Treatment UPDATE 4/29 - NOT Good News last page: Cancer (aggressive Lymphoma) is back.
Too many people close to me battling cancer. Too many in this Forum. As posted just above me, words fail. I guess just try to stay positive and keep on keepin’ on.
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May 31, 2018, 05:15 PM
Bisleyblackhawk
striker1...keeping both you and your family, as well as the medical community involved in your fighting and beating this in my thoughts and prayers...hang in there!...
May God bless and give y'all strength in this fight.
"we've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches Making the best of what ever comes our way Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition Plowing straight ahead come what may And theres a cowboy in the jungle" Jimmy Buffet
May 31, 2018, 05:23 PM
Leemur
Hate that anyone has to go through this. Glad to hear that there’s a clear path to beating it!
May 31, 2018, 08:55 PM
KMitch200
Prayers for you Brother. Like I told my sister, The good news is there's a treatment. The bad news is you have to go through the treatment.
I hope you kick cancer's ass.
-------- After the game, the King and the pawn go into the same box.
May 31, 2018, 09:40 PM
coloradohunter44
Prayers for you! Hang in there.
"Someday I hope to be half the man my bird-dog thinks I am." looking forward to 4 years of TRUMP!
May 31, 2018, 10:22 PM
Dallas239
Still praying for you Striker. My wife was a bone marrow donor, and it is truly an amazing treatment. Her recipient was cured and is healthy 14 years later. I pray the same for you.
"I've spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don't know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, wind-swept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace, a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity, and if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here." -- Ronald Reagan, Farewell Address, Jan. 11, 1989
Si vis pacem para bellum There are none so blind as those who refuse to see. Feeding Trolls Since 1995
June 01, 2018, 11:06 AM
mrbill345
Praying for you.
“Agnostic, gun owning, conservative, college educated hillbilly”
June 02, 2018, 01:02 AM
striker1
Thanks to each of you! I read every post in this thread.
And to Dallas239, thanks so much!
RB
Cancer fighter (Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma) since 2009, now fighting Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma.
June 02, 2018, 07:02 AM
Ronin1069
Striker1,
I read your updates and always say a continued prayer of strength to your family, healing to you, and wisdom to your doctors.
May God bless you.
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June 05, 2018, 09:15 AM
striker1
Monday was a loooong day in the chemo suite. Labs at 7:45, doc visit, then the three drugs that make up my chemo coctail for the next 4 hours. Felt crummy at home later.
One new thing that is out since I did this years ago is the new OBI “patch” which delivers the Neulasta (white blood cell med). Instead of the old shot, they stick this thing on your arm. After a few minutes it auto-injects the catheter and will auto-inject the med 24 hours later. Really cool, and saves me the round trip back to Oncologist just for a shot.
I get a PET scan Wednesday, hopefully that will show less progress of the cancer and some shrinkage of the primary duodenal tumor. Then more chemo mid June (round 3) leading eventually to a July/Aug stem cell harvesting, chemo super dose, stem cell reintroduction, and cross fingers.
RB
Cancer fighter (Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma) since 2009, now fighting Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma.
June 05, 2018, 10:05 AM
arfmel
Hope the PET scan brings good news. Continued prayers.
June 05, 2018, 11:47 AM
jhe888
Best wishes to you.
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything.
June 05, 2018, 12:16 PM
Sigfest
Good Luck stryker1. Think positive.
June 05, 2018, 07:14 PM
Rolan_Kraps
Good luck, Brother. Not as much of a "Death sentence" as it used to be, but no walk in the park either. Fight hard, Fight DIRTY!!!
Rolan Kraps SASS Regulator Gainesville, Georgia. NRA Range Safety Officer NRA Certified Instructor - Pistol / Personal Protection Inside the Home
June 05, 2018, 07:18 PM
ontmark
Prayers sent your way.
Hope PET scan good results.This message has been edited. Last edited by: ontmark,
Beware the man who only has one gun. He probably knows how to use it! - John Steinbeck
June 05, 2018, 08:14 PM
striker1
When the oncologist says it’s still a curable cancer, we have lots to be hopeful for!
Humbly reposting my wife’s GFM link with permission:
Cancer fighter (Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma) since 2009, now fighting Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma.
June 12, 2018, 02:32 PM
striker1
Had some good results this week. No chemo, but Monday labs show good blood work and my hemoglobin is about 10.5, which is as high as it’s been in awhile. I still haven’t received the results from a PET scan done last Wed but will see the doc again on the 18th for that update as well as sit for round 3 of chemo. Overall, feeling a little better, well enough to drive into town and stop at the range and hardware store this week. I may work a little tomorrow and Thursday, just phone/email/laptop stuff and following up on jobs.
RB
Cancer fighter (Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma) since 2009, now fighting Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma.
June 12, 2018, 02:36 PM
Censored
Glad to see that you are staying active when you can.
June 12, 2018, 05:48 PM
dsmack
An excellent report, Striker!
Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers... Kick Butt and Take Names, my friend.
Sitting here rubbing my Chemo Port as a talisman for your continuing success
Don
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