Ty for posting. Vandebilt is a great hospital. it is a college as
well and they do a lot of experimental stuff. i hope your family is
recovering well form the hurricaine. It was a a horrible thing for
you to have to go through. I have joined a couple of these cancer
groups and I ahve to say you guys have really helped my morale. I
am going to beat this and I will be here for you all to witness it
first hand.....



--- In thecancerwarriors@yahoogroups.com, Lynda Kelley
<kelleylynda@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Katrina,
> This is so strange, I signed up to get on this site
> six months ago, and I just received my first posting
> from you. The really odd part is you said you had
> been treated at Vanderbilt, and my oncologist told me
> last Friday, she is moving to Nashville next month and
> taking a position at Vanderbilt, and her specialty is
> Head & NECK (including esophogeal ) cancer. Her name
> is Dr. Jill Gilbert, and she truly, with the help of
> God, saved my life. I'm a three year throat cancer
> survivor. You have a double whammy with Bi-polar
> disorder, my husband has it and every day is a
> challenge for him even on medication. My heart and
> prayers go out to you. We're in the New Orleans area
> and its because of Katrina that my doctor is leaving.
> Cancer patients here have had a difficult time
> locating their specialists after Katrina. Please keep
> in touch anytime.
> Kelleylynda@...
>
> Lynda
>
> --- Katrina Layne <katrinainky@...> wrote:
>
> > ANOTHER THING IS THAT IN ABOUT 10 YEARS THE SURVIVAL
> > RATE HAS ONLY INCREASED 2 PERFCENT. That makes me
> > angry. I thought there was ongoing reserch....2
> > percetn not much for us to be proud of as this
> > disease steals our loved ones before we are ready to
> > let go.
> >
> > PAM ADAMS <padams1154@...> wrote: Wow
> > Katrina, so sorry to hear all this that you have
> > gone through, my heart goes out to you for all your
> > suffering....I'm Pam, I was diagnosed with breast
> > cancer in 2001 and underwent double masectomies,
> > with 7 reconstructive surgeries to follow....I'm
> > going on my 5th year and my oncologist only gave me
> > 2 yrs....good thing that she was wrong, and the Good
> > Lord gave me a reprieve....So don't give up hun,
> > there are miracles out there, they do happen, and I
> > will be praying for you to recieve your
> > miracle...just don't give up, fight fight
> > fight....that's the only way to win....please keep
> > me posted as to how you are doing, and I will keep
> > you in my thoughts and prayers..huggggs to you
> >
> > Katrina Layne <katrinainky@...> wrote: To
> > Whom It may Concern:
> >
> >
> > My name is katrina Layne and I was and internet
> > model
> > as well as a teachers assistant for head start ages
> > 3 to 5.
> > In July of 2004, I was told I was pregnant..
> > Shortly after there were complications and i
> > was told it was and eptopic pregnancy. I was
> > given shots of methotrexate to cause a miscarriage.
> > The shots did not work and my beta hcg level
> > continued
> > to grow. after numerous ultrasounds and autreiograms
> >
> > and 2 d and c and laserscopic surgeries I had a
> > hysterectomy.
> > all tests showed nothing in my reproductive system.
> > In January of 2005 8 days after my hysterectomy I
> > began
> > chemo therapy for Gestational Trophblastic Disease.
> > I was told this was a rare cancer. that I was
> > pregnant
> > but the placenta tissue had been so small it had
> > left
> > my reproductive system. It was some where in my
> > blood
> > stream and they had no idea where. I began weekly
> > chemo.
> > i was admited to the hospital weekly for the chemo
> > as the
> > sessions were long. I under went chemo from January
> > of 2005
> > until March 30, 2005.. I began to try to recover but
> > i was
> > still having problems with being week. I also
> > underwent ear
> > surgery for a ruptured ear drum as i was having
> > infections
> > more frequently and my chmeo dr recomended it. In
> > January 2005
> > i also began Psychiatric care with Dr David Kapley.
> > I was later
> > diagnosed with bipolar disorder. In July of 2005 I
> > began to
> > experience chest pains and was sent to my general
> > physician
> > Dr Tapp. He diagnosed thorugh various tests that i
> > had had
> > a minor heart attack he blieved the chemotherapy had
> > caused
> > a weakening to my heart.. He also referred me to a
> > sleep
> > specialist that has diagnosed sleep apnea. I have
> > also been
> > referred to a neurologist that has diagnosed bulging
> > discs
> > in my neck in 3 locationas and damage to my
> > autonomic nerve
> > system due to the chemo. All of this has been
> > confirmed
> > thorugh various medical tests the Drs have
> > performed. During
> > this time as well I was referred to Dr Boggess who
> > performed
> > nose surgery opening up my airway in hopes of
> > helping with
> > the sleep apnea. It did not. I go back to the sleep
> > lab this
> > sunday April 30 and after that should soon be
> > getting my machine.
> > Through out all of this beta hcg levels have been
> > drawn and
> > remained at level 0 but i have continued to be weak
> > and ill
> > thorugh out never getting any better. then in April
> > of 2006
> > I began to have trouble swallowing and holding
> > things down.
> > Dr Tapp at that time referred me to Dr Morrisey a
> > gastrologist.
> > he performed a Bariun dysfuison wash and a endo
> > scope. He also
> > did a cat scan with the dye. He found what looked
> > like a big
> > ulcer beginning at the bade of my esophgas extending
> > down into
> > my stomach. he said he biopsied this. he had me come
> > back in
> > for a cat scan with the dye. It showed that this had
> > traveled
> > to the liver and could not be operated on. I was
> > diagnosed with
> > cancer of the esophgas,
> > stomach, as well as the liver. i went to
> > vanderbilt, a hospital in
> > Tenn. for a second opinion and they said the same.
> > They recomended
> > chemotherapy in hopes of prolonging my life. the
> > diagnosis is
> > 3 months to 3 years and I began chemo on March 17,
> > 2006.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Katrina Layne
> >
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