On 7/7/2008
K. C. wrote:
Good Evening Yana;
After reading your post I honestly don't know what words I can offer to comfort either of you. What an unbelievable twist of fate.
I would ask you though if you can expound on the following comment the Dr. made:
Now that she had been treated, the disease changes and treatment may be necessary for her to survive.
I understand that any living organism is going to defend against something that is attacking it. But is the Dr. saying that left untreated the cancer would have lived unharmfully within her body? This sounds baffling to me.
Take care;
Kevin
No. What he is saying, firstly,is that considering mom's past blood test history, her immune globulins were down for a few years before she was diagnosed - so she was likely to have it at least since 2004. Secondly, the doctor who treated her commited the sin of not monitoring her for at least a few months before treatment - at diagnosis mom had 15% compromised bone marrow, no lesions, nothing to indicate the disease was active. Basically she had an indolent version - the one that is not usually treated. She could have had it for another XXX years before MM shows its ugly head and she would need treatment. Now the rules may have changed, her M-spike is higher than before treatment and if monthly blood tests show an increase she is left only with a transplant as an option.