Unqualified Good News
Rebekah Troyer Rebekah Troyer

Unqualified Good News

Hey everyone, I have unqualified good news! We're in Houston and Mom had a scan yesterday- the first since she started the current study. The prelim results are wonderful!

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I Got My Hopes Set High
Linda Dee Smith Linda Dee Smith

I Got My Hopes Set High

Amy Grant had a song by the title: "I Got My Hopes Set High" several years ago. For a long time in my life I went with the attitude- I'm not going to get my hopes up because I don't want to get disappointed.

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Coming Home Soon
Rebekah Troyer Rebekah Troyer

Coming Home Soon

Journal entry by Rebekah Troyer — May 3, 2016

Hey everyone, we have plane tickets home for Thursday! This Thursday! Two days from now Thursday!*

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Wait Wait Wait, Now Go Go Go
Linda Dee Smith Linda Dee Smith

Wait Wait Wait, Now Go Go Go

Wait wait wait - now go go go. Over the last 5 months I have completed 6 rounds of a clinical trial called MT-3724 at MDAnderson (what I refer to as my "beauty rest").

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Free Flow
Linda Dee Smith Linda Dee Smith

Free Flow

...Autumn was such a blur with change and new experiences, new friends, new learning curve, 12 flights back and forth, where to stay?, who to call?, How to proceed with the details of life?

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Official Diagnosis
Rebekah Troyer Rebekah Troyer

Official Diagnosis

Today we got the official diagnosis - Follicular Lymphoma - and scheduled the appointment with the oncologist for tomorrow morning.

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Home Sweet Home
Linda Dee Smith Linda Dee Smith

Home Sweet Home

Right now I'm listening to the birds singing their hearts out- and the luscious green of spring woods is wafting through the window.... mmmmm.

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Good news from our first visit with the oncologist
Rebekah Troyer Rebekah Troyer

Good news from our first visit with the oncologist

We had the first meeting with our oncologist today and we are feeling great :-) We love the doctor, and she corrected us about the scary stuff that we (and maybe you) read online yesterday - Mom's cancer is curable.

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