> 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