Here’s a video containing the testimony of Dr. Samuel Gruber, a longtime lymphoma survivor:
The Survivors Club - Doc Gruber - Lymphoma Survivor
There’s a lesson for us here about the importance of being our own advocate: of keeping up with the medical literature (as best we can, anyway), and talking with our doctors about the things we read.
There’s also a comforting truth in what Dr. Gruber says about the rapid pace of research in lymphoma treatments. The longer we hang on, the more new treatments will become available.
Reason for hope!
Since my December 2, 2005 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma diagnosis, I've been on a slow-motion journey of survivorship. Chemo wiped out my aggressive disease in May, 2006, but an indolent variety is still lurking. I had my thyroid removed due to papillary thyroid cancer in 2011, and was diagnosed with recurrent thyroid cancer in 2017. Join me for a survivor's reflections on life, death, faith, politics, the Bible and everything else. DISCLAIMER: I’m not a doctor, so don't look here for medical advice.
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