> From: Marilyn McMillen <Marilyn_McMillen@ed.gov>

> To: kent@via-media.com

> Subject: Survivorship

> Date: Tuesday, November 25, 1997 5:42 PM

>

> Hello,

>

> I was surfing the net to update my information base on leiomyosarcoma

> when I happened across several e-mail messages to you on the topic of

> survivorship. I am interested in receiving the reference, or better

> yet a web citation, to your article that was referenced in the

> exchanges. I am to date a leiomyosarcoma survivor. I had a uterine

> leiomysarcoma removed during a hysterectomy in December of 1991. I

> experienced a recurrence in the form of a pelvic mass in February of

> 1994. Following a partial resection, I underwent a full round of

> radiation therapy over the summer of 1994. I am checked three or four

> times a year and to date remain tumor free. I know I am luckier than

> most, all of my compatriates who I have met through this link are

> gone. I just thought you might want to hear about a positive outcome

> for a change. I look forward to your reply. Marilyn McMillen

>