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TKO’d Cancer

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by heyabbott, Jun 9, 2022.

  1. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    Less than 6 months after I buried my wife of 32 years from her 5 + year fight with cancer, metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer, I was diagnosed with what turned out to be Stage 3 invasive bladder cancer. I did 3 cycles of chemo, cisplatin and gemcitabine , plus I got into a clinical study that paired the chemo with immunotherapy. A month after finishing that I went through an 8 hour surgery to remove my bladder and build me a new bladder made from my own lower intestine. They also took my prostate sone other stuff and 58 lymph nodes. That was 9 weeks ago. Spent 8 days in a hospital. Both the surgical pathology and a CT scan last Friday show that there is no Detectable cancer within me. They sliced each of the 58 lymph nodes and the cancer had not spread to a single one. The 34 mm tumor in my bladder shrunk to 16 mm from the pre surgical treatment.

    Bladder cancer does have a particularly high rate of returning, so I will be doing 9 months of immunotherapy. My medical oncologist believes I have at least 10 years to live. If I read the literature correctly I have 75% chance of surviving the next 5 years.

    Im still recuperating from a very complicated surgery. And learning how to use the new bladder, it’s quite different than a natural bladder. There’s no transplants or artificial/ man made bladders. But the bladder I do I have is made from my own body so there’s a no rejection issue.

    While I would trade places with my wife in less than a heartbeat, I’m calling this a TKO over Cancer. and as Rocky said at the end of Rocky 1, “ don’t want no rematch”.
     
    heyabbott, Jun 9, 2022
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  2. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    Fantastic!!! Keep up your good work.
     
    qtlaw, Jun 9, 2022
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  3. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    Congrats. Great news.
     
    DanOregon, Jun 9, 2022
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  4. Driftwood

    Driftwood Well-Known Member

    Outstanding. I am literally raising a glass to you right now.
     
    Driftwood, Jun 9, 2022
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  5. Guy_Incognito

    Guy_Incognito Well-Known Member

    Awesome. So glad for you and your family to get some good news.
     
    Guy_Incognito, Jun 9, 2022
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  6. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    Great news. Keep up the fight.
     
    wicked, Jun 9, 2022
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  7. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    I'm not asking you; I'm telling you. Kick its ass.
     
    tapintoamerica, Jun 9, 2022
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  8. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Great work.
     
    Azrael, Jun 10, 2022
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  9. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    Keep Pounding, yab.
     
    Sam Mills 51, Jun 10, 2022
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  10. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    Modern medicine is amazing. Congrats yab!
     
    Vombatus, Jun 10, 2022
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  11. BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo

    BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo Well-Known Member

    Just seeing this, terrific news. Hoping the much-needed good news continues for you and your family.
     
    BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo, Jun 15, 2022
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  12. Brooklyn Bridge

    Brooklyn Bridge Well-Known Member

    Good news.
     
    Brooklyn Bridge, Jun 15, 2022
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