Some Good News in Three Cases of Cancer
Case 1: My sister was diagnosed with Stage 4 Uterine Cancer not quite two years ago. She had tumors everywhere in her torso, including her lungs. Conventional wisdom told her, basically, to get her affairs in order.
She's been in treatment since then. There have been many ups & downs. The treatment seems to be working! Yay!
Then, a month later, loads of new tumors. Oh no!
Then, the tumors are shrinking significantly! Yay!
Then, another setback. Dammit!
It was chemo, then immunotherapy, then chemo again, then, "Sorry, but it's just not working." Fuck!
However, in a Hail Mary move, she joined an experimental trial. For the past five months she's been receiving a different chemo treatment & showing significant improvement. Yay!!!
Case 2: My husband's brother was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia four years ago. He was given the same bleak outlook as my sister. He went through intensive, months long, in-hospital treatments, followed by many months of outpatient chemo. He's been in remission for almost two years now.
Case 3: My husband was diagnosed with very aggressive prostate cancer (Gleason 9) just over three years ago. No one would tell us how long he might have to live, but this was not the timid "wait & see" prostate cancer many men get.
He's now had surgery, radiation, and ADT. He has some side-effects from the treatments, and the cancer isn't cured, but he's doing far better than we were led to believe was likely.
The cancer could continue to be weakened for a while yet. Even if a rising PSA indicates it's surging, reinstatement of the ADT could suppress it again for a while.
His next PSA test is in three weeks. We are, of course, hoping for good news.
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Wishing everyone the very best! 
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