Re: OT----my nephew has cancer

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I have more specifics about my nephew. He has a fast-growing tumor near the top

of his lungs. It is in the same family of cancer that Lance Armstrong had, and

they were surprised not to find it in his testicles also. It is about 8x10cm

big, and the technical name for it is a germcell tumor, primary mediastinal,

non-seminoma, hope I got that right! Three doctors agreed on the diagnosis and

treatment, and he has already started chemo. Chemo is supposed to be more

effective on fast growing tumors. His symptoms have only come on in the last

month, so they're hoping they caught it early. He will get 6 days of chemo,

then have 15 days off, so 21 day cycles, and will repeat this 4 times.

I spoke to him on Saturday, and he is in good spirits and has a positive

outlook, considering, so that is good. I asked him if he was open to

alternative ideas, and he said yes, so I will be forwarding any information and

links to him that you guys give me. He's a smart kid, so I will let him decide

what makes sense to him. He did say that he had met a person who had their

amalgams removed and did chelation and regained their health, so that is good

too. He knows I'm doing it also, but I haven't talked in detail with him about

it. So at least he has heard about it and is open to alternative ideas. So

thank you for your responses, and I will be forwarding them onto him.

Jackie