> From: Aaron Gray <grayfam@itis.com>

> To: vianet@i-2000.com

> Subject: Thanks for you story

> Date: Saturday, August 23, 1997 6:01 PM

>

> Kent,

>

> I too am a leiomyosarcoma survivor. Mine reached stage IV before it was

> diagnosed. It started in my right thigh and spread to by liver. After a

> wide excision of my thigh removing one of my quad muscles, I went through a

> study at MD Anderson involving high-dose chemotherapy following by

> resection of 80% of my liver. I then had seven weeks of radiation because

> the liver tumor was close to my vena cava. I'm back to work now feeling

> well. I'm going in for a check-up in a couple of weeks.

>

> The chemo at MD Anderson did work somewhat. My liver tumors shrunk 20% and

> two were completely gone. They had hoped for a 50% decrease. Nasty stuff,

> both the chemo and cancer.

>

> Aaron Gray