RapierFugue
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Joined: 3/16/2006 From: London, England Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: sirsholly I admit the biopsy results came in yesterday and were negative. I admit i am blessed beyond what i deserve and i give Him all the credit. I'm not a believer, so wouldn't credit anything but good fortune, but it's still outstanding news :) You must have been worried to distraction, poor thing :( We're waiting on the first course of treatment for a close family member to start in the next few days ... the cancer is confirmed (that's what I was sad about the other night), but it's early stage (which is good). However, it's a virulent type (which is bad), so I guess it's kind of in the balance. The person has beaten a different form of cancer once before, so they've got what it takes, but of course every time is different, and nothing's guaranteed. I admit I am very worried about them, and for them, although they're rather chipper about it all. I admit it's all come as a huge shock - they went in for something completely unrelated, discharged themselves way early (typical of the individual concerned) coz they detest hospitals, got problems as a result, and it was only while sorting those out that the doctors noticed something odd (in a scan for something completely unrelated), and went looking further. So, bizarrely, if they weren't such a stubborn sod and hadn’t checked themselves out too early, or the doctors weren't really on the ball (it wasn't even their area of expertise coz they're not Oncology specialists) it wouldn’t have surfaced for maybe another 2 years, by which time it would definitely have been game over. From original operation to self-discharge to problems to "hang on, what's that?" to diagnosis to treatment start will be 15 days. Sometimes the NHS gets it right :) And it's one of the best Oncology units in Britain, so if it's possible to cure them then they'll be cured. I admit I’m puzzled sometimes by how odd life can be :)
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