Quote from: Chris Smith on July 25, 2012, 10:42:47 PMWhat it means is that the first round of treatment has been a success but there's a long way to go before he can be said to be free of the disease. The normal course of events, or at least what has happened to Leukemia sufferers that I know, would be to follow up the chemotherapy with a bone marrow transplant from a matching donor. They usually reckon about 12 months treatment from start to finish for a typical sufferer (although a fit sportsmen is probably not a typical sufferer) so although this is good news and a great start there is still a way to go before we can say for certain that he's cured.I'll just add as a disclaimer that I'm not a doctor and am just speaking from experience of people who I have met over the past few months and that it is entirely possible that other cases might take a different course entirely.I keep thinking Geoff Thomas and Bob Champion they made a sucessful recovery from this awful illness (and thats probably the wrong word.)Its good news for Stan and his wife. Lets hope the positive news keeps coming.
What it means is that the first round of treatment has been a success but there's a long way to go before he can be said to be free of the disease. The normal course of events, or at least what has happened to Leukemia sufferers that I know, would be to follow up the chemotherapy with a bone marrow transplant from a matching donor. They usually reckon about 12 months treatment from start to finish for a typical sufferer (although a fit sportsmen is probably not a typical sufferer) so although this is good news and a great start there is still a way to go before we can say for certain that he's cured.I'll just add as a disclaimer that I'm not a doctor and am just speaking from experience of people who I have met over the past few months and that it is entirely possible that other cases might take a different course entirely.
Quote from: Ron Manager on July 26, 2012, 08:34:12 AMQuote from: Chris Smith on July 25, 2012, 10:42:47 PMWhat it means is that the first round of treatment has been a success but there's a long way to go before he can be said to be free of the disease. The normal course of events, or at least what has happened to Leukemia sufferers that I know, would be to follow up the chemotherapy with a bone marrow transplant from a matching donor. They usually reckon about 12 months treatment from start to finish for a typical sufferer (although a fit sportsmen is probably not a typical sufferer) so although this is good news and a great start there is still a way to go before we can say for certain that he's cured.I'll just add as a disclaimer that I'm not a doctor and am just speaking from experience of people who I have met over the past few months and that it is entirely possible that other cases might take a different course entirely.I keep thinking Geoff Thomas and Bob Champion they made a sucessful recovery from this awful illness (and thats probably the wrong word.)Its good news for Stan and his wife. Lets hope the positive news keeps coming.Geoff Thomas had/has a chronic leukemia which is a very different beast from the acute variant.Bob Champion had testicular cance, which again is a whole different ball game.
Quote from: pestria on July 26, 2012, 02:19:50 PMQuote from: Ron Manager on July 26, 2012, 08:34:12 AMQuote from: Chris Smith on July 25, 2012, 10:42:47 PMWhat it means is that the first round of treatment has been a success but there's a long way to go before he can be said to be free of the disease. The normal course of events, or at least what has happened to Leukemia sufferers that I know, would be to follow up the chemotherapy with a bone marrow transplant from a matching donor. They usually reckon about 12 months treatment from start to finish for a typical sufferer (although a fit sportsmen is probably not a typical sufferer) so although this is good news and a great start there is still a way to go before we can say for certain that he's cured.I'll just add as a disclaimer that I'm not a doctor and am just speaking from experience of people who I have met over the past few months and that it is entirely possible that other cases might take a different course entirely.I keep thinking Geoff Thomas and Bob Champion they made a sucessful recovery from this awful illness (and thats probably the wrong word.)Its good news for Stan and his wife. Lets hope the positive news keeps coming.Geoff Thomas had/has a chronic leukemia which is a very different beast from the acute variant.Bob Champion had testicular cance, which again is a whole different ball game.Accidental pun?
My father, massive Villa fan, was diagnosed with kidney cancer at the start of the year, came through complete success, last Wednesday got the news he has Leukemia. Here is hoping he can pull through to remission like Stan and then has to get through another 5 years in remission until you are 'cured' of it.
Quote from: evalast1910 on July 26, 2012, 03:59:45 PMMy father, massive Villa fan, was diagnosed with kidney cancer at the start of the year, came through complete success, last Wednesday got the news he has Leukemia. Here is hoping he can pull through to remission like Stan and then has to get through another 5 years in remission until you are 'cured' of it. Hope it goes well for him.
Quote from: evalast1910 on July 26, 2012, 03:59:45 PMMy father, massive Villa fan, was diagnosed with kidney cancer at the start of the year, came through complete success, last Wednesday got the news he has Leukemia. Here is hoping he can pull through to remission like Stan and then has to get through another 5 years in remission until you are 'cured' of it. Sorry to hear that. Hopefully he will make a full recovery in time.
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