tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377218771506051065.post5094562913050274184..comments2023-10-21T03:26:14.989-05:00Comments on Appendix Cancer Survivor's Blog: Life after cancer........Carolyn Langlie-Lesnik RN BSN MSNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16809251183587926473noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377218771506051065.post-21952173394791209632007-08-02T08:43:00.000-05:002007-08-02T08:43:00.000-05:00Hi Michelle,Thanks for your comment, and it's grea...Hi Michelle,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment, and it's great to hear from another long-term survivor! I know of two others who are 6 and 7 year survivors. I'm sure there are others, we just haven't heard from them. For the most part I hear from those newly diagnosed. <BR/><BR/>I do hear from many who have met others in their own communities with appendiceal cancer, and sometimes it seems it is not quite so rare as we believed at first. One of the specialists is calling the disease "uncommon" vs. rare, he may be right. I also wonder how many cases in the past were misdiagnosed as colon or ovarian cancer, I'm guessing many.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your kind words, great to hear from you!<BR/><BR/>Take very good care,<BR/><BR/>CarolynCarolyn Langlie-Lesnik RN BSN MSNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16809251183587926473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377218771506051065.post-7681534541205928452007-08-02T05:57:00.000-05:002007-08-02T05:57:00.000-05:00Hi, I'm a survivor of adenocarcinoma of the append...Hi, I'm a survivor of adenocarcinoma of the appendix. I was diagnosed and operated on in May 2002. I have been cancerfree for five years already, and am doing well. I just wanted to tell you that I am very happy to have stumbled upon your blog, and to know that you are doing well too. Though appendiceal cancer is rare, there seems to be more than a few of us out here with this rare cancer. Your blog is very informative and encouraging. I will vist often.<BR/>Michelle in Taipei, TaiwanMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08037474593100371347noreply@blogger.com