What wonderful news!
On February 22, 2019, at 2:36 AM, "K. Jeanne Colas" <kristi.colas@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Praise the Lord! How amazing that He provided a doctor who specializes in that
particular cancer and who was able to give her such reassuring info. She must
have floated out of that office! :)
Kristi Jeanne Colas
11 rue Henri Dunant
95410 Groslay, France
Le ven. 22 févr. 2019 à 02:32, Renee O'Leske <larsen.renee@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
My family has much to be thankful for! Thank you for your prayers
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From: Sara <sarajlarsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, Feb 21, 2019, 6:55 PM
Subject: Sara's Leukemia Update!:)
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Family & Friends,
Thank you so much for your prayers! I saw my Oncologist in Madison this
morning, and my cancer levels are 0.000%! So….I do NOT need to change my
medication, and I will continue taking Gleevec. Thank the LORD!
Also, some even better news….. This week, I had an amazing opportunity to
also see an Oncologist (Dr. Atallah) at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee who
specializes in my particular leukemia (CML). This "second opinion"
appointment was incredibly encouraging! Dr. Atallah told me that it is NORMAL
and OK for my cancer levels to fluctuate! As long as my cancer levels stay
below 0.1%, I do not need to consider other treatment options! He also told me
definitively that I am NOT resistant to Gleevec. So now, I don’t have to
worry every time my cancer is detectable….just as long as it stays below 0.1%.
I will continue to follow up with my Oncologist in Madison (in May), but I am
thankful that I had this opportunity to get Dr. Atallah's input as well.
Thanks sooo much for your continued prayers and support! hugs to all! :)
Sara Joy
On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 2:52 PM Sara <sarajlarsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Family & Friends,
I have a few updates for you this week....but before I get into that....I
wanted to tell you..... I appreciate YOU ALL and your PRAYERS sooo
much!.....and.... Thank you for your continued prayers and support!
So.... I saw my Oncologist this week, and my cancer is detectable again
(0.013%). The level is still low, but the resident/fellow Oncologist
recommended that I switch medications now.... His concern is that the more my
cancer is detectable the more my cancer has an opportunity to suddenly go out
of control. However, I asked for the opinion of the head Oncologist as
well....and he said that I can try to stay on my Gleevec again for another 2
months....but they are being very vigilant with keeping a close eye on
me....and if my cancer levels have definitively gone up in February, they will
change my medication......
I also had a thyroid ultrasound this week to follow up on some benign
fluid-filled nodules (that I've known about for 8 years); and unfortunately,
they found a NEW "hyper-vascular" nodule that they are concerned about and need
to biopsy. So, I am waiting to find out when they can get me in for that
biopsy.....
So, needless to say.....this has been a very rough couple days, and I have shed
a lot of tears.....and I am quickly finding out that i don't wait very well at
all! Ahhh! It is hard to wait.....waiting for the biopsy....waiting for the
results.....waiting to see how my leukemia is doing in February......etc....
BUT, I am sooo thankful for all of YOU....and just knowing that I can reach out
to you for prayers and support means soo much to my heart! Thank you!
I guess my biggest prayer requests would be that ......
1) God give me lots of grace to wait.....
2) that I can sleep....and my mind doesn't wander all night with all of the
"what if's"
3) that I eat well.....my diet already needs some serious improvement, and I
tend to eat even worse than usual when I'm stressed/worried. .....
4) that there is a CLEAR answer in February as to whether or not I need to
change medications....and IF I need to switch medications that the new one
would work and not cause horrible side effects (i.e. hair loss, fluid on the
lungs, sever headaches, etc...)
5) That they can get me in ASAP for this thyroid biopsy....I am super anxious
to know what this nodule is.....
Thank you sooo much for all your prayers and support! I truly can't even tell
you how much i appreciate it!
Hope you all have wonderful HOLIDAYS :)
hugs & hugs!!
Sara Joy
