Thank you so much for sharing this Ana Marie! I really really needed this. I recently went to the Lymphoma, Leukemia site looking for testimonials and did not see very many with AML. Thank you for brightening my day. You are such an inspiration to me as a consolidation only two plus year survivor from San Salvador!
I am so glad you are doing well and back posting-I've missed hearing from you!

Blessing,

Julie

thank you for the link, im looking for some BMT stories based on the BMT being completed when in full remission (and technically no relapse)

Is there a way I can read the stories in English ... I couldn't find it and I bet it is as clear as day :)

xxx

Thanks Ana -- yes -- no rules against this and if there are, there should not be. You are a survivor as am I and I think there are a couple dozen more on this list. What we need are some new people to come on the list that we can help. There is no shame in feeling really bad for Ed and mourning Andrea, but you are quite right -- we dare not give up our fight. Rather, Andrea should inspire us to go on and demonstrate that survival is not only possible, it is the rule rather than the exception. So to those who might need some strength and help at this point, please come aboard and let us help you. -- dave

Julie: thanks for missing me ;) I have a kind of post traumatic dissorder, since my AML diagnosis was quite a painful story (with a happy ending), and sometimes I prefer not to read about it. Now I am working on healing my mind and heart ! So, I dont often come when I feel anxiety, but I NEVER forget you all.

Aussie: I suggest copying and pasting each story into Google translator. Paste it en spanish (select the language) and then select english as the language for traduction. Even though not the best translation, Im quite sure you will understand the story.

All of those stories are about people who had BMT, not only-chemo survivers like Dave and me (sorry I dont remember who else). There is one story of a lady who was diagnosed in 2007 and currently having normal life.

Go ahead, let's think LIFE.

Blessings, I love u all!

Its been tough here lately with Andrea and Ed but there is ALWAYS hope. I think we need to stay strong in our faith and be thankful to God for the blessings he has given. I don't always understand why things happen the way they do but its not my place to question God and only to trust in him.
Today I volunteered in the oncology clinic a d spoke to many different cancer patients and it was a blessing to see the hope and strength in there eyes. I told them I remember sitting in that exact same chair taking treatment like they were doing. I hope i brought them some happiness because I know they did for me.

Consistent with this thread, here is something I found on my science feed this morning so I doubt it is out yet. There is always hope ... Thanks -- dave

Nanomotors Could Churn Cancer Cells' Insides to Mush
A team of researchers at Penn State University says theyve been able to seed living human cells with nanoparticles that can be controlled remotely. When they got the drivable nanomotors moving around inside cervical cancer cellswith ultrasonic waves as the propulsive force and magnetic fields doing the steeringthe particles behaved like a high-tech food processor, making a homogenized mix of the cells contents. The researchers dont envision microscopic blunt-force trauma; the damage will be finely tuned because the team is able to make the nanoparticles move autonomously from each other and selectively destroy their hosts.

Here is the link to it ...
http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/biomedical/devices/nanomotors-could-churn-inside-of-cancer-cells-to-mush/?utm_source=techalert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=021314

You will have to copy it in. Take care -- dave