WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for September, 1997: Re: Bone Marrow transplant recommended for mom's breast cancer

Re: Bone Marrow transplant recommended for mom's breast cancer - very scared !

From: Sherry (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 30 Sep 1997 13:58:09 -0500 (CDT)

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At Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Barbara wrote: >
>Dear Sherry,
>
>First let me tell you and your mon that I am sorry you received the news
>of the need for a bone marrow transplant. Your fight is near and dear
>to my own heart as it was just one year ago I was fighting my batttle
>with this disease. This is a tough one to face up too and I wish the
>outcome of the surgery had been better.
>
>I am inclosing a some very good links for you to explore that can give
>you a lot of information on this procedure.
>
>I have many friends from my Breast Cancer Support group that have had
>this done and most all have had excellent results. It's a long tough
>road and less/more for each person. Some women do not have a lot of
>problems and of course there are those that do. I personaly know a
>women in her 30's with two young sons that had this done a couple of
>years ago and she is here doing well and living and enjoying life with
>her family.
>
>It's Not Easy and I would be a liar if I led you to believe it is. You
>mother has two wonderful things going for her:
>
>1st, and most important YOU...your love and your husbands and the
>strength she derives from that can Not come from Any other source.
>
>2nd, Vanderbuilt University Medical Center...An Outstanding school of
>medicine with some of the finest physicians in the world...so... she is
>in excellent hands.
>
>The decission to do this is hers ; but it does work and I my opinion is
>it's Not just being a guinie pig (sp). She Must ask many questions and
>get answers to all of them and then Make Her Own Decission.
>
>Good luck and I would like you to keep in touch with us about how all of
>this goes. You and your Mon are in all our prayers
>
>These are from The National Cancer Instuitue
>Excellent!
>
>http://www.meb.uni-bonn.de/cancernet/600736.html
>
>http://www.meb.uni-bonn.de/cancernet/400019.html
>
>http://www.meb.uni-bonn.de/cancernet/200013.html
>
>The following is a great source of links about breast cancer.
>
>http://www.yahoo.com/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Breast_Cancer/
>
>You are both in my heart and thoughts,
>Barbara
>
>At Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Sherry wrote:
>>
>>My mom's doctor said her breast cancer was advanced and recommended a
>>study at Vanderbilt University using bone marrow transplant as a
>>treatment as well as very very high doses of chemo. I talked to the
>>nurse in Huntsville where she lives and had the mastectomomy (sp?) and
>>she said "this was a last .. best effort to save her life that her case
>>was to advanced for them to handle it".
>
>--
>Barbara Nesbitt, Co-Moderater
>Women's Health Forum
>OBGYN.net
>

--
thank you so much for your response - I printed out the suggested web page
info and will forward it to my mom - is there any way my mom can
take advantage asking questions like I am doing without this
email system ? Can she pick up the phone and call ? How should she go about it ?
Any suggestions ?

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