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Today I beat cancer for a second time.

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ferrasvansen

Member
That's great news, I'm just about to head off to hospital for some tests since my blood tests had some off the wall results. It's nice to hear some positive things before I head out.
 
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Anarion07

Member
laoni said:
Yeah! I had 6 months of ABVD as an outpatient (they were planning on 2 months of ABVD -> 4 months of Escalated BEACOPP but, because after 2 months it looked like it worked they stuck with ABVD). Then I had 2 cycles of ICE which I was an inpatient for, and the bone marrow destroyer was BEAM, which I had over 5 days, half outpatient, half in patient
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Thanks for the insights! Sounds very tough. But worth it!
 
GraveRobberX

GraveRobberX

Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
laoni said:
Yeah! I had 6 months of ABVD as an outpatient (they were planning on 2 months of ABVD -> 4 months of Escalated BEACOPP but, because after 2 months it looked like it worked they stuck with ABVD). Then I had 2 cycles of ICE which I was an inpatient for, and the bone marrow destroyer was BEAM, which I had over 5 days, half outpatient, half in patient
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See I was right, she's getting super powers
 
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bggrthnjsus

Member
laoni said:
I'm an Aussie, but I'm in a pretty regional area (Tasmania). My doctor's from the UK and has lots of experience with refractory HL so, I'm in good hands regardless.
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ah right on, kinda interesting regional variation on therapy, BEACOPP is used much more commonly in Europe than USA, where it is almost always ABVD up front
 
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BigAl1992

Member
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laoni

Member
bggrthnjsus said:
ah right on, kinda interesting regional variation on therapy, BEACOPP is used much more commonly in Europe than USA, where it is almost always ABVD up front
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Yeah, that's what my haematologist said, he settled on the half-half because I'm young, and they never had the time to harvest eggs to preserve my fertility. 2 months of ABVD gave them the time to do that before my ovaries got too wrecked

GraveRobberX said:
See I was right, hes getting super powers
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I have yet to get super strength, rather the opposite XD I'm down for teleporting though.
 
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amanset

Member
Sounds like you went to hell and back.

Congrats on winning the fight and being strong enough to deal with the treatment!
 
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Discotheque

Banned
Fantastic. I hope your full recovery goes well. I can only imagine that immense weight slowly falling off when you were told you beat it
 
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Luqi

Member
This made me so happy to read! Tell cancer to fuck off, you need that time alive to play some video games
 
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Mifec

Member
Congrats my dude. I was declared cancer free last year in Feb(6 years without issue ) and it was the best thing ever. Glad I saw this thread.
 
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Oblivion

Fetishing muscular manly men in skintight hosery
Really happy for ya! Congrats! Let's hope that shit stays dead this time.
 
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Yabberwocky

Member
That's freakin' fantastic, laoni, congratulations! Reading all you've been through, my god, there aren't words. Obligatory fuck cancer. All the best to you.
 
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kami_sama

Member
really, really glad you're clean OP!
I lost my grandfather to cancer three years ago, and it was a very shitty experience.
I hope it doesn't come back.
 
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Devilgunman

Member
Congrat op. Hopefully those fuckers won’t show up again.

Having cancer tumors is bad, but metastasis is the worst. My lab and many others arround the globe are working hard to find a way to stop it.
 
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Always-honest

Banned
Congrats!! I had the exact same disease.
The treatment is an incredible bitch. But it did the job.

Enjoy life!!!

Personally, i'd never say i "beat" cancer though.
I survived cancer. And i'm very thankful for it.
 
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laoni

Member
Now I'm home, here are the pictures.

https://i.imgur.com/GI7WsIf.jpg

Me about two weeks before my first diagnosis. I was prepping for my exams at uni, and just finishing off my final assignments

https://i.imgur.com/UXH0Jwz.jpg

The day I was admitted, with the IV pump that would become my best friend. We called him Theo.

https://i.imgur.com/xhdskRT.jpg

My first time having chemo. The 'A' drug in ABVD is a vivid red/orange, so it showed up well in photos. They were putting it through a PICC line, which is like a tube in your arm that goes to your heart so they can easily access your veins and give you chemo efficiently.

https://i.imgur.com/TAOqAFh.jpg

I got bald pretty quickly, bout month too. That chemo drug was light sensitive, so they covered it up.

https://i.imgur.com/sHpWpcP.jpg

When I beat it the first time, I took a little holiday :D

https://i.imgur.com/8SBLtRJ.jpg

And then back to hospital beds. Plus glasses now, cause chemo fucked with my vision XD

https://i.imgur.com/09saImy.jpg

I lost my hair quicker this time, and had some heavier hardware installed. Same idea as the PICC, but bigger and more invasive

https://i.imgur.com/7vYOaqW.jpg

The machine used to harvest my stem cells. Like a dialysis machine. I passed out pretty soon after that was taken

https://i.imgur.com/Jgiy5gF.jpg

This was my home for the month of my transplant. It was a pretty nice hospital room, and, my Tonberry came with. I curled up and gamed on my 3DS and laptop, when I was feeling up for it. MMOs were a wonderful support.

https://i.imgur.com/nSJJFnU.jpg

My radiotherapy mask. This thing gave me terrible nightmares, so it now lives in the roof.

https://i.imgur.com/0l8OT7R.jpg

And, a year and a half later, wearing the same shirt, me today
 
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Always-honest

Banned
laoni said:
Now I'm home, here are the pictures.

https://i.imgur.com/GI7WsIf.jpg

Me about two weeks before my first diagnosis. I was prepping for my exams at uni, and just finishing off my final assignments

https://i.imgur.com/UXH0Jwz.jpg

The day I was admitted, with the IV pump that would become my best friend. We called him Theo.

https://i.imgur.com/xhdskRT.jpg

My first time having chemo. The 'A' drug in ABVD is a vivid red/orange, so it showed up well in photos. They were putting it through a PICC line, which is like a tube in your arm that goes to your heart so they can easily access your veins and give you chemo efficiently.

https://i.imgur.com/TAOqAFh.jpg

I got bald pretty quickly, bout month too. That chemo drug was light sensitive, so they covered it up.

https://i.imgur.com/sHpWpcP.jpg

When I beat it the first time, I took a little holiday :D

https://i.imgur.com/8SBLtRJ.jpg

And then back to hospital beds. Plus glasses now, cause chemo fucked with my vision XD

https://i.imgur.com/09saImy.jpg

I lost my hair quicker this time, and had some heavier hardware installed. Same idea as the PICC, but bigger and more invasive

https://i.imgur.com/7vYOaqW.jpg

The machine used to harvest my stem cells. Like a dialysis machine. I passed out pretty soon after that was taken

https://i.imgur.com/Jgiy5gF.jpg

This was my home for the month of my transplant. It was a pretty nice hospital room, and, my Tonberry came with. I curled up and gamed on my 3DS and laptop, when I was feeling up for it. MMOs were a wonderful support.

https://i.imgur.com/nSJJFnU.jpg

My radiotherapy mask. This thing gave me terrible nightmares, so it now lives in the roof.

https://i.imgur.com/0l8OT7R.jpg

And, a year and a half later, wearing the same shirt, me today
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Oh right, the mask for radiation. Do you also have a one dot tattoo?
 
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foxuzamaki

Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Really happy for you OP, maybe it will come back, maybe it wont, but just enjoy life right now.
 
kittoo

kittoo

Cretinously credulous
You go girl! Reading it made me happy too. You are a fighter. Congratulations and fuck cancer.
 
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