Thank you for visiting Anthony's Page. We hope you learn, laugh and appreciate the gift that is named Anthony. He was diagnosed with DSRCT in February, 2001 at the age of 30. He was on Vincristine, Cyclophosphomide, Doxorubicin, Etoposide, Efosfomide, and Mesna. He went through the chemo without any major problems. We were anticipating no problems during the stem cell harvest, but our luck ran out. Anthony had a pulmonary embolism during the harvest. We both handled the crisis quite well. Not sure what had happened, we did not find out until he had a CT scan later that night about the gravity of what happened. Now Coumadin was added to the list of meds he was on. He then had to have one of his testicles removed for fear of further spreading of the cancer. He went through 25 sessions of radiation on his pelvic region and a stem cell transplant. Many CT scans as well as PET scans and he has been clean for over 5 years. What a ride. Our thanks and prayers go out to our family, friends, and to the other strong souls with this horrible cancer. May God bless you all.
Justine.

Journal

Wednesday, April 8, 2009 6:26 PM CDT

My, it has been a long time, a real long time since my last post. All is well with Anthony. He is doing terrific and the main reason I have not been posting is the presence of our year-old puppy, Zena. She is quite the handful and has been keeping Anthony extremely busy. He is due for more scans in August. Hopefully I will add more posts before then. I will also post new pics of him/us/Zena. She is a beautiful dog and loves her daddy. I now work with him at the family business, so I get to keep a careful, and doting, eye on Anthony. Our prayers go out to all who have been affected by this disease. Keep the faith. Don't give up.
Justine

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