And so I recovered and reached complete remission
My story with lymphoma - non-Hodgkin's high grade stage IV.
And so I recovered and achieved complete remission:
After chemo, my energy level dropped to well below zero. I was totally weak, emaciated and exhausted. I also brought down then 3x with pneumonia. Gradually it went better with me. I felt stronger. The first time the pond in my neighborhood walk around ± 3.5 km, was a milestone. The smallest things I experienced as a party. The weather was hanging himself, a plant for the garden buy all the groceries themselves. The first time in the concert hall, I felt a king. Now, in November 2005, more than two years later I remain one year away from the hematologist and do not see the scan. I eat according Houtsmuller, not super strict, the occasional ice cream for example, use supplements and visit Dr. Valstar 2x per year. I get acupuncture once a month, I sit there in one month program of thai-chi, qigong, meditation and acupuncture. The gamma globulin infusions are now 1 every 3 weeks. I feel good, strong and healthy. And I feel happy. The doctors in the LUMC let themselves not as exuberant about that, call it a total remission. But non-Hodgkin's not a properly functioning immune system is not an ideal starting point for chemo. Non-Hodgkin's return, but this result may feel for me and my family, so bad that I have seen as a miracle. I feel great confidence in my life. I have lots of rest and sleep. The chemo has some damage on my body but myself animating in my doings, I am well off. What is striking is that I hardly / not cough. I tennis, walk like a piece of hard, do everything in and around (large garden) my house again itself. I sing in a choir, take a weekly yoga classes. I do not work that would be too much. I again continued my yoga training. I recently completed the kinderyoga teacher training. I give a student-teacher 1x weekly lessons at home. I feel a strong desire in me to grow to do more yoga. Perhaps in another direction children. Perhaps towards adults recovering, cure cancer. This is the future. This is my story in brief. Why would I tell? Perhaps the other for support, inspiration. It has helped me, the stories of others. It gave me such strength. Marja
