The leukemia is back?

I just turned 14 2 days ago. I had leukemia when I was 10 and went into remission within a month of starting chemo. I went through 3 years of maintenance chemo and finished recently. Then lately I had been feeling sick and I went and got a blood test yesterday. We got the call today that the leukemia is back. What is going to happen to me now? Am I going to have to get a bone marrow transplant, will that cure me? I'm really scared because I don't want to die and I heard that if it relapses it will be very hard to cure the second time around. I'm so scared and I have a million questions. Has anyone out there beat their fight with leukemia, or beaten it especially when you relapsed? Thanks for your answers.

-Hannah

Thank you all for your answers. We found out today that it is in my Central Nervous System. I will have to go through radiation and having drugs injected into my spinal chord. They said if that doesnt work we may consider a stem cell transplant. I'm so scared because I know what it is like to go through all these treatments because I have been through it all before. This is my worst nightmare. I dreamed 100 times that it would come back and now it has. I don't want to die and I'm going to fight as hard as I can because I'm not ready to go yet. I want to live longer and I iwant them to find a cure.

My grandmother is 85, she has relapsed several times in the past 15 years but she has finally beaten it and is doing better than ever! She still lives by herself and is healthier than a lot of 40-years-old. She says its because she refused to believe that she wouldn't get better because she didn't have time to plan a funeral! If she can have the will power to do it, I know you can!!

Here is some info:

Relapsed leukemia.
Relapse, or recurrence of leukemia, can occur anytime during therapy or after completion of treatment. Generally, it is more difficult to cure a child after relapse of the leukemia; relapse during or soon after the completion of treatment is considered less favorable than relapse a year or several years after treatment. Treatment depends on the site of relapse, whether it is in the bone marrow, central nervous system, testes, or other locations. Aggressive chemotherapy and radiation treatment, often followed bone marrow transplantation, are used to treat relapse of childhood leukemia.

New Treatments
What's on the horizon for leukemia treatment? The following organization talks about new treatments:

Research updates from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
The big news (early 2000s) for the treatment of CML (and maybe Ph+ ALL) is STI-571. Brian Druker (Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland) is the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society doctor prominent in this research.

STI-571, now called Gleevec or imatinib mesylate


In 2004, ara G entered the treatment plans for T-cell ALL. Clofarabine (2005) shows promise for refractory (relapsed) ALL. More information in an essay on your author's private web site:

from sea to ara c

Statistics
Leukemia accounts for approximately 35% of all childhood cancers
Approximately 1 in 1000 children will be diagnosed with leukemia by the age of 19
It is more common in children under the age of 10
The five year survival rate for children diagnosed with leukemia and subsequently treated is approximately 70%
2500 cases of leukemia are diagnosed per year in the US

Oh, Hannah, I'm so sorry, honey. I had breast cancer a few years ago and the thought of it or another form of cancer coming back scares me. My sister has breast cancer, too.

They will probably start you on chemo. If the oncologist says that a bone marrow transplant would help you, they'd do they chemo while trying to get you a match on the bone marrow. Do NOT give up. There are MANY clinical trials out there that you could try if nothing else works. You know, sometimes it just goes into remission for no reason. Here is the clinical trials site for leukemia:

http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/search;...

Hannah,
I am so very sorry to hear of your report, and I know that it is very frightening.
I have known people with leukemia and each case is different. Your doctor will guide you through the steps necessary to benefit you. He is the one who knows about your blood counts, etc.
My prayers are with you.

Sweetie, I wish you all the best. I mean that. Don't give up. Keep fighting.
Here is the best website for info:
http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/hm_lls
Best wishes

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