Today is the day that a cancer fighter aims for, and I am excited to say I have reached it!!!. May 24, 2009 a family in the midst of there trajedy gave me the gift of life, making me cancer FREE.
I post this moment not because of my milestone but to give my CC family HOPE. When I was first diagnosed, I tended to stay away from this site, because it seemed mostly caretakers, not great odds…, now in that 5 years this site is full of fighters surviving,cutting edge treatments with words that were never in our vocabulary, doctors who are getting more educated about CC and not just giving “hospice” diagnoses. I am in awe how this site has evolved, it is exciting to know that we as CC fighters have shared our expierences and changed each others lives!!
I am so excited to say that my personal journey to hell and back has not been in vain. My donor family not only saved my life but four more by giving me one liver!! I have posted my HEROE, Dr. William Chapman name on any place I could and thanks to our site, 4 families (that I know) have had there diagnose changed for the better and given HOPE!!
Thank you God, 2 stranger and Dr. William Chapman and team for this moment!! There is HOPE!!
Cathy