KingRasmen

I just want to say that you are incredibly strong, and a valuable person =D

My mother was diagnosed several years ago with Stage 4b cervical cancer. I drove her to and from radiation every day, and chemo every week during her treatment. She was put on immunotherapy after, as they couldn't remove the tumor surgically. She was to start a second series of chemo this prior November, unfortunately, after the first round, she developed swelling in her leg which was diagnosed as a blood clot, and passed in about 3 days. Because of your story, I now plan on going back through those medical records to see how well that diagnosis was made. I am not very skeptical of the blood clot diagnosis, but this is definitely interesting. I can see how the two could be confused because your description of your symptoms was a lot like my mother's.

She fought cancer hard. But, even I could tell after 3 and a half years, she was just tired.

Again, you are incredible, strong, and an inspiration. You've got this!

I, too, have a condition for which there is no cure. Having no cure to me makes it easier, because then it's just part of my normal life. It is my uniqueness. There is no cure for life, anyway :)

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As for questions: What stage cancer were you at when diagnosed?

Does lymphedema correlate more strongly with those with longer survival rates, or is it mostly a factor of the number of lymph nodes removed?

Finally, pancakes or waffles?

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Congratulations again on being awesome!!

And a huge thank you to UCHealth for being part of our society acting as the janitors, custodians, and mechanics of our own minds and bodies ;)

Thank you, as well, for the kind words :)

I hope you found some waffles! I'm quite the fan of pumpkin waffles, myself.