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FUCK CANCER... (My story so far...)

4x4mechanic said:
55 in September and my white blood cell count was in the basement...
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What's a normal number on that test and how low was yours?
Is a white blood cell test a decent thing to have done once a year or so to keep tabs on potential cancer?
What's the test called?

Glad you caught it early and wish you the best with it.
 
Yota Up said:
What's a normal number on that test and how low was yours?
Is a white blood cell test a decent thing to have done once a year or so to keep tabs on potential cancer?
What's the test called?

Glad you caught it early and wish you the best with it.
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Well, I'm no oncologist. I do know that too low is bad and that too high indicates possible infection. My platelet counts were also off, as well as my red blood cell count. Any more than that you'll have to ask the oncologist. I think it's not one of those things that needs to be monitored constantly unless there's signs of issues.
 
When my mom was fighting her cancer she kept getting a test called the CA19. Apparently it's some type of cancer indicator and I have no idea if it's based on white blood cells or what but her number would jump to insane level of thousands from low hundreds.

I was asking because if any of these tests are good indicators to catch it early I don't see why everyone doesn't get it done every year. Can't hurt or be too expensive.
 
Glad it was caught early and you're on the mend! I am an AML survivor myself, four years post bone marrow transplant just a few weeks ago. Your treatment sounds like it will be a little bit different than mine was but feel free to holler if you have any questions!

Yota Up said:
What's a normal number on that test and how low was yours?
Is a white blood cell test a decent thing to have done once a year or so to keep tabs on potential cancer?
What's the test called?

Glad you caught it early and wish you the best with it.
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I'm not a doctor, but my daughter and I had cancer at the same time so I learned a thing or two. These are the results from my first blood test when they suspected something was really wrong with me. WBC and RBC are blood cell counts, and my doctors were really concerned that my hemoglobin (hgb) was so low, so much that they made a nurse take me by wheelchair from my daughters room to the room they were putting me in. The test for these (and about 15 more) are done in a CBC, or complete blood count test. My annual physical for the fire department includes this bloodwork, so if you get a physical it can probably be asked for if it's not already done.

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Duane
 
Gregj50!!!!! said:
What’s the word OP?????
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News... not good, not bad. I have to spend the next month in the hospital for "induction therapy". It's a specialized treatment for my odball-assed leukemia.Basicly they're going to poision my bone marrow with arsenic trioxide to kill off all of the defective white blood cells. Then it's on to a maintenence dose for another six months or so and unless something goes squirley they say I'll be >CURED!< No remission, full on cured.

Sitting in a hospital for a month being pumped full of a poision is really gonna suck, but at least the prognosis is good. If I can manage not to lose my mind in the meantime it should all be good. :flipoff2:
 
4x4mechanic said:
News... not good, not bad. I have to spend the next month in the hospital for "induction therapy". It's a specialized treatment for my odball-assed leukemia.Basicly they're going to poision my bone marrow with arsenic trioxide to kill off all of the defective white blood cells. Then it's on to a maintenence dose for another six months or so and unless something goes squirley they say I'll be >CURED!< No remission, full on cured.

Sitting in a hospital for a month being pumped full of a poision is really gonna suck, but at least the prognosis is good. If I can manage not to lose my mind in the meantime it should all be good. :flipoff2:
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Well we know whos going to become the #1 shitposter up in here :flipoff2:
 
4x4mechanic said:
News... not good, not bad. I have to spend the next month in the hospital for "induction therapy". It's a specialized treatment for my odball-assed leukemia.Basicly they're going to poision my bone marrow with arsenic trioxide to kill off all of the defective white blood cells. Then it's on to a maintenence dose for another six months or so and unless something goes squirley they say I'll be >CURED!< No remission, full on cured.

Sitting in a hospital for a month being pumped full of a poision is really gonna suck, but at least the prognosis is good. If I can manage not to lose my mind in the meantime it should all be good. :flipoff2:
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Hang in there…..

Keep us posted on your sanity levels in here….


Maybe we can help drag you down…..
:flipoff2:

Then pick you back up!!!!!!!
:lmao:
 
Sorry to take so long for an update... :flipoff2:

I'm home after a month in the hospital. I've got eight more months of consolidation therapy wth arsenic trioxide then they'll call me CURED. My leukemia is currently in remission, and my blood counts are pretty much normal. After the first of the year I'll have to do 5 days on / 5 days off of the arsenic trioxide, and 14 days on / 14 days off of the all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA), the other drug used to treat this crap. My oncologist said if I made it thru the first two or three weeks without issues I'd be good, and that period was up two weeks ago. :smokin: If there are any siginificant changes I'll post an update, but right now it looks like I kicked this s**t to the curb! :bounce::bounce2:
 
me and two of my brothers have had cancer and gotten it to remission. all over the past 30 years... we're still here just as stupid as always... do what the docs say, stay after it, keep walking and remember, everyday you are breathing pisses somebody off, so keep it going!
 
4x4mechanic said:
Sorry to take so long for an update... :flipoff2:

I'm home after a month in the hospital. I've got eight more months of consolidation therapy wth arsenic trioxide then they'll call me CURED. My leukemia is currently in remission, and my blood counts are pretty much normal. After the first of the year I'll have to do 5 days on / 5 days off of the arsenic trioxide, and 14 days on / 14 days off of the all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA), the other drug used to treat this crap. My oncologist said if I made it thru the first two or three weeks without issues I'd be good, and that period was up two weeks ago. :smokin: If there are any siginificant changes I'll post an update, but right now it looks like I kicked this s**t to the curb! :bounce::bounce2:
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You know, you spent a month in the hospital getting the shit kicked out of you, and not once did you post a pic of the hot nurses there.


I'm not sure if I should be excited it's working, or pissed you're holding out on us :flipoff2:




Seriously, great news!
 
Pt_Ranger_v8 said:
You know, you spent a month in the hospital getting the shit kicked out of you, and not once did you post a pic of the hot nurses there.


I'm not sure if I should be excited it's working, or pissed you're holding out on us :flipoff2:




Seriously, great news!
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No hot nurses, this was oncology so they were mostly older. All of them were nice, just not particularly hot. Besides, most of the time I wasn't really up to paying much attention to what was going on around me other than eating and sleeping. I'm doing much better now, but still don't have much energy or strength. My oncologist says that I'll be doing a lot better after my break, and the outpatient treatments won't wipe me out nearly as much. Keeping my fingers crossed...
 
Fuck cancer.
Just lost my brother in laws father tonight around 5pm. I didn’t see him in these final weeks but had a great conversation with him about two months ago before he really declined.

He was a great man, a family man and a provider. I am happier knowing my last memory of him was not right at the bitter end.

My father in law is currently fighting it as well (small cell).

Fuck
 
Necro-bump (the thread, not me! :laughing:) …

Finally got the DNA test results back and Doc says I'm 100% clear of the cancer!!! :bounce::bounce2::bounce::bounce2:

I'm still not 100% though, gonna take a while longer to recover from the after effects of the chemo. Went and saw my regular PC physician last week for the first time since stopping the chemo and he's running a whole bunch of tests including T and thyroid to see if there's anything he can do to kickstart things. My >get-up-n-go< has got up and went. Keep your fingers crossed... :flipoff2:

For anyone fighting cancer, DO NOT GIVE UP!!! until they start shoveling dirt onto your casket!!! There are new treatments coming out every day. My Mom has inoperable lung cancer, when diagnosed the docs gave her 12-18 months. That was 4 (FOUR!) years ago, and with the current oral chemo she's on she's doing pretty damn well for being 77 tears old, regardless of the cancer. Wife has beaten three different types cancer too.

HANG IN THERE!

The light at the end of the tunnel may >NOT< be a train! :smokin:
 
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