helenm

Good morning, hope you are having an amazing day.

Your welcome helenm. I feel lucky to be walking around. I wrote this recently as my reasons for being here today.

I Have Been Lucky
April 18, 2013

Yesterday was my 79th birthday and I am alive to tell about it. I am a cancer survivor of twelve years. I had four occurrences of Diffused Large B Cell Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (DLBCNHL).

Let my list the reasons I am lucky,

I was lucky to have DLBCNHL as it is easily treatable and if it came back it was treatable,

I was lucky that initially I had a primary care physician that put together a task force of doctors to attend my needs,

I was lucky to have an excellent cancer center nearby,

I was lucky that initially I tolerated the gold standard chemo (CHOP) and radiation,

I was lucky to respond to the treatments and achieve remission,

I was lucky that my reoccurrences were spread over time and new techniques and treatments were developed,


I was lucky that on the subsequent occurrences I responded to treatments and achieve remission and

I was lucky to have support from a general cancer support group, family, friends, and as time passed I had all the resources of the internet. Most of all I had a strong faith that gave me the strength to deal.

You could call it fortunate, you could call it normal, you could call it anything. I call it lucky.

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GregP
3X Survivor
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