SIAP Katie Schumacher-Cawley got to ring the bell.
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Great start. But cancer is an evil, dirty fighter. She will need lots of monitoring, years of follow-up, and get to the five year magic window.
Hoping for the very best for this courageous woman !😻
I pray she is all good, it takes some time to have no doubts. My wife was diagnosed in her fifties and underwent chemo and radiation, she was only stage one and had minimal surgery. But it was a long five years of regular checkups and the dark shadow lingering in the back of our minds. Our children were in college and a senior in high school. It was hard on us. But she pulled through and we are looking forward to celebrating our 70th birthdays, and shortly after our fiftith wedding anniversary. I wish Katie and her family godspeed, and a long and fruitful life.
My heart attack was 26 years ago - now with 6 operations on my heart and 4 stents in my Right Coronary Artery, meds and many checkups.
My aggressive prostate diagnosis was 5 years ago next month - now with 28 radiation sessions, shots, meds and hope.
May I say for/from all cancer patients - just a 'thank you for every sunrise and every sunset'. I'm hangin' in.
My aggressive prostate diagnosis was 5 years ago next month - now with 28 radiation sessions, shots, meds and hope.
May I say for/from all cancer patients - just a 'thank you for every sunrise and every sunset'. I'm hangin' in.
Wow, that’s a lot on your table. Best of wishes.
Damn...... you are a tough dude (assuming dude). I like the line about appreciating the sunrise and sunset......great thought. God Bless.
My effort is about - the experience. We may hear about patients, but do not understand just how hard the process might be.
The pain with a heart attack is unbelievable, then they tell you an operation on your heart will allow the docs to know just how much damage you have sustained. A complete OR and you take your pants down for all the nurses and attendants and wonder ' can I live longer?'
6 times in the OR and years go by. With utter amazement, football, music, movies and most importantly - family and another birthday passes - yet with hope and moderation in everything - you hang 'in.
Then, the big 'C' and you really know that 'thing inside you, wherever it is' is dangerous and can stop you at any time. The docs will tell you this is dangerous and must be fixed, now! All the investigation on which process is a pressure you cannot escape, mentally hard before and when you go through the treatment. Getting to 5 years is a thankful number- then you just keep living because this entire health thing is hard, really hard. But .................
Finally - Positive, because a negative gets you nowhere. One of my essays in my book - on Amazon.
The pain with a heart attack is unbelievable, then they tell you an operation on your heart will allow the docs to know just how much damage you have sustained. A complete OR and you take your pants down for all the nurses and attendants and wonder ' can I live longer?'
6 times in the OR and years go by. With utter amazement, football, music, movies and most importantly - family and another birthday passes - yet with hope and moderation in everything - you hang 'in.
Then, the big 'C' and you really know that 'thing inside you, wherever it is' is dangerous and can stop you at any time. The docs will tell you this is dangerous and must be fixed, now! All the investigation on which process is a pressure you cannot escape, mentally hard before and when you go through the treatment. Getting to 5 years is a thankful number- then you just keep living because this entire health thing is hard, really hard. But .................
Finally - Positive, because a negative gets you nowhere. One of my essays in my book - on Amazon.
