My story
Let me start by saying I am 26, I am a suspended lawyer and until one year ago, I had a normal, without anything out of the ordinary, life. That would make me a young woman just like any other young woman of my age.
But now allow me to explain what makes me different! On one hand, my name is Cristina Dinu, and on the other hand, in august, last year, at the age of 25, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease (lymphatic cancer), stage II B. This means, as I was told by the doctors, cancer, but, as ironical as it sounds, the „best cancer to have”,. The meaning of all this is that this disease has a very big curability rate, and, statistically speaking, with the appropriate treatment, I can get my health back, and my entire life, that was suddenly interrupted, and all of this agony will become just a memory.
Long story short, August last year, after 6 months of medical investigations, in various clinics and hospitals in Bucharest, public and private, in order to identify possible causes for the persistent back pain, reluctant to all medical treatments suggested by doctors, I was urgently led to Doebling Clinic Vienna by a friend of mine. At the end of August 2008, at the age of 25, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease (lymphatic cancer), stage II B, in Doebling Clinic Vienna, on basis of histopathological examination on two biopsy materials performed in the same clinic.
We decided to use the medical services provided by Doebling Clinic Vienna when my general condition was seriously damaged, presenting superior vena cava syndrome. The doctor I was seeing at late august 2008 warned me that at that point my life was endangered.
Another argument for my choice, to follow the treatment in Vienna was that while the doctors in Romania considered the prognosis for my disease to be extremly poor, the doctors in Vienna adviced me that I should understand this is a very treatable disease and, with the proper treatment, I would be totally and definitively healed.
At this point, I have to mention the fact that my diagnosis with lymphatic cancer came as a big shock, after the Romanian doctors kept declaring me „clinically healthy”, although my cancer was „messing” with me for about one year – as I was about to find out. In less than a month in Doebling Clinic Vienna, I already had a diagnosis and started the first regimen of chemotherapy.
Between august 2008 and March 2009 I had two types of chemotherapy, initially with very good response, the tumor masses were reduced by 80% in between chemotherapy cycles. But, March 2009, the disease started to progress, which made me a part of the very exclusive 10% of the patients with progressive Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. This means the disease doesn’t respond to the first line chemotherapy regimen, and another strategy is needed.
This twist of events translated into the necessity of having a Stem Cell Transplant with cells obtained from the peripheral blood. First option – Autologus Stem Cell Transplant, with the patient’s own stem cells, and the second option – if necessary, Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant, from a non-related donor (as You can imagine, I didn’t have the luck for my sister to be a matching donor).
In conclusion, right now – middle of August 2009 – the equation looks like this: I have an appointment, as soon as possible, depending of the time the next patient will be released from the stem cell section of the hospital, at the end of the month or latest at the beginning of September, for the Autologus Stem Cell Transplant, with my stem cells, already harvested in May, that equals with a huge chance of complete remission, that is… a second chance to my own life, which in the present, doesn’t even belong to me anymore.
But, after a hole year of medical interventions (3 surgeries), treatments – chemotherapy and radiotherapy – and many other medical procedures, the financial resources of my family and the possibilities to obtain a lone are completely exhausted. This makes the situation desperate, because until the end of the month, to be able to get the transplant, I have to pay the enormous amount of 97.214 Euros, from which we have managed to raise only 50.888 Euros.
Considering the aforementioned facts, I find myself in the position to do something I never thought I would have to do, but, being my own life in sake and ending the torment of my family, I will do it.
And by that I refer to launching a request to You, for financial add, knowing that any donation, in any amount, will contribute to the miracle I so much need: to get back my health and my life.
Buna Cristina,
Sunt Anca Vlaicu, sotia lui Adrian Vlaicu. Am aflat despre lupta pe care o duci de la bunica ta, care a vorbit cu soacra mea de la Videle, in urma cu cateva zile.
Vrea sa-ti spun ca suntem alaturi de tine si ca, impreuna cu prietenii, incercam sa te ajutam sa treci cu bine de aceasta incercare.
Te admir pentru curajul cu care lupti pentru viata si pentru sanatatea ta, in situatia in care eu de abia am curajul sa citesc randurile scrise de tine.
Iti doresc sa ai credinta si puterea de a invinge boala.
Pe curand,
Anca
http://www.salveazavieti.ro
s-ar putea sa te ajute sa obtii fonduri de la ministerul sanatatii ca sa poti transplant/tratament in afara tarii. Cunosc personal pe unul din membrii fondatori si chiar te pot ajuta.
Buna Cristina,
esti un om foarte curajos, te admir si o sa incerc sa te ajut cum pot; te rog sa faci rost de aceasta carte, este o lectura geniala si te va ajuta sa inveti multe despre tine si sa invingi boala – au facut-o si altii. Se gaseste la chioscuri sau la depozitul de carte.
http://www.divin.ro/?53t4l&subdetalii=Detalii&v7f2k=1945
Toate cele bune, credinta multa si mai ales ganduri pozitive,
Te imbratisez,
Ela
si uitasem de Dr. Breuss care a scris “Cancer si Leucemie” – tratarea acestora prin regim si ceaiuri.
Noi, oamenii sanatosi, ne lamentam pentru orice necaz consideram noi ca este important, de multe ori fara sa ne gandim ca ce ti s-a intamplat tie ni se poate intampla si noua in orice moment. In pozitia in care esti tu acum, nu cred ca te mai poate consola ceva, nici chiar cuvinte pline de duiosie si speranta venind din partea noastra, insa as vrea din toata inima sa crezi cu toata fiinta ta ca multi dintre noi ne simtim rusinati pt asta, si ca, in fata oamenilor ca tine, care se lupta cu boli cumplite, ne simtim neinsemnati si umili, si ca ne rugam pt tine si iti dorim tot binele din lume si toata puterea de care ai nevoie sa te lupti cu tot ce urmeaza. Ai incredere in tine si in Dumnezeu. Nu inceta sa speri ca totul va fi bine, autosugestia ajuta enorm, si gandurile bune de asemenea. Sper sa aud numai bine in ceea ce te priveste.Ai incredere!
Stimata Cristina
din cate cunosc eu sunt remedii homeopate,care va pot ajuta.Eu nu sunt medic ,dar ma pasionat medicina naturista,cel mai bun lucru ar fi sa va adresati unui medic homeopat bun.
Sanatate.
Urkon Elemer
Cristina, cel mai important nu este sa supravietuiesti ci sa ai o viata implinita. Oricat ar fi de lunga sau scurta. Iar daca atatia oaneni se roaga si chiar daruiesc pentru tine, este un semn al lui Dumnezeu.. Noi suntem creati dupa chipul si asemanarea lui. Asta inseamna ca EL chiar este interesat de tine.. si te accepta!
Sa auzim de bine
Dear Christina,
My name is Jeff. I live in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. In December 2004, i was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. I was lucky. After 6 and a half months of chemo therapy, I was “cured” for lack of a better term. i have been in full remission ever since. Ironically, in early 2007 my younger brother was also dianosed with Hodgkin’s… Although it is considered to be a less life threatening form of cancer, Allen has shown us how… It is not always the easiest cancer to beat.
I love my brother. However, he is a HUGE asshole… LOL. Of all the people in my family, I was the one… I was a 5 for 5 match for stem cell donation. 3 months ago after the doctors told us that they had exhausted all treatment options and “hospice’ was the only option… We prepared for my younger brother to die….
After 2 and half years of struggling with this disease… He had dropped from 205lbs. down to 132lbs… With the only remaining option from all of his doctors at John’s Hopkins Medical Center being that he prepare to die…. He instead has chosen to ‘eat’…. He has gained 12 lbs… He has not given up…. His last PET scan came in showing his tumors have stopped growing…. he is gaining enough strength for one last round of treatment…. On October 30th, 2009 I will travel back to John’s Hopkin’s to have my bone marrow harvested and given to my brother Allen….
There is always hope when you have strength to fight. Never give up! You are a beautiful girl with 1000’s that love you and are on your side. But, despite everything else; it’s ultimately up to you and your inner strength to fight back and never give in to despair.
I believe in you! Be positive and beat this thing! And when you are done, and you have your life back…. Never waste a a single minute of a single day without looking at the sky, or looking at a child and smiling… You are blessed…
Now… get to work! You have a lot more living to do!
-jw
there is a cure, which costs 20 EUR and i have seen it work on my friend dad who was diagnosed he have 2 more months to live (after they open him up and realize there is metasases everywheere..). 2 months latter, no cancer anywhere, and guy is healthy and happy. many people cured cancer within 1-2 months. check it out christina, it WILL change your life. http://www.mmshealthyforlife.com/?cat=88
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All the best from England
Zimbrul
Buna Cristina,
.Cu ceva timp in urma am avut o mama bolnava de cancer si nu iti pot spune cat de mult mi-a schimbat viata si cum am inceput sa privesc lucrurile,intr-adevar numai printr-o boala sau tot felul de necazuri iti dai seama cat de pretioasa este viata,si numai in momentele acestea iti dai seama ce om esti si pe cine ai aproape,in alte cuvinte ai tot sprijinul din lume, te admir pentru cum ai luptat pana acum pentru sufletul pe care il ai,si daca te-a invrednicit bunul Dzeu de o asemenea boala inseamna ca te invredniceste si de o sanatate de fier 
.Te imbratisez cu drag,suflet,care ne inveti pe noi sa ne ridicam!
Ma numesc Cosmin si sunt student la o facultate din Bucuresti,am vazut atat pe internet cat si la televizor despre cazul tau si lupta pe care o duci cu aceasta boala,sunt profund impresionat de vointa si curajul tau de a lupta,cred ca mai bine ai fi soldat pe campul de lupta asemeni Ecaterinei Teodoroiu
Hristos sa te aiba in paza.
Buna,
imi primul rand multa santate. Ma furnica pielea cand iti scriu. Am 26 de ani si vara trecuta spre toamna am trecut printr-un cosmar, emotional ce-i drept, caci la mine diagnosticul a fost infirmat si multumesc lui D-zeu pt asta.
in al doilea rand as vrea sa te intreb daca mai ai nevoie de suport financiar?
multumesc,
Cristina
buna , sati dea bunul Dumnezeu multa putere ,vointa si tu trebue sa lupti sa traesti .Sper sa poti aduna bani necesari pt a te putea opera.eu ce pot sa iti zic ,din suflet iti zic o sa ma rog pt tine sa te faci bine .Mult noroc