Best Christmas Gift

tcvine
tcvine Member Posts: 174
Hi Y'All,

Sorry that I have not had time to read the posts since I got back from Houston. But I wanted to let you all know that my onc at MD Anderson told us that I AM IN REMISSION!!!!

He said that I still have several masses in various places, but that nothing is active. All I have to do is go down for full testing every 3 months to watch for refractory disease -- but, for now, the cancer is gone!

Thanks to everyone for your help and support.

I'll get back to the Board a little later.

Hope you all have a great Christmas.

Tom (DLBCL-4-710)

Comments

  • COBRA666
    COBRA666 Member Posts: 2,401 Member
    Tom,
    BEAUTIFUL WORD AIN'T IT? CONGRATULATIONS. JOHN(FNHL-1-4A-5/10)
  • COBRA666
    COBRA666 Member Posts: 2,401 Member
    Tom,
    BEAUTIFUL WORD AIN'T IT? CONGRATULATIONS. JOHN(FNHL-1-4A-5/10)
  • COBRA666
    COBRA666 Member Posts: 2,401 Member
    Tom,
    BEAUTIFUL WORD AIN'T IT? CONGRATULATIONS. JOHN(FNHL-1-4A-5/10)
  • forme
    forme Member Posts: 1,161 Member
    Wonderful news
    Hi Tom,
    Congratulations on the remission. That's the best Christmas gift ever!.
    Have a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.
    Peaceful healing
    Lisha
  • allmost60
    allmost60 Member Posts: 3,178 Member
    Wonderful!!!!
    Hi Tom,
    Excellent news! Let the healing begin..physically and mentally! Makes Christmas just that much more special this year! From Yakima Washington to Grapevine Texas I'm sending you one great big Christmas hug! We got another 4 to 6 inches of snow last night and expecting more, so it looks like we will be having a white snowy Christmas, which always makes me soooo happy! Nothin better than a warm fire and snow on the ground at Christmas to put a big old smile on my face! :0) Much love to you...Sue (FNHL-2-3A-6/10)
  • yesyes2
    yesyes2 Member Posts: 591
    allmost60 said:

    Wonderful!!!!
    Hi Tom,
    Excellent news! Let the healing begin..physically and mentally! Makes Christmas just that much more special this year! From Yakima Washington to Grapevine Texas I'm sending you one great big Christmas hug! We got another 4 to 6 inches of snow last night and expecting more, so it looks like we will be having a white snowy Christmas, which always makes me soooo happy! Nothin better than a warm fire and snow on the ground at Christmas to put a big old smile on my face! :0) Much love to you...Sue (FNHL-2-3A-6/10)

    Fantastic News
    Tom, I am so happy for you and your family. A truly wonderful Christmas gift. Bet you were flying back from MD because of this great news. Heres to a long and healthy life.
    Love, Leslie
  • JoanieP
    JoanieP Member Posts: 573
    Great news
    I am so happy for you and your family.
  • JoanieP
    JoanieP Member Posts: 573
    allmost60 said:

    Wonderful!!!!
    Hi Tom,
    Excellent news! Let the healing begin..physically and mentally! Makes Christmas just that much more special this year! From Yakima Washington to Grapevine Texas I'm sending you one great big Christmas hug! We got another 4 to 6 inches of snow last night and expecting more, so it looks like we will be having a white snowy Christmas, which always makes me soooo happy! Nothin better than a warm fire and snow on the ground at Christmas to put a big old smile on my face! :0) Much love to you...Sue (FNHL-2-3A-6/10)

    Grapevine
    My sister and brother in law live on Tiffany Forest Ln in Grapevine. Great place!!!
  • Chris17
    Chris17 Member Posts: 175
    JoanieP said:

    Great news
    I am so happy for you and your family.

    Congratualtions!!
    Awesome Tom im so happy for you!! The word remission is such a beautiful and meaningful word, what an excellent Christmas gift,You have fought long and hard to get here,wishing you all the best,you deserve it!
    Chris FNHL-stage3-04/08- remission
  • onlytoday
    onlytoday Member Posts: 609 Member
    Chris17 said:

    Congratualtions!!
    Awesome Tom im so happy for you!! The word remission is such a beautiful and meaningful word, what an excellent Christmas gift,You have fought long and hard to get here,wishing you all the best,you deserve it!
    Chris FNHL-stage3-04/08- remission

    The Magic Word!!!
    Remission!!! Yay! I'm so happy for you! What a perfect thing to hear for Christmas! Enjoy every minute of this!!!

    Donna NMZNHL -stage 4, 05/10.
  • vinny59
    vinny59 Member Posts: 1,036 Member
    onlytoday said:

    The Magic Word!!!
    Remission!!! Yay! I'm so happy for you! What a perfect thing to hear for Christmas! Enjoy every minute of this!!!

    Donna NMZNHL -stage 4, 05/10.

    yes!!!!!
    Congrat's!!!! so glad to hear that!
  • merrywinner
    merrywinner Member Posts: 626 Member
    Happy for you
    Truly wonderful news. I am so happy for you. Merry Christmas. Mary
  • tcvine
    tcvine Member Posts: 174
    Thank You and Merry Christmas
    Here it is, Christmas day!
    Thanks to all of you for all of your support and information through the last 6 months. I am grateful for your help and prayers.

    We hope that you have a wonderful Christmas, in spite of the cancer issues.
    And have a great New Year also!

    It is about 6:00 AM Christmas morning here and I am about to get out to pick up my Brother and bring him here for the day. Otherwise, it will be a great day with family.

    Merry Christmas,
    Tom (DLBCL-4-7/10-Remission)
  • allmost60
    allmost60 Member Posts: 3,178 Member
    tcvine said:

    Thank You and Merry Christmas
    Here it is, Christmas day!
    Thanks to all of you for all of your support and information through the last 6 months. I am grateful for your help and prayers.

    We hope that you have a wonderful Christmas, in spite of the cancer issues.
    And have a great New Year also!

    It is about 6:00 AM Christmas morning here and I am about to get out to pick up my Brother and bring him here for the day. Otherwise, it will be a great day with family.

    Merry Christmas,
    Tom (DLBCL-4-7/10-Remission)

    Peace and quiet...
    Hi Tom,
    We have had a houseful since yesterday at 4:00. All the kids spent the night, we watched movies, played games and ate wayyyy too much food. Everyone went to bed around 11:00 and slept like babies. We all got up this morning and made blueberry pancakes, sausage and eggs and now they have all left to go to extended family. The quiet in the house is weird after all of the noise...ha! Enjoy your day with family. Merry Christmas!
    Love...Sue (FNHL-2-3A-6/10)
  • thejollyfam
    thejollyfam Member Posts: 5
    tcvine said:

    Thank You and Merry Christmas
    Here it is, Christmas day!
    Thanks to all of you for all of your support and information through the last 6 months. I am grateful for your help and prayers.

    We hope that you have a wonderful Christmas, in spite of the cancer issues.
    And have a great New Year also!

    It is about 6:00 AM Christmas morning here and I am about to get out to pick up my Brother and bring him here for the day. Otherwise, it will be a great day with family.

    Merry Christmas,
    Tom (DLBCL-4-7/10-Remission)

    Congrats!!!!
    So excited to read about your good news!!!!! Im sure this made the holiday that much more special!

    Whitney
  • cookingirl
    cookingirl Member Posts: 183 Member
    Super News!
    Tom - haven't checked the Board in over a week, so late getting your fantastic news - congrats! You went to the best (MD Anderson) and got the best treatment and news possible - I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy for you and your family!

    For those of us still waiting for the word Remission, check back once in awhile or we'll miss your words of encourgement! Fran in Florida
  • truckingalong
    truckingalong Member Posts: 445 Member

    Super News!
    Tom - haven't checked the Board in over a week, so late getting your fantastic news - congrats! You went to the best (MD Anderson) and got the best treatment and news possible - I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy for you and your family!

    For those of us still waiting for the word Remission, check back once in awhile or we'll miss your words of encourgement! Fran in Florida

    Congrats!
    Oh, Tom, Congratulations!

    That is wonderful! I remember in the beginning you were really down and were having questions like I also was and now we both turned ourselves around with good news. Hope by now your neuropathy is improving. I just had the chemo today then 2 more just to be sure I am totally clean. Huh! So I still feel neuropathic effects and feel them more now. But newer effects now are my taste and smell. I smell like there is some kind of smoke sometimes when there is not such around and for taste, I could not stand sweet things and some foods taste different. Interesting - anyway, we surely look forward to get all this behind us in 2011!!

    Have a very pleasant New Year and thanks for sharing and for your support,
    Liz
  • JoanieP
    JoanieP Member Posts: 573

    Super News!
    Tom - haven't checked the Board in over a week, so late getting your fantastic news - congrats! You went to the best (MD Anderson) and got the best treatment and news possible - I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy for you and your family!

    For those of us still waiting for the word Remission, check back once in awhile or we'll miss your words of encourgement! Fran in Florida

    Glad to see you posting
    I hope you are feeling better and you were able to enjoy Christmas. I am thinking and praying for you Joanie