A total suprise to me, but my docters informed me I’m completely fertile again!
they consider spermcounts of over 20 million/ml to be normal – mine was 59 million/ml (although before chemo one of my measurements hit 119 million )
they consider motility of over 40% normal – mine was 59%
the movement ’speed’ of these [...]
Alexander Smakman is a member of Faust (fraternity), who joined us last February. He called me last Wednesday with pretty bad news: he was in the LUMC and diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia. Last Friday we visited him with a group of Faust and I told him that if he wanted such a big surpriseparty [...]
Merel did fight her cancer with all means available.
Merel did have massive support from friends and family.
Merel did show unending optimism and courage.
Merel van den Berg didn’t survive cancer.
I feel very sad. Such things shouldn’t happen.
Merel’s website
Merel’s weblog
Merel is a hero!-post
This evening, I read the weblog of Merel van den Berg, a 27-year old cancer patient with Non-Hodgkin. It is a heartbreaking story of a young woman who has faced a lot of setbacks in the course of her treatment. It took over one-and-a-half hours of reading and crying to get through it. Her character [...]
Last Friday, I got the results of my x-ray of the week before and they were good !! This was such a relief!
When Hodgkin-tumours diminish due to chemotherapy/radiotherapy they leave some scar-tissue (“littekenweefsel”) behind. With this x-ray you can see whether the remaining scar tissue changed compared to the CT-scan done last [...]
Thursday, September 8 2005
Dear Friends around the Globe,
An update with info and pictures on two great holidays and more!
- Upcoming.
Last week I got an x-ray to make sure cancer has left my body. I’ll get the results soon. This is the first *real* x-ray check after I finished my treatment – so I’m quite a [...]
Friday, July 9 2005
Dear Friends around the Globe,
Rogier is back travelling. I flew back to the US to (re)visit Princeton. It was a special holiday, confronting yet good for the soul. Afterwards there was a small ‘1903′-reunion in Leiden and I prepared for a summer full of travelling! And now I’m writing an email from [...]
Tuesday, May 17 2005
Dear Friends around the Globe,
– Surprise Party –
What a surprise-party it was!! I was absolutely overwhelmed. It was the best party in my life with the best reason for it ever.
A month ago five fantastic friends – Clemens, Died, Sanne, Evelien and Matthijs – threw a HUGE surprise-party for me to [...]
Saturday, April 9 2005
Dear Friends around the Globe,
- Been there, done that.
On January 14 I received my last dose of chemotherapy. In February I went to the hospital daily for radiotherapy. And then on February 23 at 2.30 PM something remarkable happened : I finished my treatment.
To have my 14-day cycle from chemo to chemo [...]
Countdown to final dose of chemotherapy.
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