A Christmas Story-For Believers

Aneeda72

Aneeda72

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I had my annual appointment at Huntsmans Cancer Center today.

I have MDS-a rare red blood cell cancer. MDS is a long term cancer, no cure, little treatment. 30% of people with MDS get adult on set leukemia. Doctors figure I’ve had MDS since I was 19. Doctor comes into the room, brings a nurse.😮. He never brings a nurse.

He sits down and says “I rarely see this”. Crap, I think. Leukemia, I think. Ugh, I think. After 56 years the other shoe is about to drop, the leukemia shoe. 🤦🏻‍♀️

“See this, and this, and this, and this, and this,” he says as he points to the revelant blood tests for my cancer. Yes, I say. 😢

All normal, he says. Spontaneous remission. No cancer. I don’t need to see you again.

😳. 😮. 😂😂😂😂😂
 

Aneeda72 said:
I had my annual appointment at Huntsmans Cancer Center today.

I have MDS-a rare red blood cell cancer. MDS is a long term cancer, no cure, little treatment. 30% of people with MDS get adult on set leukemia. Doctors figure I’ve had MDS since I was 19. Doctor comes into the room, brings a nurse.😮. He never brings a nurse.

He sits down and says “I rarely see this”. Crap, I think. Leukemia, I think. Ugh, I think. After 56 years the other shoe is about to drop, the leukemia shoe. 🤦🏻‍♀️

“See this, and this, and this, and this, and this,” he says as he points to the revelant blood tests for my cancer. Yes, I say. 😢

All normal, he says. Spontaneous remission. No cancer. I don’t need to see you again.

😳. 😮. 😂😂😂😂😂
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Thanks for sharing that, Aneeda.

Reading it, I feel like shedding happy tears myself. I cannot imagine the relief and joy that you must be feeling. Happy Christmas to you and you family and may the New Year be the best one yet.

Love, Warrigal.
 
Aneeda72 said:
I had my annual appointment at Huntsmans Cancer Center today.

I have MDS-a rare red blood cell cancer. MDS is a long term cancer, no cure, little treatment. 30% of people with MDS get adult on set leukemia. Doctors figure I’ve had MDS since I was 19. Doctor comes into the room, brings a nurse.😮. He never brings a nurse.

He sits down and says “I rarely see this”. Crap, I think. Leukemia, I think. Ugh, I think. After 56 years the other shoe is about to drop, the leukemia shoe. 🤦🏻‍♀️

“See this, and this, and this, and this, and this,” he says as he points to the revelant blood tests for my cancer. Yes, I say. 😢

All normal, he says. Spontaneous remission. No cancer. I don’t need to see you again.

😳. 😮. 😂😂😂😂😂
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Wow! That is wonderful! Merry Christmas to you, that's the way to bring in the new year! 🧡
 
terry123 said:
Wonderful news. God is so good!!
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Exactly!!!

And @terry123 my first thought-that God (or Joey’s guardian angel) realized I was emotional broken over Joey and needed a bit of good news to help me survive whatever else comes; and be there for my son.

Such thoughts may be considered, by some, to be “crazy”, but that’s where I am at. I don’t think it was a blessing for me; but a blessing for Joey so I could continue to take care of him as much as possible.

I was hospitalized when I was 19, and in the Army, for over 30 days with over 500,000 white blood cells at the peak of the issue. The test for leukemia came back negative. They never found out what was wrong. (In those days, they took blood marrow out of your chest bone with a long needle. You were in your hospital bed and no pain meds were given.)

It was only a few years ago that the MDS diagnosis was made; and the connection to that hospitalization and other periods of high white blood cells (unusual even for MDS) was made.
 
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