> From: al carfagno <akdas@snip.net>

> To: vianet@i-2000.com

> Subject: leiomyosarcoma

> Date: Tuesday, July 15, 1997 9:19 PM

>

> KENT

>

> I WAS SO HAPPY TO FIND SOMEONE WHO HAD THE ABOVE DECEASE, AND SURVIVED.

>

> NOT THAT I WOULD WISH THIS ON ANYONE.

>

> THE REASON THAT I FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE WITH THE SAME DIAGONISIS,

> IS THAT MY SISTER WAS DIAGONSED WITH LEIOMYSARCOMA OF THE SMALL BOWEL.

> SHE HAS HAD HYERTHERMIA TREATMENT AT THE UNIV. OF WISCONSIN, AND THERE WAS

> NO SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT. SHE IS NOW DOING CHEMO. DRUG

> DOXORUBICINE/ADERAMYCINE AT THE UNIV. OF PENN. UNDER THE CARE OF DR.

> ALAVIE. SHE HAS HAD ONE TREATMENT, AND AS OF TODAY 7/15/97 IS DOING FAIRLY

> GOOD. SHE HAD A HARD TIME WITH THIS CHEMO. DR. ROBINS IN WISCONSIN

> THOUGHT THAT THIS CHEMO WOULD BE A CAKE WALK COMPARED TO WHAT HE PUT HER

> THROUGH WITH THE HYPERTHERMIA TREATMENT. PLEASE ADVISE WHAT CHEMO YOU

> TOOK , IF ANY, AND YOUR REACTIONS TO THESE DRUGS. ALSO WHAT DOCTOR DID YOU

> SEEN AT SLOAN KETTERING, PERHAPS WE COULD CONTACT HIM REGARDING MY SISTER.

>

> PLEASE ADVISE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, MY SISTER IS INDICATING THAT SHE DOES

> NOT WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THE CHEMO SHE IS RECEIVING AT THIS TIME. WE ARE

> AT OUR WITT'S END. PLEASE RESPOND.

>

>

> KATHY CARFAGNO, AL CARFAGNO'S WIFE