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1/1/2024

New year; new challenges

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Nearly 9 months ago, I found a small, hard knot in my right thigh and it was found to be something called carcinoma with squamos cells, and later a carcinoma with unknown primary. 

The malignant tumor was removed and no other treatment done because nothing else was showing up in what they call PET scan. Then, a fancy blood test that was shipped out and took a while to come back showed something called "circulating tumor DNA" in my system.

Not so good.

So now, the oncologist at MD Anderson has  recommended two chemo treatments, followed by more blood work and another PET scan. The idea of chemo is terrifying, but I don't know what else to do. I'm doing all kinds of alternative stuff, all kinds of supplements, teas, lotions, potions, different  things. But to take a chance and go 100-percent alternative treatment instead of medical treatment at the country's no. 1 cancer hospital is something I'm just not willing to do. 

So I'm going to do both. 

Happy New Year, y'all.

Going to be an interesting year.

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Liz P
1/1/2024 08:03:36 am

John, so glad you are combining traditional and medical treatments as being an active participant in one's care makes it a team effort. My husband is an oncologist and MD Anderson is (as you state) one of the very best places for treatment and cure. Wishing you complete recovery this year!

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Dan Cassidy
1/1/2024 10:57:37 am

Wow John! Sounds like you are doing all that you can do. Stay the course the best you can with training, it does a body good! I’ll keep tabs on your progress and pray for you as well.🙏🇺🇸💪

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    John Henry Clark is a personal trainer certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine, with a specialty in Senior Fitness. Since October 2017, he has been training and competing in Masters track and field as a pole vaulter. Although he took up this demanding sport for the first time ever at age 60, in one of his first Masters competitions, Clark won a gold medal at the Oklahoma Senior Games, qualifying for the June 2019 National Senior Games in Albuquerque, N.M. His mission is to show others by his own example that "you're never too old, and it's never too late." Why not today?

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