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John R. Cullerton

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Cancer type: Carcinoid
Diagnosis year: 2007
Home: Macedon, New York - USA

How I Survive Cancer

I had been losing weight (207 to 156) but thought nothing of it as I wanted to lose a few pounds anyway, a few pounds? For the last 3-4 months I had been having stomach trouble but put it off as GERD and the MS that I have. Sometimes I blame MS on to many things. I was in Florida in April of 2007 and started having gut wrenching pain. I flew back to New York on a Thursday, saw my gastrogist on a Friday and on Tuesday was operated on. They removed 18 inches of intestine, large 8 inches and 10 of the small. Where the two connect they found a golf ball size carcinoid tumor. They also removed 20 nodes of which 5 were cancerous. Today I watch what I eat and take 30 units of sandosatin monthly and B12. My weight has leveled off at 178, but I'm 3 foot eleven. Not really I'm 6 foot, just wanted to see if you were paying attention. Thank GOD for sandosatin the miracle drug.

How I Fight for a Cure

Through making people aware that a deadly disease is still learking out there and the many treatments and cures there are. The American Cancer Society.

My Caring Words of Encouragement

Don't ever, ever give up.



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