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The Truth About Cancer
that. And they removed the lymph node, the largest one which is about
the size of a lemon from my armpit.
Kevin Campbell: She went in and she got the lymph node removed
and it came back after…
Cortney Campbell: Two weeks
Kevin Campbell: ...we went to several different hospitals because they
couldn’t quite figure out what—they knew it was cancer but they couldn’t
pin point exactly what kind of cancer it was. And so after about three
weeks of waiting and then hoping that it was something else, somehow
something else, it came back. And….
Cortney Campbell: And it was a very rare cancer and they weren’t
quite sure how to treat it because it was—one doctor said the extreme
chemo, another doctor said, well, we might be able to give you a
monoclonal antibody called Rituxan and see how you do first. And then
if it doesn’t respond then maybe we’ll go towards the—our top chemo,
which was what the first doctor suggested.
Kevin Campbell: Yes and then see, of course, being a newlywed
family and facing cancer you’re up for the most non-toxic route possible.
So for us we were keeping our fingers crossed that there was some sort
of clinical trial or some other option that we could pursue. And after it
came back positive for stage IIA or B. I can’t even remember now.
Cortney Campbell: A
Kevin Campbell: A—so we were given the tour of the hospital. We
were in getting sort of the amenities of the chemotherapy suite like we
had just…
Cortney Campbell: The wig shop…
Kevin Campbell: Yeah. And this was all very quick. It was very quick.
Cortney Campbell: The plush recliners and the view of the forest.
Kevin Campbell: Uh-huh, the upper level sort of penthouse view of the
nice forests of Atlanta and…
Cortney Campbell: But when you’re walking through that chemo room
and there’s these people receiving their chemotherapy you don’t see the
forest and the plush chairs and the personal television…
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