MY NAME IS CARLA. LAST JUNE (1999) MY
36 YEAR OLD SISTER WAS DIAGNOSE WITH MF. SHE HAD BEEN SEEN BY SEVERAL
DOCTORS FOR YEARS BEFORE SHE WAS GIVEN THE DIAGNOSIS. SHE WAS TOLD
EVERTHING FROM BEING ALLERGIC TO SHELL FISH TO BEING ALLERGIC TO SOAP.
THIS WENT ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IN MY OPINION SHE WAS TREATED BY ONE CRACK POT
AFTER ANOTHER. NOW ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE THAT SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MF,
THEY TELL HER THAT SHE IS IN THE MOST ADVANCED STAGES, AND THAT THE ONLY THING
THEY CAN DO IS USE THE CHEMO TO MAKE HER MORE COMFORTABLE. I DON'T LIKE TO
TALK ABOUT IT MUCH TO HER UNLESS SHE VOLUNTEERS THE INFORMATION. DOES
THIS MEAN SHE WILL DIE OF MF, DOES THIS MEAN SHE WILL NEVER GO INTO REMISSION,
DOES THIS MEAN HER BEAUTIFUL SKIN WILL NEVER LOOK THE SAME ANYMORE. I READ
THE MESSAGES ON THE WEB ABOUT MF AND I SEE THE FEW PICTURES. BUT I STILL
DON'T GET IT. WHAT CAUSED IT, WHAT ELSE CAN BE DONE, IF IT WAS CAUGHT
EARLIER WOULD THERE BE THE POSSIBILITY OF REMISSION. I REALLY NEED SOME
ANSWERS TO HELP ME THROUGH THIS ONE. PARKS22@MSN.COM
