#complete remission

Harry Reid Says He’s Cancer-Free After Experimental Treatment

Good News Notes:

“A year and a half ago, former Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada all but pronounced himself dead from pancreatic cancer.

‘As soon as you discover you have something on your pancreas, you’re dead,’ the former Senate Majority Leader told the New York Times Magazine, in late 2018.

But 18 months later, Reid and his doctor say the former senator is in ‘complete remission.'”

I found out 2 weeks ago I’m in complete remission from leukemia! Because of the chemo I had (ATRA and arsenic trioxide) I need to wait at least a few months before trying again to get pregnant. I’m thankful that my fertility wasn’t completely lost due to cancer, but the wait is agonizing. I have my next follow up in June to ensure that the leukemia is still in remission, and I think we’re aiming to try and start ttc after that appointment. There’s always a chance it could come back, but the odds are in my favor that it won’t.

All my oncologist has really said was that the treatment wouldn’t impair my fertility, but he’s never personally had a patient go on to have children that he knows of. The kind of leukemia I had was so rare, and the treatment I had is so new. There are a few clinical studies I’ve dug up of successful pregnancies over the last few years following the type and cancer and treatment I had, which gives me some hope.