Sunday, June 11

Living With Medical Issues

2007 - Diagnosed with Lymphoma

2008 - Triple bypass type heart attack (5 stents inserted into left side arteries)

2010 - Diagnosed with Melanoma (surgically removed)

2015 - Melanoma returns

2018 - Radiation treatment

2022 - L2-L3-L4-L5-S1 vertebra fused

2023 - Lymphoma starts growing again

Cancer Treatments have included:

  1. Surgery
  2. Radiation
  3. Chemotherapy
  4. Immunotherapy
  5. Over 150 infusions
  6. Over 50 CT and/or PET scans

Living with Cancer and Treatments causes:
  • Extreme fatigue (daily)
  • Anemia
  • No immunity
  • Constant nausea (at least weekly)
  • Loss of appetite
  • Breathing issues
  • Thyroid issues
  • Negative impact on other organs

My eyesight is worsening
My hearing is worsening
My teeth are worsening
However, there is no direct correlation between cancer treatments and those three areas worsening...

During my over 14 years of treatment, I have never lost my hair, but I have been extremely sick with some of my toxin infusions that caused me to spend the night in the ER.

I am not too worried about my lymphoma growing as there are so many new ways to attack lymphoma that my Oncologist has many tools in his tool box with which to play.

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