Wednesday, 20 October 2010

Great News

My son, Nick, has completed 8 cycles of chemo for his Hodgkins and has been declared cancer free!!!

Thanks to everyone who has offered their good thoughts and prayers for Nick's recovery. It worked with You Know Who's help.

He was finally diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkins, as he had the disease below the waist too. Doctors got the below the waist spots half way through and the PET scan just now showed that Nick's neck is now cancer free too.

You can imagine that I'm over the moon. Blog readers who responded to my initial post really helped. Thank you all again.

We now have to wait 5 years to see that it doesn't come back, then 10 years to be declared cured. 
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29 comments:

  1. cal_trader20 October 2010 at 17:45

    That is great news! Congratulations and keep up the good fight!!

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  2. Anonymous20 October 2010 at 17:47

    That is great news! Life sure takes on a new meaning when you have cancer and then beat it. All the best to Nick! Thanks for the update.

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  3. Rdftrd120 October 2010 at 17:57

    Awesome! God Bless

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  4. Anonymous20 October 2010 at 18:07

    Great news!!! Very happy for you & your son!! Cancer is a plague we need to get rid of! Too many people getting it these days!

    ZX12

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  5. Anonymous20 October 2010 at 18:08

    Congrats for your son Nick and your family! Wishing all the best for Nick's continued health...God Bless

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  6. Anonymous20 October 2010 at 18:55

    Great news EL, congratulations. Best wishes to you and your family.

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  7. Anonymous20 October 2010 at 19:02

    Thats great news EL! Fingers crossed for your son.

    It puts everything into focus and shows us that money is pretty low down on the real priorities in life.

    Bless,

    Nick

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  8. Anonymous20 October 2010 at 19:21

    Most awesome!!!! Love to hear the news. Live Strong!

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  9. Marshall Jung20 October 2010 at 19:33

    Fantastic EL. Great to hear a good outcome. Thanks for the blog.

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  10. R/R20 October 2010 at 19:43

    Glad to hear it Tom. I'm sure your support helped Nick allot.

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  11. Valentin20 October 2010 at 19:50

    Hard work does pay out not only in trading... Congratulations!!! Inspiring!

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  12. Unknown20 October 2010 at 20:35

    Great news... Thanks for sharing and good luck to all.

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  13. August Hanks20 October 2010 at 20:48

    Everything else aside...EVERYTHING!

    That's awesome, words pale.
    Congrats!

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  14. ES_Addict20 October 2010 at 21:14

    Thoughts and prayers are with your son and for a cancer free future!

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  15. TrueBalance20 October 2010 at 21:21

    Great news! Thanks for sharing. Best wishes to you all.

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  16. Paulo C20 October 2010 at 21:58

    Fantastic news Tom. I love to hear that, i wish the best to you and your family

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  17. Anonymous20 October 2010 at 22:26

    Congratulation and best wishes to son and dad!
    Petr, Vancouver

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  18. Anonymous20 October 2010 at 23:10

    Congratulations!
    Wish your son a bright future!

    Jack

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  19. pip20 October 2010 at 23:27

    Very uplifting news for the Tomteam...and for us too.

    Smiling here for you Nick and for all concerned.

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  20. Anonymous21 October 2010 at 00:10

    Wonderful News! Eventually good things happen for good people and you proved it.

    Thanks
    Chak.

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  21. namstrader21 October 2010 at 00:45

    awesome news! and thanks again for your sharing with your blog.

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  22. Geo21 October 2010 at 00:56

    Well done, Nick! All the best for a healthful present and future. Cheers to the EL Clan on this happy news.

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  23. gerrytrader21 October 2010 at 02:08

    Great news

    Blessings are around

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  24. Yuval W21 October 2010 at 02:11

    WOW! All the best for Nick and the family, god bless..

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  25. Anonymous21 October 2010 at 03:22

    Great News, I had stage 4 Lymphoma back in 2002 and after 6 months of chemo, beat that sucker, so far, now just getting yearly check-ups. Anyways, Congratulations because I know it was a bietsch!

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  26. croctrader21 October 2010 at 05:52

    Living life to the full will hold meaning for Nick that I and I'm sure others can't even begin to imagine. So much to look forward to for you all. Best wishes, Kevin.

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  27. Les21 October 2010 at 12:24

    Wonderful news Tom ! Best wishes and good health to Nick and all of the Bartons for the future.

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  28. tickvix21 October 2010 at 14:26

    Tom,

    Awesome news. May he be cured soon as well.

    tickvix

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  29. Jake21 October 2010 at 15:57

    Awesome. Best news I heard all day.

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