5 years
So, 5 years ago, give or take, I wrote this entry, detailing my next 2 sessions of chemo. I didn’t document the exact dates, and I don’t recall off the top of my head what they were, but based on what’s in that post, I think my last chemo session would have been July 11th, 2003.
This means that I’ve reached the mythical ‘5 years’ of remission. Which is the point where relapse hits a fraction of a percent. I don’t suppose I’ll ever consider it truly gone, but this is about as a good a milestone as one can hope for.
Thanks to everyone who posted their support during that time. Your feedback meant a lot to me, even if my natural English stoicism didn’t show it.
I suppose it’s about time for a new user icon eh?
Edit: Yes, it is. I’ve retired the old no hair chemo shot in favour of this one of our boys, who proved the doctors who said we’d never be able to have kids after chemo completely wrong.
strongbow said:
Jul 23, 08 at 5:46 pmI remember the warnings that my brother may not be able to have kids after chemo when he was going through it at about the same time.
This was a bigger worry for Mom that for him, and a bigger worry at the time. He was married then and isn’t now. And he said on any number of occasions before he got married that he had no intentions of having kids. But then, he also said he had no intentions of ever getting married.
It seems likely that he won’t marry again, and even less likely that he will try to have children.
I’m glad you proved your doctors wrong.
dasubergeek said:
Jul 23, 08 at 6:36 pmGood! You should God forbid never know from it again.
After five years, I started rebuilding my life. After ten years I stopped thinking about it every day.
spitgirl said:
Jul 28, 08 at 2:00 pmWoot! Congrats on the milestone. And you have two very adorable kids…