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"This story begins with the loss of my parents, both cancer victims. In 1986 my father died, Frank," I was then 15 years and in 1992 my mother died, Mercè, - at that time I was 20 ... I was still young and without the support of my parents, but I insisted that I had to pull out.

These are my parents.

And the years passed. Xevi met in 1994 and in 1997 we got married. Everything was fine until one day in 1999, I developed a lump in the neck that the doctor gave no importance. He said it was a "simple" node, and that it would go ...

In 2001, one day we were watching the cavalcade of Carnival in Mataró (Barcelona), I felt a sharp pain in the neck. After spending Saturday night with painkillers on Sunday morning I had to go to the emergency room at Hospital de Mataró. After spending 4 hours waiting they told me I tested many found he had a lymphoma ... no further details. Had to be admitted but in that time there were no beds. I prescribed more painkillers and sent me an urgent letter to the doctor. It was in April and we were in February!

To all this I was doing normal life. But one day I had a very strong ovarian pain and went to my gynecologist, Dr. Estel Aluart. Exploration only knew it was not normal and, then, made some calls to the hospital and the Hospital Clínic de Mataró getting, finally, to visit me urgently at the Hospital of Mataró, where I visited Dr. Hernández. For its part, the gynecologist I did some tests and I also took them to hospital where they did more: CT, laboratory, biopsy ... After 4 days I was discharged to know the results of the tests. To all this, I was 29.

The results were: follicular NHL grade II and stage IIIA doctor advised me to go to Can Ruti (Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol), Badalona. There, on Thursday, April 5, 2001, I visited Dr. Navarro in the Oncology Day Hospital.

There began my battle particular: the start of chemo (6 cycles of FCM) and though I had some discomfort due to chemotherapy, the days passed, the tests were coming out and I did normal life.

We

to October 2003. He was hoping that the disease would be controlled ... but relapsed. To all this, for one year had a new job and just before going to hospital for review I was told not renewing the contract. sinking The world above me: the sick and jobless again! The new battle had just begun. Then I was 32.

In November 2003 I started chemo treatment of 6 cycles R-COP with a good partial response. As my brother, Josep M ª, is compatible with my bone, they decide to make me a allotransplantation (transplantation from a donor) reduced the intensity Saint George's Day 2004.

process

- March 5, 2004: the day I went to Can Ruti to speak with Dr. Sancho, which is the I have to do the transplant. I have to do many tests!

- March 8, 2004: I go with my brother, Josep M ª, a Can Ruti so that you do an analysis. Dr. Sancho tells me that I could enter the 14 April.

- March 11, 2004: my brother and I are going to Can Ruti. I have a test of the heart and ... Josep M ª analytics goes well on 8! There is a serious attack in Madrid.

- March 15, 2004: new analytical I've got 12 tubes of blood! After spinal puncture I dizzy.

- March 18, 2004: Can Ruti to return to speak with Dr. Xicoy. Testing has gone well, but had low defenses. He had finished the chemo in February ...

- March 19, 2004: Today, another test, X-ray of the spine.

- March 25, 2004: More tests ... CT, X-rays. That afternoon hail and the environment much Can Ruti seems snow!

- March 31, 2004: Today my brother and I are going to Can Ruti. At 10:52 I call to tell him Xevi Josep M ª was "plugged in" to get stem cells.

- April 1, 2004: Today Xevi and I have been to Can Ruti to know the test results are positive ...! We gone to see the isolation chambers Josep Carreras Foundation to the attic floor, where I will be hospitalized for a month.

- April 14, 2004: income and Can Ruti.

- April 15, 2004: Today I put in a catheter. It's been a long time very bad. Even get dizzy. I start the chemo, one in the morning and afternoon.

- April 16: chemo ...

- April 17: chemo. Today I received the first visits of my family! Antoni Montserrat and my uncles, and cousins, Pepi and Rafael, later also has my brother.

- April 18: chemo. Today more visits! They have been my friends Isidre Caboti and his wife Fina Mora and Marta Casas and Montse Godayol capgrossos La Colla Castellera which I belong with Xevi ...

- April 19: " chemo "

- April 20: chemo. Today I visited my in-laws, Joan and Fiona, and my brothers, George and Helena. Today I had the first vomiting and discomfort.

- April 21: chemo. Today has been my brother and Aunt Lola. Today we spent a very bad day! I have vomiting and I had a faint due to the anemia that I have.

- April 22: rest day today. Say goodbye to the chemo and now I get sera. Today I also had vomiting.

most anticipated day arrives! At about 11.30 am I do the transplant. In total have been half an hour. As curiosity I must say that throughout the process it shows a characteristic odor I was powerfully reminded of the smell of cockles!

That day of Sant Jordi i also had my pink, but could not be natural, Xevi and my nieces, Miriam and Laia, I got some roses drawn. The rest of the day I was a bit loose, with headache and upset ...

- April 24, the day after the transplant. I feel more lively. Today I visit my brother and Laura, a friend of mine.

- April 25 I'm encouraged. Anastacia's music and help me Xevi company. In the afternoon I receive a visit from my cousins, Pepi and Raphael, and a call from Mike, an uncle of mine.

- April 26: Tuesday morning I had a good time but in the afternoon, after tea, I have been vomiting. I have a slight discomfort in the little finger of his left hand, possibly caused by bad posture.

- April 27: Our Lady of Montserrat. Today begins the descent of defenses. I received a visit from my in-laws and my brothers.

- April 28: Quiet!

- April 29: Today I have a fever. I get to 38 º.

- May 1, today have come to see my brother, Josep M ª, Montse Gomis and Pep Bosch. In the afternoon I returned to have a fever.

- May 2: nothing remarkable. I visit my friends and Fine Isidre Castellera Colla ..

- May 3: Start caérseme hair. I put two bags of blood!

- May 4: the evolution is positive. Makes me hopeful that the weekend discharged me!

- May 5: Today Neus, nurse, I have shaved hair. Thus saving me see how I like. Afternoon fever.

- May 6: Today I have made the care of the catheter tip.

- May 7: I have a sore catheter site!

- May 8: nothing. Today 10 years ago and I started Xevi out!

- May 9: I get visits from friends: Marta Casas, Quim Boixet, Isidre and Fina .. Mari Carmen called me - raw Xevi. A house called Tomàs Tapies of Castellera Colla ..

- May 10, seeing that the evolution is positive, Xevi back to work.

- May 11: Today I have visited Helena, his brother, Juan Jose and Margarita.

- May 12: Today I was told that the defenses up well!

- May 13: Today I say that if nothing happens, on Friday I will be discharged!

- May 14: Today I have been discharged. Just got home and I received gifts! A bouquet of Dolors Pérez de la Colla, another of Martha, and Montse Fina, and Xevi gives me a watch!

Since those days of 2004, I went to become a routine control. Evolution is favorable. Now I have 36 years. I want to thank the medical staff and health personnel from Can Ruti (Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol), in especially to people with whom I had more treatment: Dr. José Tomàs Navarro, Dr.Juan Manuel Sancho, Dr Christelle Ferrà, Dr. White Xicoy, Dr. Natalia Lloveras, Dr. Montserrat Batlle, Dr. Albert Oriol and the rest of the excellent team!

A Josep Carreras Foundation, my gynecologist Dr. Estel Aluart, Dr JA Hernandez of the Hospital of Mataró, Josep M ª my brother for his generosity, for being every day Xevi my side ...

All-friends and family- company that I did at that time ... THANK YOU! WRITING IF THIS CAN SERVE TO GIVE ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE PEOPLE PASSING THROUGH THIS TIME SENSITIVE .... I will be satisfied!

do not throw FORWARD AND NEVER THE TOWEL .... LIFE IS CRUEL ... BUT ITS DA SATISFACTIONS! MIND .... AND ON!!

These songs - "With the help of friendship" from the Beatles and the "Friends for forever" by Sarah Brightman and Jose Carreras, are dedicated to the people who were next to me at this difficult time: family, friends and medical equipment.

OLGA NOE

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SUCCESS STORY OF A PLAN OF STEVEN A WRESTLER AND FUTURE criminologist. THE STORY OF CESAR

currently Esteban

"My story begins on a day like any other, in which I decide I want to be military and Oposito to be career military, particularly in the navy. When I was 19 years old, I went home to be an only child. He broke my heart to my mother as you can imagine, but I got approve the opposition. The penalty of this is that I met 21 years compared to coast of Yugoslavia in the war so cruel that many had to attend in person. After studying and kept climbing, reaching to get me sent to the United States to study the AEGIS weapon system, in short, that was my job. The last conflict in which I was in Iraq in 2005, and thereafter, went home with the hope of being able to make a new life in Spain, but things were dashed.

ms In August 2007, my wife left me taking my kids and leaving me all alone. In November of that year, while I was showering at first morning, I fainted and lost consciousness for several minutes. When I got to have the strength to get out of the shower, I noticed that gave me a strong blow to the head and bled, so I got dressed and went to hospital emergency Ferrol. In this small hospital had not qualified to give me a reasonable explanation of what had happened and decided to move to a larger hospital entity in A Coruña. I did a blood test and a very sweet and distressed doctor gave me the news that he had acute lymphoblastic leukemia with Phildalphia chromosome positive. After I get a puncture in the back, I was almost platelets and was about 3 short hours in the ICU, they failed to stop the bleeding for the same back, but finally succeeded.

Meanwhile, my parents, who lived in Malaga, A Coruña traveled to see me. We spent a week trying to locate my ex-wife, but never answered the calls, but leave a message saying that it was something serious. Finally, a friend called and did not know his phone and responded to the call. As my kids were in Vigo, decided together my doctor that I moved there to fight the disease and thus be able to stand with them, but my ex did not want to take them to see them and I decided with my parents (I was never left alone), move to Malaga, where they lived.

This opens a new chapter in my life and a new battlefield, since I was 3 months with chemotherapy , fighting to be conditioned for marrow transplantation, with a staff of doctors that I talk to them, I'm excited. And this group of nurses ..., what love, what patience, what warmth ... With that, I keep fighting and come to a confinement chamber for transplantation of umbilical cord and mainly thanks to your foundation for everything you do, that is not small. left the transplant some problems, but more or less well, which is important.

To my mind busy and have a new dream, I enrolled in Manchester University to study criminology. Got Take the first course with a grade average of outstanding and that motivated me a lot. At that time, I met is the woman of my life, which has been supporting me all this time when I had no more strength to fight, they turned to fall in late 2009 and had to start a new struggle, again having to leave the University, although I had enrolled in 2 º. I faced a second transplant in June this year, from what I have gone great and keep fighting, steroids although I have had to give, I have caused necrosis in both hips. Right me and I have operated and have a prosthesis that has adapted to me without problem. Now it remains to be operated on the left, I guess I will before the end of the year.

With everything that has happened, I just want to tell you that you have to keep fighting, because life is too beautiful to be missed and my plans are simply, to live in peace, be with my loved ones and finish my degree in criminology.

Greetings to all and encouragement! "



Esteban Esteban Thanks for sharing your story with us. We hope you enjoy life and your children. Courage!

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"Hello.

My husband Caesar to-day today is 48 years. In 1999 was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) was transplanted in 2000, but fell and turned to transplant in 2001, later I had to put her sister lymphocyte donor had a GVHD great skin, liver and mouth, had a hard time, but gradually he recovered.

After a time he returned to work and his passion for road cycling. For internet we found out that some games were held for transplanted (all types of bodies: marrow, kidney, liver, heart, lung, heart, cornea) and decided to go. In 2005 we went to the World Games held in Canada Transplant Games and won two medals: a gold and a bronze route anti-clockwise. In 2006 we were in Europe for Transplant Games held in Hungary and came back to win two medals: gold and silver route anti-clockwise.

The gaming experience was great, we met many wonderful people, both in Spain and other countries, and everyone with their transplantation, and more alive than ever. Addition dialysis had participants eager to fight and courage.

I'm very proud of my champion, but my greatest pride has battled leukemia. From here I send encouragement to all the transplant, a transplant that hope, which you fight against the disease with pills, chemotherapy or whatever your treatment. For me are all the greatest champions and all medals are few for you. Anecdotally tell you that Caesar when he was in the isolation room the first thing he asked was a ciclostatic. There were days he could not give a single pedal, but were the least, did lots of efforts to get out of bed and keep giving to the pedals, but they were two minutes.

Gloria "

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Carol during treatment

" Hello, my name is Carol, I live in a town near Barcelona and I have almost 33 years and I say almost, because now prefer to put them off years. Many understand why, right?

When I was 29, four and a half months after my daughter was born, I was diagnosed Hodgkin lymphoma , then classified as nodular sclerosis type in a stage IIA. The state told me, more or less to be understood in this type of tumor, which was meant for my involvement in several lymph node chains (mediastinum, supraclavicular and axilla), but all above the diaphragm and no symptoms related to illness . The latter I have none so clear, but it qualified.

seems impossible as time goes on, but this November will mark three years since I administered the last session of chemotherapy. In my case, my treatment consisted of 6 cycles (12 sessions) of ABVD scheme and I had to radiate. Completed three cycles, to make a PET-CT scan to determine the response of the treatment, the result could not be better: all the lymph nodes had decreased considerably and did not log tumor activity. Despite the good news, the treatment plan was modified and my "medical care", Dr. Bosch, I said we had to stick with the original plan, so I still had 3 cycles. These latter sessions are those that made me more uphill. thing that encouraged me when I was in the hospital by day, plugged into the machine, was to think that my little girl was waiting at home. Without doubt, my family was the driving force tore me all day to go, but my daughter would not have been the same. She has been and is the reason why it is worth me being here and fight whatever it takes.

Since I finished treatment in November 2007, follow my reviews, and now quarterly results have been satisfactory, ie, the disease remains in remission. A shock because we have carried out some indicator has changed, but knowing we take, because you have to know a little difficulty to draw a blood sample, can lead to some data that it is out of normal. Fortunately, one need only repeat the test and ended the unrest.

go into a hobby like photography and digital edition, was relieved to a large extent during the treatment, especially I mean emotional overload. helped me to keep my mind distracted and is a hobby that I still practice today, less than what I wanted, that's true, but the obligations are obligations. For this reason, I encourage anyone who is affected by these diseases, to resume their hobbies or to inquire about things you'd like to do, always within the possibilities. To achieve mental well-being during the process, I have to practice your hobbies is one of the best aid.

Three years later, I am a completely normal life and when I say completely normal, is that so. I take no medication, nor do I have any disability. Footprint is only one battle, but these marks, these scars, help me remember how I got here, for without struggle there is no victory. I feel good, and not a trace of weariness that the treatment causes. Now is when I can really enjoy my family without worries and certainly I will do everything in my power to have a day to reach a much larger family, with grandchildren! My husband, one of my mainstays, a saint for his patience and love. Of course, he is the grandfather of my grandchildren, and perhaps the father of a sibling for our daughter Sandra.

This is my story, but before I quit, I would like to leave a piece I wrote some time ago, also as a witness. It was a letter I wrote to my daughter, I hope that some day we read together:

"... The treatment ended, I was recovering gradually forces the battles had died down, and I was very happy seeing you do your first year of life. And soon after it reaffirmed what dictated and months testing and treatment is had beaten cancer . And you you also win. You were doing that anxiety was an annoyance. If you had not been, I just wanted to sleep to forget, or go to be free. Now I suffer just thinking of letting this fight should be with you. Do not fear death, but I panicked thinking that I have on your side when I need to think you can not give you all my love, take care, feed, comfort you. But all this suffering, this cross I will carry on their backs while I live, I do not regret, because you are. I love you more than anything or anyone in this world, over my life, no doubt for an instant. Thanks girl ... "

This is my plan, my great plan: I wish you all much strength and courage to overcome your struggles. I leave two words you shared with me and always I have this: "This is what comes out" and "p'alante provided "!!!!" p'alante

Carol with her daughter Sandra currently

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