Good news thread

Wonderful news, Zsa Zsa and Eldri!

My good news is that in three more days, I will (God willing) see my actual desk that's been buried under paperwork for months, and that I'll be done with all the baking and have delivered goodie trays to my elderly neighbors. Even alone this year, I'm so relieved that I'll be done with all the busy-ness in time to appreciate the real reason for Christmas What a blessing that we are all here to share our good news with each other.  I grieve the ones we've lost this year, and am praying fervently for those we haven't heard from in a while.  My best news for the year continues to be this group and the valuable part of my life you are.

Thanks, zsazsa1, for starting this thread. It's very nice to hear the good news each of you have had recently. I also had a clear CT-scan and MRI last month. But I'm even happier that a second condo that I've held onto for a couple of years until the major road construction adjacent to the building was finally completed after a long 2 ½ year wait, sold in one day last month, for the full listing price. Closing is early next month.

I was unsure about listing the condo so late in the year since November isn't usually a good time for housing sales, but my realtor/friend encouraged me to get it on the market as soon as I could because real estate is selling very well right now. I guess the low mortgage interest rates are benefiting those whose work remains steady in this otherwise challenging time. 

Hi all, I don't post but follow everything, you have been a tremendous help.  I'm here to support my mom, my good news is her sixth and final chemo will be 12/28!  Her doc was thinking she might only make it through four cycles because of neuropathy.  He thought I was crazy with the icing (which I learned about here) but now he's a believer!  He will change his standard of care for his new patients receiving taxol, so you have all made a difference to many more women than you might have thought 

Afoste3 said:

my mom's chemo is almost done!

Hi all, I don't post but follow everything, you have been a tremendous help.  I'm here to support my mom, my good news is her sixth and final chemo will be 12/28!  Her doc was thinking she might only make it through four cycles because of neuropathy.  He thought I was crazy with the icing (which I learned about here) but now he's a believer!  He will change his standard of care for his new patients receiving taxol, so you have all made a difference to many more women than you might have thought 

 

 

So many things in your post to celebrate - finishing the full 6, spreading the great news about icing, and paying it forward!  It's a red-letter day for sure!

Thanks cmb and Armywife! After I posted my good news I read about CheeseQueen's passing, which causes me such sadness.  I have a close friend who has a lot of cancer in his family; his advice was to really savor the "up" times because it is inevitable there will be very low points, including maybe losing the person you love.  

Quilter_1 said:

I haven't posted in a while,

I haven't posted in a while, like a lot of us who get busy living.  December 22, I went for my 3 month checkup, I was diagnosed September 2018, had a hysterectomy in October and finished chemo and radiation in March 2019.  My gyno/oncologist was very pleased with my blood work and ct scan, I have now been "promoted" to checkups every 6 months. While I feel with having UPSC I will always be aware that this sneaky cancer can reoccur, I'm quite happy for the time being.  I no longer live in fear every day, I am just living my life.  My best wishes to you all.

What wonderful news, Quilter! I had UPSC also and my last chemo was a year ago today. I look forward to the day that, like you, I will no longer be living every day in fear of a recurrence.

Molly

I love this thread. I've read it twice because it is so cheerful. I plan to read it again at the next weekend.

jan9wils said:

I love this thread. I've read

I love this thread. I've read it twice because it is so cheerful. I plan to read it again at the next weekend.

I agree, such a happy thread.

I LOVE this thread. Keep it coming ladies. Congrats on all the good follow ups, milestones, scans, and successes of your kids.

I want to contribute to this thread with the following news:

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-01-09/pfizer-moderna-mrna-vaccines-could-vanquish-covid-today-cancer-tomorrow

"The better way to fight cancer, Sahin and Tureci realized, is to treat each tumor as genetically unique and to train the immune systems of individual patients against that specific enemy. A perfect job for mRNA. You find the antigen, get its fingerprint, reverse-engineer the cellular instructions to target the culprit and let the body do the rest.

Take a look at the pipelines of Moderna and BioNTech. They include drug trials fortreating cancers of the breast, prostate, skin, pancreas, brain, lung and other tissues, as well as vaccines against everything from influenza to Zika and rabies. The prospects appear good.

Progress, admittedly, has been slow. Part of the explanation Sahin and Tureci give is that investors in this sector must put up oodles of capital and then wait for more than a decade, first for the trials, then for regulatory approvals. In the past, too few were in the mood.

Covid-19, fingers crossed, may turbo-charge all these processes. The pandemic has led to a grand debut of mRNA vaccines and their definitive proof of concept. Already, there are murmurs about a Nobel Prize for Kariko. Henceforth, mRNA will have no problems getting money, attention or enthusiasm — from investors, regulators and policymakers.

That doesn’t mean the last stretch will be easy. But in this dark hour, it’s permissible to bask in the light that’s dawning.