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Well, tomorrow is World Cancer Day, so anything you can post to social media to convince someone to keep up with their health checkups is in order! My mother commented a few days ago that I’m “cancer free,” and I had to correct her (unfortunately) to say that no, I’m not, I’m in remission/NED, which is why I have to get scanned annually for the rest of my life... Just because my kidney cancer was removed surgically and I didn’t need chemo or radiation doesn’t mean I am safe from recurrence! Ironically, having had cancer gives me the benefit of forever being on the lookout for new cancers (although I’m switching from MRIs to X-rays and ultrasounds, not sure about their effectiveness), so yay for ongoing scanxiety I guess!

Jenelle 6 Feb 3
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I see the label of world cancer day as to mean the world has cancer. A lot of cancers in humans are due to the cancers in the planet so this should be a wake-up to take action to repair a cancerous Earth.

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Level 9

5 years in remission after chemo, radiation and bone marrow transplant from acute myloid leukemia. Yes we have side effects and are concerned about new cancers. Welcome to our group.

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I'm in remission 1 1/2 years from Hodgkin's Lymphoma but I still have to get CAT scans twice a year (which may go down to one a year). People don't get it, that even with the "good cancer" it can still come back and some have died from it.

bleurowz Level 8 Feb 3, 2019
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Level 7

I hear you on the scanxiety. I had a total of 96,000 mgs of chemo up until May of last year and 13 inches of my colon removed. I'll always have that little cloud over my head every time I go for the blood markers, scans, and xrays.

LouisD61 Level 7 Feb 3, 2019
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