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5 years ago
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Apr 29, 2017 - 6:41 am
Five years ago this weekend, I was on top of the world. Life was going well. Work was amazing. I had just eaten at Taste of Vienna...and then got to watch the Nats rookie play his first game, and hit a double off the wall. Yeah, I was a little tired all the time, but figured that was because I was approaching 50. But, I would take long walks to town, and even go on bike rides.
5 years ago tomorrow (April 30), the Nats had an off day. Because of that, I did something stupid. Overnight, I ended up with abdominal cramps -- and the pain was so intense I passed out, landing on my face and breaking my nose.
In the wee hours of the morning, the ambulance came. It was now May 1. The ambulance came. The ambulance. Ugh. Off to Fairfax Hospital. They were not concerned about the fainting or the nose, but did a CT scan to find the pain.
CT did not tell them that...but it did find something else -- a 5.7 cm tumor on my right kidney. The kidney is gone now...off in a pathology lab somewhere. In time, my diagnosis progressed to Stage IV grade 4 metastatic renal cell carcinoma. No one gave me survival odds at first. Rather they told me everyone is different.
A few years later, I was given the survival odds. 10% at 5 years. Here I am. NED 10% chance. Take that Cancer!
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Joined: Jan 2016
Congrats!
That's Great! Stories like Yours are wonderful to hear. Wishing you Forever NED :)
Kim
Joined: Jun 2014
Awesome! So happy for you.
Awesome! So happy for you. Keep those NEDS coming!!
Joined: Jul 2016
Love it!
This is such a great story. Thanks for sharing. Oh, and dhs--watch out for those Minnesota Twins. I know it's early, but I have high hopes for them!
Stub
Joined: Dec 2016
Yay!
Thanks for sharing your inspirational story! Congratulations to you!
Joined: Nov 2015
Inspirational
So happy to hear of success stories. I am pushing three years now but am not NED, close, my tumors are under control. All my issues are complications/side effects fromtreatments and medicine.
Keep it up!
Joined: Mar 2014
A great story
For those of us at stage 4, you give us something to shoot for. Great story. Celebrate the anniversary.
Dutch
Joined: Mar 2014
Great story. Definitely go
Great story. Definitely go and celebrate!
Joined: Oct 2016
I agree with Dutch. It's
I agree with Dutch. It's great to hear the stage IV success stories.
Joined: Feb 2015
DHS, what a great story!
Thank you for sharing and keep them coming!
Joined: Nov 2016
Thanks for sharing!
Your story is an encouragement to all of us!
Joined: Oct 2013
Home Run
DHS Thats a homer if I ever saw one. Rock on!
Skagway
Joined: May 2017
Fighting mRCC
Happy for you, and my own story is quite simialr. Can you share your treatment regime, past and present?
Joined: Oct 2016
<p>That is wonderful news!!!
<p>That is wonderful news!!! Would you share your treatment ?</p>
Joined: Apr 2017
Thanks for sharing that! It
Thanks for sharing that! It definitely makes thoughts about facing this stuff a little less grim. Odds were meant to be beaten! Glad you're doing well.
Joined: Apr 2016
Next month......
will be 6 years for me, just a couple of relatively easy lung surgeries for mrcc, but no cancer drugs and thats the main thing for me, congratulations and hang in there.
Joined: Oct 2014
Thanks for sharing. your
Thanks for sharing. your inspiring story
Congratulations
Joined: Jul 2014
You crushed the curve.
You crushed the curve. Congrats!
Joined: Mar 2017
So happy for you
dhs1963, what specific type of rcc did you have?
Love to hear stories like yours:)