I remember the doctor telling me that I had a form of cancer called Hairy Cell Leukaemia. It was weird, I always imagined that when you are told you have cancer you would panic, start crying or go straight into denial.
I did neither of these, I was pretty calm and then wanted to know how curable it was. In terms of cancer I am very lucky because Hairy Cell the doctors told me is fully treatable with most patients going into remission. The Chemo that I needed wasn't as bad as the poor people who have other cancers so it was something to be brighter about.
With a diagnosis done the doctors didn't want to start me on chemo until my blood counts and bowel problems got sorted. Still full of confidence in my doctors now begins the waiting game.
I did neither of these, I was pretty calm and then wanted to know how curable it was. In terms of cancer I am very lucky because Hairy Cell the doctors told me is fully treatable with most patients going into remission. The Chemo that I needed wasn't as bad as the poor people who have other cancers so it was something to be brighter about.
With a diagnosis done the doctors didn't want to start me on chemo until my blood counts and bowel problems got sorted. Still full of confidence in my doctors now begins the waiting game.
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