74岁的克莱米·考克斯(Clemmie Cox)退休4年后,他遇到了一个意想不到的挑战。这位在肯塔基州坎贝尔斯维尔的Fruit of The Loom工厂工作过的维修工人得知自己已经进步了急性髓系白血病或者aml,并且可能只是几周的生活。
“我的想法是,好吧,我们是基督徒,如果那是上帝想要的,我准备回家和上帝在一起,”他说。“但我的家人让我去战斗,所以我就去了。”
考克斯本想在花园里闲荡,或是到肯塔基州中部的钓鱼点挖钓缘,结果却发现自己离这里900英里远MD安德森,他很快就读于临床试验。乘坐海军戴尔,M.D.,副教授白血病,临床试验结合了免疫疗法标准药物尼鲁单抗化疗药物氮杂噻嗪。
晚期急性髓系白血病诊断
这位70多岁的老人一直有健康问题——瘀伤和呼吸急促——但直到2018年1月,考克斯被叫去做睡眠测试时,他才发现自己晚上会抽动双腿。虽然他还没有被诊断出癌症,但他的医生建议他去癌症中心做骨髓检测。考克斯去了肯塔基州列克星敦的一家癌症中心,在那里他被诊断出患有晚期急性骨髓性白血病。那里的医生很快把他转给了医生MD安德森他们知道他能得到他需要的治疗。
考克斯说:“我去看了戴夫医生,他告诉我只有6到12周的时间了,已经这么久了。”“当时我的肾脏已经衰竭,我受到了感染,所以他对我进行了治疗,然后建议我参加nivolumab和azacytadine的临床试验。”
临床试验导致意想不到的缓解
考克斯住院52天,在休斯顿待了近3个月。在这段时间里,他得知自己的病情得到了缓解,这是他做梦也想不到的事情。
”博士。戴夫说我能撑得住,”他说。“我需要继续回来接受治疗,我不知道我是否能像以前一样完全健康,但我很感谢在这里接受的治疗。MD安德森”。
态度的变化
今天,Cox喜欢院子的工作,并指出他“照顾房子外面”,而他的妻子“照顾内部”。他还钓鱼并用他的两个孩子,牙医和他的两个孙子,22岁和18岁。
蓝草州本土从他与癌症夺走他的态度是他的态度改变的事情。
“当你第一次开始治疗时,你可能绝望,”他说,“但是你得到的进一步,你想要对抗你的疾病。”
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