AML和MDS登月年度报告2013
“我告诉我的医生,'你最好不要骗我。””
那是在1969年,当她的医生告诉她,她有子宫癌,她与疾病的第一个回合。一个完整的子宫切除后,她完全康复。
她在2011年再次面临这个消息的时候奎勒莫·加西亚·Manero,医学博士,教授。白血病她说自己得了急性髓细胞白血病(AML)。
“我告诉加西亚 - Manero博士一样的东西,说:” 81岁的盖茨,指她率直的需求。“他们没有任何糖衣。这就是我希望它成为的方式。”
Garcia-Manero是诚实的。他告诉凯特,她这个年龄的人的存活率非常非常低。
“我告诉他,‘我不会死的。’”
盖茨,谁住在匡威,路易斯安那州,一个小镇什里夫波特以南55英里的路易斯安那州/得克萨斯州接壤,从来没有感觉到任何的有关反洗钱的症状。她没有疲劳或贫血。“我从来不觉得不好,”她说。
但在2010年,检查显示她的白细胞计数很低。她去拜访了洛杉矶莱克查尔斯的一位肿瘤学家。她诊断她患有“白血病前期”,现在被称为骨髓增生异常综合征。经过一年的化疗,她的病情“既没有好转,也没有恶化”。
在那个时候,自称不会坐下来什么都不做的凯特决定苏醒过来MD安德森征求另一种意见
在这里,加西亚Manero发现她有这是造成她的身体产生原始细胞的FLT3基因突变 - 未成熟的细胞不发育成成熟的白血细胞。他把她在临床试验中索拉非尼,一种抑制剂“轮流FLT3关”,从而使健康细胞产生。
“他们给了我强力的癌症药片,”凯特回忆说。“他们几乎要了我的命……但他们救了我的命。”
盖茨正在采取一天四粒。她的体重逐渐减少,从116斤到78只是随着时间的推移她的剂量减少,现在她只需要一个药丸隔日,和丸不再让她恶心。她还每个月开始化疗七天是保持不变的方案。
这并不容易,但凯茨学分活着对她的乐观,她的医生和她的信仰。
“我感谢上帝让他有能力知道哪里出了问题,”她说。
“丸,祈祷和加西亚Manero博士是什么带来了我的身边。”
玛丽凯茨学分活着对她的乐观,她的医生和她的信仰。
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