, Wonderful philosophy on life. I wish you a stupendous victory on this journey.
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I have had 3 kinds of lymphoma, and beat them all. The treatment paths have come a long way
To be fair chemo is challeging but you CAN WIN THIS FIGHT!
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Not good news, sorry to hear that I hate the word cancer. My wife goes in for surgery 11-8-23 to remove a Large Adnexal Mass on ovaries won't know if it's cancer till a biopsy is done. She's 61 it's scary her mom died from uterus cancer at 64.
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Win this one WY…. Just flat out beat it.
Many here with ears if you need one.
Osky
A woman's heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth and I can find no sign on it.
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Sorry you got cancer. I hope you beat it!
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