Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)?
I want to know a little about treatment, symptoms, problems, and what life is like with it. Also, what is life like shortly before death? How can it kill? I'm talking about a 13-15 year old girl.
How long would she be in a coma. It's fictional :) don't worry!
- Pyewacket
She won't necessarily die. There are treatments for this. With leukemia in children, treatments often work well.
Tiredness would be a symptom. Shortly before death? If you are going to die, you'd be looked after by Palliative Care specialists. You'd have a peaceful death, probably following a time of being in a deep sleep or coma. It's not a difficult death. There shouldn't be any pain. But let's think positive!
- rockdjchick
OK, ff you're talking about yourself, you're freaking out and you've got to stop. You're going to drive yourself nuts. Everyone is dying from the day they are born. There is only one certainty in life and that is the fact that you will die. The real question is...do you fight or do you give up?
Symptoms...my blood cancer was a pain in my side. I have non-Hodgkin's lymphoma which is similar to Leukemia. I thought I pulled a muscle working as a waitress...I thought I lifted a heavy stack of dishes and had a hernia as a result. They pulled out all the infected areas...my appendix, my left ovary, my lymph nodes in the area, part of my colon, part of my small intestine, and a mass the size of a lemon. They took out 4 lbs of insides. I have never had kids, nor am I able to anymore. I'm 36 years old.
Treatment...chemo. They cut an 18" braid from the nape of my neck before it all fell out. Then I was fatigued, I've crapped my pants in public, I once puked on my cat, I deal with post-chemo with-drawls, and have neuropathy in my feet and fingertips.
What is life like it? There is no such thing as "normal" life; there is only life.
There is sooo much research going on right now to help with survival rates. For instance, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has CML. Before 2001, he would have a less than 40% chance of survival. Now,' with the introduction of a drug called Gleevec, he's got a 95% survival rate.
Your "friend" will be in my prayers, but know that she's got one hell of a better chance of not only surviving, but also living a better life than someone 20 years ago. We can't save everyone, but we'll save the ones that we can.
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