<div><strong>This isn't the kind of page anyone should have to set up with their name on it.</strong> Even more so, no one should have to hear the words, "Well, this isn't the conversation you were hoping to have, but your test results came back..."
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<div>On Thursday, December 28, 2023, I had that conversation with a doctor I had JUST been referred to the week prior - Dr. Edit Tolnai (from Hungary), an oncologist.
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<div><a href="https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/chronic-myeloid-leukemia/about.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Chronic Myeloid Leukemia</a>  (Cancer of the bone marrow and blood)
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<div><strong>Next steps:</strong>
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<div>Wait for results of 5th blood test in 2 weeks
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<li><em>Schedule a CT scan of my abdomen (to measure the spleen as a data point)</em>
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<li><em>Schedule a bone marrow biopsy to determine the severity of the cancer and what type of medication is needed.</em>
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<li><em>Begin daily pill as treatment</em>
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<li><em>Follow up appointments, monthly</em>
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<div>"This is really bad news; this is a really bad cancer. The good news is, 20 years ago, this would have been a death sentence - but today, we have really good, effective medication that helps 90% of people with this disease live very normal lives as long as they stay on the medication consistently."
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<div>Every gift given will help my family and I as we adjust to the added costs of healthcare, trip to labs, doctors' offices, specialists and medicine.
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