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
