Tanner's Journey: An Unforseen Result

Monday, April 18, 2011

An Unforseen Result

Well Dr. Barlogie didn't like what he saw on some of the reports from testing done in Fort Worth. He said it could be nothing -- maybe just the difference of the Radiologist in Fort Worth not being familiar with Multiple Myeloma -- but they want to re-do his tests here in Little Rock.

So.... we are staying a few more days and they are going to do some more tests and we'll see Dr. Barlogie again on Wednesday or Thursday.

The PET scan in the morning is at 5:30 a.m.so we splurged on a hotel room near the hospital and I think we are going to settle in for the night.

Needless to say, the day didn't go as we envisioned...

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UnknownMonday, April 18, 2011
Angie: Praying, praying, praying....and sending good thoughts, and hugs your way for good tests results in LR.

Stay strong.....

Blessings....
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UnknownMonday, April 18, 2011
Angie: What is the name of the insurance company that denied payment of Tanner's treatment?

This is so absolutely ridiculous!!
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Angie WalkerTuesday, April 19, 2011
Thank you Sarah. The insurance company that denied Tanner's chemo coverage was US Health and Life.
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UnknownWednesday, April 20, 2011
Gonna' do some checking.....

Have you tried any letter writing campaigns to your congressman, etc.?
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UnknownWednesday, April 20, 2011
Angie: Send me an email

sarah_gorrell@yahoo.com

I need your email address. I have some questions.
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Recap

One summer day in 2009 my 17 year old son, Tanner Walker, decided to go swimming at a friend's house. While walking across the yard, his left leg collapsed and his tibia snapped completely in two.

Of course we were upset and worried that afternoon when I rushed him to the Emergency Room but I have to admit that the thought of cancer never entered our minds until the doctor came back into the room and told us "There's no easy was to say this other than just say it. There is a tumor in the bone".

They put Tanner in a splint and sent us home and over the next two weeks he saw several doctors who told us it "might be cancer - or it might be nothing" and eventually surgery was performed to repair the break and a biopsy was taken.

After the procedure, the surgeon came out and told us that the good news was that it wasn't cancer - but the bad news was that they didn't know what it was.

Two weeks later, my cell phone rang and it was the doctor wanting to speak to me and explain that they had found a Pathologist who had, finally, diagnosed the lesion as Multiple Myeloma. Can you imagine? I was at work and at that very moment my world, my son's world, our family's world - were all forever changed.

After a full body scan was performed Tanner was found to have hundreds - "innumerable"- lesions in the bones throughout his body and the Oncologist told me (privately) that at the stage he was at, he most likely only had two years to live.

Luckily, we were referred to the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy at UAMS in Little Rock Arkansas where Tanner underwent some of the most aggressive treatment available including chemotherapy and two stem cell transplants. Now, over three years later, he remains in full remission.

He receives maintenance treatment here locally and is back to living the life of a young man... A young man with Multiple Myeloma.

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Monday, April 18, 2011

An Unforseen Result

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