Hodgkin Cancer
Diabolo
First of all - good luck in your battle.
Not quite the same but I have been in remission from bowel cancer for the last 16 years or so - it hasn't stopped me flying fast jets in the RAF for the last 15 (finished treatment in the June, flew again in September of the same year!). Never say never, and if they do say no keep fighting!
Again, best of luck
W
First of all - good luck in your battle.
Not quite the same but I have been in remission from bowel cancer for the last 16 years or so - it hasn't stopped me flying fast jets in the RAF for the last 15 (finished treatment in the June, flew again in September of the same year!). Never say never, and if they do say no keep fighting!
Again, best of luck
W
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I actually flew gliders between chemotherapy infusions and whilst taking oral steroids - in the UK if you're fit to drive a car, you're fit to fly a glider.
The CAA however, whilst very supportive, wouldn't let me fly P1 (powered)until I'd finished with the steroids, I was still taking an oral form of chemotherapy when I returned to power flying and did so for 18 months.
It's a very good (emotional) feeling to get back in an aeroplane (of whatever description) during and after treatment.
My treatment wasn't for cancer (immune system needed blitzing into submission or it would have killed me) but the effects of the treatment were the same.
You can beat it, best of luck.
7700
The CAA however, whilst very supportive, wouldn't let me fly P1 (powered)until I'd finished with the steroids, I was still taking an oral form of chemotherapy when I returned to power flying and did so for 18 months.
It's a very good (emotional) feeling to get back in an aeroplane (of whatever description) during and after treatment.
My treatment wasn't for cancer (immune system needed blitzing into submission or it would have killed me) but the effects of the treatment were the same.
You can beat it, best of luck.
7700
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Hodgkin lymphoma is characterized by so called Reed Sternberg cells in whic a bilobate nucleus is found in B lymphocytes upon microscopic examination by a pathologist. It happens to be a rather treatable malignancy if caught early
I don't have the survival rates [five and ten year] before me now, nor the recomended chemotherapy protocols but I believe it to be Cisplatin and Doxyrubicin
I'm not gonna rant on about TNM but if its something like T[primary tumor]1 or 2 N [secondary lymph node involvement] 0 or 1 and M [distant metastases-spreading to other sites] 0 [ask your oncologist] then treatment should be highly effective.
Best of luck with your treatments and try to keep a positive outlook great advances are being made all the time even for more advanced cases
Happy Landings
rhov
I don't have the survival rates [five and ten year] before me now, nor the recomended chemotherapy protocols but I believe it to be Cisplatin and Doxyrubicin
I'm not gonna rant on about TNM but if its something like T[primary tumor]1 or 2 N [secondary lymph node involvement] 0 or 1 and M [distant metastases-spreading to other sites] 0 [ask your oncologist] then treatment should be highly effective.
Best of luck with your treatments and try to keep a positive outlook great advances are being made all the time even for more advanced cases
Happy Landings
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Congratulations, Diablo! Really glad to hear you are completely fixed.
It's pretty crazy to see how 'common' Lymphoma seems to be.
I was newly diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in July and am currently going through the chemo at the moment - have done two sessions of it so far.
So you got no problems from the regulatory authorities post the chemo then?
It's pretty crazy to see how 'common' Lymphoma seems to be.
I was newly diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in July and am currently going through the chemo at the moment - have done two sessions of it so far.
So you got no problems from the regulatory authorities post the chemo then?
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Get well soon
Hi Diabolo
I hope you can recover very soon. As for me i had suffered the same illness as you 2 year ago. I was in UK Studying for my university at that time, ready to put my cadet pilot applications. I had to give it all up and went back to HK for treatment. It was a long filght, but I managed to pull it off and won the battle againest cancer. I hope all the best on everything, I do wish you can get back to the sky ASAP. As for me I went last year to UK and still manage to pull off a degree in Engineering. I think I learnt to think differently after i encounted this illness. But after all, we both took a different path in life compare with other people. I think no matter is a bad or good path, all i know is that it will lead us brighter day... Get well soon.
I hope you can recover very soon. As for me i had suffered the same illness as you 2 year ago. I was in UK Studying for my university at that time, ready to put my cadet pilot applications. I had to give it all up and went back to HK for treatment. It was a long filght, but I managed to pull it off and won the battle againest cancer. I hope all the best on everything, I do wish you can get back to the sky ASAP. As for me I went last year to UK and still manage to pull off a degree in Engineering. I think I learnt to think differently after i encounted this illness. But after all, we both took a different path in life compare with other people. I think no matter is a bad or good path, all i know is that it will lead us brighter day... Get well soon.
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how about your pilot career?
Hi pentium2828
I know quite some time has passed since your post and even more since you had to give up your pilot dream... but didn't you try later to apply to some pilot training?
Hope your health is good since then....
Yames
I know quite some time has passed since your post and even more since you had to give up your pilot dream... but didn't you try later to apply to some pilot training?
Hope your health is good since then....
Yames
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I've just noticed this thread - I'm not a flyer but I can speak for the long term surviveability rates of a Hodgkins Lymphoma - I was diagnosed at the age of 23 in 1992 and have been in remission sicne August of that year (approaching 16 years).
Since the Chemo/Radiotherapy (which lasted around 6 months), I've had two further children and have managed to hold down a pretty challenging career in IT Optimisation/Transformation.
My Oncologist always said this one was the best one to get and that 5-10 years down the line there was as little chance of a relapse as there would be of someone else getting it the first time around.
Since the Chemo/Radiotherapy (which lasted around 6 months), I've had two further children and have managed to hold down a pretty challenging career in IT Optimisation/Transformation.
My Oncologist always said this one was the best one to get and that 5-10 years down the line there was as little chance of a relapse as there would be of someone else getting it the first time around.
