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Originally posted by Frostbit:

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Originally posted by JudgeG:
Emmy and I got to spend some time this fall with Joyce and her lesser half. What great people.

Sandy and I are about finished with our "cabin in the woods" and hope to see them down in Georgia for a "pay back" visit.

Tough lady, good news and come see us!

Thanks Ernest,

We will someday visit. It's in our nature (just ask Darin Nelson). Jerry Dollar will be in your State soon so we have two reasons to head that way on a later road trip.

Please tell Emmy I would love an update on how school is going. We so much enjoyed talking with her during your visit.

You both have our numbers

Cheers
Jim

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Originally posted by Frostbit:


Today Joyce received the results of her two year Surveillance PET Scan. The test was completely negative for any signs of malignancy. Plain English means it's negative for cancer.



Cheers
Jim

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Originally posted by bwana cecil:
Brought a smile to my ugly face.

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Originally posted by Frostbit:

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Originally posted by Frostbit:


Today Joyce received the results of her two year Surveillance PET Scan. The test was completely negative for any signs of malignancy. Plain English means it's negative for cancer.



Cheers
Jim

The news remains good. The three year PET Scan done yesterday is also negative.

Just wanted to share that with so many folks who truly cared.

Cheers
Jim

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Originally posted by Frostbit:
I started this thread a little over five years ago. Joyce and I made a decision then to go totally public with her diagnosis for a couple reasons but the main one was always the fact that people generally have trouble knowing how to "act" around someone with a potentially life threatening diagnosis. We wanted everyone to know it didn't change how we looked at life at all.

A lot of you have become friends over those years and gave Joyce much support in her battle against cancer. Even those of you we haven't had the pleasure of meeting in person, treated us like friends you've known and cared about.

Joyce just had her five year, and last scheduled, surveillance Pet Scan a little over a week ago. I had planned on resurrecting this old thread to announce the results of that test and to give a final thank you for all of your well wishes and support.

Her scan came back with a positive finding of an enlarged Lymph node in her left groin with an increased uptake of the radioisotope. This was worrisome considering her history so a needle biopsy was done.

It's rare to have a recurrence of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma this far out after a seemingly successful treatment.

The pathology report came back positive for a Follicular Lymphoma without suggestion of a Large B-cell reoccurrence.

The plan at this point is to have the lymph node removed for an even better pathology evaluation since needle biopsies can be inaccurate. There's no doubt she has Follicular Lymphoma but the hope is with the better pathology sample we can be sure the Large B-cell has not returned. That would be bad news if true.

The Follicular Lymphoma is a totally different very slow growing type of cancer, though not curable, it is generally considered "manageable" with life expectancies into the decades.

Sorry I couldn't come on here and say it's an all clear but we are simply treating this like another adventure.

So hug those you love, tell them how much they mean to you, and cherish every single day. Waste none of them.

BTW, Joyce is still a 65 year old badass.....

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So hug those you love, tell them how much they mean to you, and cherish every single day. Waste none of them.

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Originally posted by surefire7:
Jim & Joyce,

With the determination and strength you both exhibit, the cancer doesn’t stand a chance. You beat the first attack. The second one will be the same.

Come back and visit us again on your next trip to the lower 48.

Surefire7s