Congrats on being free of the big C! And on having the courage to carry on with the BCG. Wishing you many more years of paddling. Philip -----Original Message----- From: hmgwarner <hmgwarner_at_shaw.ca> To: paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net Sent: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 8:17 pm Subject: [Paddlewise] Free At last, Free at last! Good news came my way yesterday. My friend and urologist Dr. Iain McAuley gave me the news - there was nothing on the scope. This means that after a seven month battle I am now cancer free. The flip side of the news is that there remains a one in four chance of the cancer coming back; that's if I do nothing. If I continue with the BCG treatments I can greatly reduce those odds. The hard part will be completing the treatments. Only 18% ever see the treatments through to the very end. Of the 82% that don't complete the treatments many are forced to quit after developing the TB side affects associated with BCG. Others pack it in fed up with the invasive and not very pleasant experience. I've signed up and will resume the treatments in October. I'll have to see how far I can make it down this road. Apologies to my good friend Martin. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Sep 17 2008 - 09:19:04 PDT
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