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Some of you may recall a post I made 11 weeks ago, sharing my cancer diagnosis and the upcoming chemotherapy and immunotherapy. I was positive going into it and I'm very happy to report that I finished my last immunotherapy infusion today and as of two weeks ago, all my blood test results were normal, indicating that my bone marrow was again fully functional and that I am in remission.  My skin on my hands and feet look like a 2nd degree burn victim's hands, with a lot of cracking, bleeding, swelling and peeling, but that will begin to heal now that the therapy has concluded. Despite all the bad things that COULD have happened (nausea, bone pain, infections, hair loss), I experienced relatively few side effects and direct effects of the chemo and antibody treatments, and only missed days of work on the days I actually received the infusions (which also included a 4-hour round-trip to Denver. I received many messages and warm wishes from this board and I just wanted to thank you all for the words of encouragement. It's amazing that less than 90 after my diagnosis that I would be in remission, one likely to last many years, hopefully more than a decade. I'll get another bone marrow biopsy in May to check for residual remaining disease and it's my prayer than they will not find any.
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Glad to hear you are doing better. Hope it keeps going well for you .
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Glad to hear you are whipping up on that terrible disease, WyColoCowboy. Hang in there and keep on truckin'.
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Great news, sir! Cancer is no joke.
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Good news indeed. Hope you have a lot of good years ahead. My buddy starts immunotherapy Wednesday and I am nervous for him. Hoping he makes out as well as you. Cancer is a bad deal.
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Great news indeed
thanks for keeping everyone updated
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That’s great to hear OP!!
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Great News, my wife has 3 chemo treatments down with 3 to go. She's doing good so far side effects haven't been bad. She's lost all her hair she's not liking that.
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I glad for you & your family that you had positive result............hard physical & mental trial.
Good luck with your recovery.
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Glad to hear you got a clean bill for now.
Hope that the next tests come back in your favor.
Hang in there.
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Cancer sucks.
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May He keep you and your family in the palm of His hand.
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Wonderful news. I hope you remain both healthy and in remission.
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Amen! I am very happy for you! Sleep well tonight.
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Dammit man! I'm not on here enough to catch everything and I missed your diagnosis. And really happy to hear the news in this post!
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Good deal. Cancer sucks, especially your own..
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PTL, glad to hear that good news.
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