Cancer i näsan barn

He’s now 20 and living a wonderful retirement at Wild Turkey Farm in Oregon.”

New Reality, New Horse
In 2005, Gail bought the Holsteiner stallion Crown Affair. “I was initially told that most women in my situation lived two to five years, but that some patients exceeded that. Ibland adderas också  cytostatikabehandling.

Cancer behandlas i huvudsak på fyra olika sätt.

For six weeks in fall 2002, she’d go out to ride on weekday mornings, and then go to Stanford for her treatments. “Buying Crown Affair is a perfect example. She forever changed the course of my life. I had six and a half months of very heavy chemo followed by surgery, radiation, and then what I call ‘chemo lite’ [targeted biologic therapies].

Breast cancer is actually many different cancers, each with specific disease progressions and treatment options. My checkbook said, ‘No!’ The rational side of my brain said, ‘No.’ But the side of me that no longer takes any day for granted said, ‘Yes!’

“He allowed me to play on the national stage, and because of him, I was able to compete at some big shows back East.” With several years of success in the hunter ring, the USHJA Hunter Derby program was taking off and her horse had a knack for it.

Three years after my cancer diagnosis, I unexpectedly had the opportunity to buy him. “When I was told that I had breast cancer, my life changed,” she said. I strongly believe that early detection saved my life and made my journey much easier.” Gail had a lumpectomy, and because no lymph nodes were involved, she was fortunate not to have to undergo chemotherapy; instead, she was treated with radiation five days a week for six weeks.

As a mother herself, the diagnosis made a significant impact on Gail.

Redan vid första besöket görs en endoskopi där det tas ett vävnadsprov, biopsi.

Efter det görs alltid en skiktröntgen av huvud, hals och bröstkorg. “Crown Affair excelled in the derbies with John French in the tack, and those years were some of the best years of my life,” she added.

Courage Called For
Fast-forward to 2011, when her checkups and mammograms had been good for almost a decade.

“The connection with the horses has been a very close second.

Kontrasten sprutas in i blodet via en kateter i armen och gör att bilderna blir tydligare och lättare att tolka.

Undersökningen ger en bra bild av tumörens utbredning och eventuella dottertumörer, metastaser.

Ofta kompletteras skiktröntgen också med en magnetkameraundersökning.

Prov från lymfkörtlar på halsen kan också behöva tas. Unfortunately, he didn’t exaggerate, but the results have proven worth the toll paid.”

Her prognosis has improved, though it’s still uncertain.

When she pulled up, she related, “my vision narrowed, my hearing went into a tunnel and I nearly fainted on the horse before leaving the ring.” It would be another year before she tried again.

Back in the day, she competed in the High Amateur-Owner Jumpers with her horse Jetson. I was due for my first mammogram three months after my diagnosis.

The Thomas family could not have been more supportive.”

In 2014, she competed at a small show close to home, but after going once around an Adult Amateur Jumper course, she realized she wasn’t ready.