假设你36岁,已婚,有两个上小学的孩子。在八个小时的手术后,你的医生说,“你有淋巴瘤*。我不认为你会看到圣诞节。“
那是1981年。
我试图理解。我和祈祷。最终,我与我们的主遇到过。我充满了勇气和希望。一个神奇的内在和平消耗了我,并且它具有面对未来的所有的能力。我开始计划决定圣诞节不是结束。
我设定了目标:看到我的孩子毕业于大学,找到他们的职业并结婚。今天,他们幸福地结婚了,他们有五个孙子们祝福我。
2000年,经过多年的化疗和药物审判失败,朋友告诉我关于MD安德森。我打电话和发言迈克尔博士是世界上顶级淋巴瘤/白血病专家之一。他问我关于我的案子,并说,“下周一在这里。”
在接下来的几个月里,基廷博士使用联合化疗来减少癌症。他提到我可能需要骨髓移植,我确实做了。在我的家人和美国都没有匹配的,但通过全球范围的搜索,一位来自德国的40岁男子同意给我他的细胞。
Issa博士艺他发明了一种微型移植手术,只切除了一半骨髓,成了我的新医生。我是世界上第五个接受这种移植手术的人。这是我唯一的机会。
移植一个月后,测试显示新的移植物已经成功,并且正在产生新的T细胞。
2002年,我听到了我等了多年的奇迹。我的病情正在好转。乐动体育LDsports中国研究表明,周围充满同情的病人有更好的生存机会。我知道这是真的。
我希望我的旅程能够帮助你或你所知道的人。信仰,希望和爱是如此重要。相信祈祷的力量。奇迹确实发生了。“
*谢丽尔的淋巴瘤在1996年被重新分类为CLL。
CLL是MD安德森的重点探月计划总结m。了解更多信息慢性淋巴细胞白血病.
Promise邀请癌症幸存者分享他们的感想。电子邮件Promise@mdanderson.org.
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