> From: Bob Lemeshka <lemeshka@mindspring.com>
> To: vianet@i-2000.com
> Subject: leiomyosarcoma
> Date: Wednesday, October 15, 1997 7:52 PM
>
> Hi! My name is Pat and I am a survivor of two bouts with the ole leio. The
> first was in 1990 when I began to hemmorage from the rectum. They said that
> it was a very large mass.After extensive surgery and 7 weeks of radiation
> Iwas o.k. Five years later while having my annual CTscan it was discovered
> to have reappeared in my liver. I was very lucky to be close to Emery
> University hospital where I was seen by a pair of fantastic doctors. A
> medical oncologist named McGuire who suggested a couple of rounds of MAID
> (chemo) to be administered at Emery for 4 days. In the final analysis iy
> didn't shrink my tumors. My surgical oncologist is Dr. Wm. Wood. He is a
> terrific man and an even better doctor. He removed three fourths of my
> liver. That was on my 21st anniversary on June28,1996. I am happy to say
> that in August I aws back teaching. I see Dr. Wood every 6 mos. and so far
> so good. I highly recommend that anyone who has this terrible disease treat
> it as aggressively as possible and most important, keep a good attitude. I
> don't know if this will always be a part of my life but I guess that's in
> God's hands. PAT