Ed Duerr
In the fourth part of this five-part series, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma survivor and Raleigh, North Carolina resident, Ed Duerr reflects on his cancer journey. Listen to Ed and his daughter Keven discuss Ed's diagnosis and why he chose to travel to Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) instead of seeking cancer treatment at a local facility.
In this fourth segment, Ed reflects on the day he was declared in remission from a supposedly incurable cancer.
Keven recalls her reaction to that moment: "To hear seven months after hearing the diagnosis that he was in remission, I was like 'What! You are kidding me right? Remission? I didn't think we were going to hear that word!'"
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Ed Duerr: Went back in the middle of May and we started with a new chemo regimen. It took three treatments; they were scheduled three weeks apart. Last treatment was in June of last year June of 2009, June 27th and that’s the last treatment that I’ve had. In September of that year I was declared in remission from an incurable cancer.
Keven: To hear seven months after hearing the diagnosis that he was in remission was like, “What? You’re kidding me right? Really? I didn’t think we were going to hear that word.”
Ed Duerr: And six months after I was declared in remission Dr. River told me that I was caner free. And by the middle of July my energy level was back so strongly that I was literally climbing the walls. I had to do something. So, I went back to one of my favorite hobbies which is running, and the very first day out I ran half a mile and two years ago I could barley run a quarter of a mile. And the third time out I was running over a mile. When I got finished running that mile I got back home and I was getting ready to take a shower and I was standing there in the bathroom and I looked in the mirror and I said, “Yup, He’s back. Welcome home.”