[kj] OT: My Turn in Hell

[Jerry Butson]

Dear All,

Well the results are in. My dad has a type of lymphoma that is pretty
common (as common as these things are) and, apparently, responds well to
chemotherapy. It's called Diffuse large b-cell and is non-hodgkins.

Minus factors are his age (79) and the fact that it is not confined to the
lymphatic system (hence diffuse).

Not quite as bad as death, I guess!

jerry

r.i.p. Joe


On 29/03/07, Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

>

>

> Cheers, Oliver --

>

> No, we don't know as yet what type of Lymphoma it is --- hopefully by next

> week we will. But again -- it's better than being entirely in the dark.

>

> Thanks again!

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> >From: "B. Oliver Sheppard" <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>

> >Sent: Mar 29, 2007 2:08 PM

> >To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" <

> gathering at misera.net>

> >Subject: Re: [kj] OT: My Turn in Hell

> >

> >Alex,

> >

> >

> >Hope your mom does well once she's out. Do you know if it is Hodgkin's

> >or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma? My grandfather had a scare for Hodgkins

> >Lymphoma a few years back but thankfully it didn't pan out. Good news is

> >that treatment for cancer gets better and better almost by the month

> >these days. My stepfather is a cancer survivor and has been clear of it

> >for 15 years now. Hopefully you and your mom will be able to beat the

> >thing into remission as well.

> >

> >And hopefully Dr. M will be beaten into SUBmission by some random thug.

> >

> >

> >Best of luck, and best wishes to your mom of course!

> >

> >Oliver

> >

> >

> >

> >Alex Smith wrote:

> >> Quick update, for those keeping score.

> >>

> >> Turns out my mother does indeed have lymphoma as suspected  -- we'll

> find out exactly what variation of it on Monday or Tuesday. That's the bad

> news. The good news is that they're catching it early and don't expect to

> have to conduct any surgery on her (although there'll be loads of tests and

> drugs in her future...and not the fun kind).

> >

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