I am a breast cancer survivor, was placed on tomoxifin with severe side
effects. The mennenges around the brain swelled. After being taken off the
harmone therapy, I landed in the hospital with a dead thyroid and severe
adrenial gland damage. I never had a thyroid problem before this. I now
must take steroids, predasone, blood preassure meds. and more for the rest
of my life.
I went to the Doctor today, because I had come down with a second cold in
less than a month. I asked if I was a canadate for the flu shot. He told
me no flu shot for me, that predasone causes the Immunity system to decrease
and I need to stay away from sick people. My question is this: Is Immune
therapy for cancer suvivors something I should be on, is this just vitamins
or what? If my immunity is down won't this increase my risk for possiblly
more cancer?
The side effects to the drug are pulling me down, not the cancer. Please
help. Thank you. Have a good Christmas!
-----Original Message-----
From: HELEN E JOHNSON <CLMB64A@prodigy.com>
To: mol-cancer@meds.com <mol-cancer@meds.com>
Date: Friday, December 19, 1997 7:49 PM
Subject: [MOL] Renal Cell Carcinoma
>Hello....my husband was diagnosed with Renal Cell Carcinoma...he had
>his left kidney removed...the Pathology report said the following...
>Left Kidney,radical nephrectomy,Large Renal Cell Adenocarcinoma,Grade
>IV.granular cell type with focal papillary pattern...Carcinoma
>invades perinephric fat extensively,isolated perinephric venules and
>left adrenal gland Carcinoma is present on the superior aspect. They
>removed a rib...that reads Normocellular marrow...mestastasis is not
>identified....and they removed the left adrenal gland segment...it
>reads mestastatic renal ceell adenocarcinoma in adrenal segment...can
>you put this in terms I can understand..Thanks...Helen E Johnson
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