Re: Nodular Sclerosing Hodgkins Lymphoma


<osaso8@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Imagine your in the prime of your life and you find out you have
> cancer. That's exactly what happened to my 31 year old wife. In
> January of 2005 a tumor was found in her chest that measured 8 x 6 x
> 5.5 cm. The diagnoses was Nodular Sclerosing Hodgkin's Lymphoma based
> on a biopsy completed during the first week of January. Now, nine
> months later and 3 CT scans later the tumor remains the same size - No
> bigger yet, no smaller.
> Here's the situation; Marsha (the wife w/ HD) is Asian and does not
> believe in conventional cancer treatments such as chemo or radiation.
> She spent 6 months on a very hard-core diet w/supplements based on Dr.
> Kelley enzyme program. HD symptoms such as night sweats; itchy skin and
> fever bouts have disappeared since May but now she is not actively
> treating the disease. Marsha is the mother of two girls the oldest is
> three and the youngest is now 10 months. I want her to submit to
> Chemotherapy but she wants to try another alternative treatment. We
> have insurance and the Chemo treatments could begin right a way. Can
> anyone out there with some experteseor experience with this disease
> please respond?
>

The prognosis with standard therapy chemo +/- radiation is excellent, with
10 year survival over 90%.
The 10 year survival with no treatment is less than 5%

Convince her to get a grip...........


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