This is re-posted from a friends page, with her permission. Some very important information. 13 years ago I was just waking up from a long surgery to see how far the cancer (melanoma) had spread. Such a terrible day. Not long after we got to U of Mich. hospital it showed the two towers falling on tv, they were saying they might evacuate the hospital, nobody knew WHAT was going on and it was just.... confusion. After my family left the doctor came in with five medical students to give me the bad news and it was very bad. Depending on who I spoke to at U of M they spoke of two years, or maybe one year, but the treatment would take a year and hardly helped anyone. The second opinion I got only told me they would get me set up with hospice (Karmanos Cancer Center in Detroit). Anyway, its 13 YEARS later and Im still here. Life is good. I got to meet many more wonderful grandchildren, see our daughter graduate from high school, college, get married and have a lovely little girl. I had time to see how lucky our children were to marry wonderful people who are just the greatest parents. Im so proud of all our kids and their wives/husbands and just being here to see how it all turned out is fabulous. Ive been very lucky with this so far but I just want to say to anyone who is fighting a disease or knows someone who is or is trying to make a treatment choice the most important thing is to just keep fighting. You just never know. Those odds they give you are just numbers and have nothing to do with YOU. Ignore the pessimists (every one of my doctors) and focus on your cheerleaders (thanks Tom, my family and friends!). Okay thats it, from Deb who is feeling very blessed on this 13th NEDiversary (thats No Evidence of Disease). She also asked me to let people know that most melanoma is believed to be caused from the sun, sunburns in particular. Tanning beds increase your chance of melanoma by approximately 75%, while light skinned, blue eyed people make up the majority of melanoma cases no one is safe from it (Bob Marley died of melanoma) and the most important thing is to have your skin checked by a dermatologist if you have anything new, anything changing on your skin. I hope this helps at least one person fight, even though a Doctor says it is over.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:08:55 +0000
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