but not when it comes to petscans.
when it comes to petscans, i prefer clean women.
good thing that according to the petscan,
my wife is clean.
very clean.
in fact she’s so clean, that if cleanliness
were next to godliness,
she’d be giving yahweh
a run for the money.
here’s something:
THERE IS NO ABNORMAL METABOLIC ACTIVITY SEEN ON PET IMAGES TO INDICATE RESIDUAL OR RECURRENT DISEASE.
that’s one good sentence.
and while there are still tumors that are shrinking,
nothing is showing any activity. nothing.
not the spleen, not the vertebrae, not the pelvis,
not the sacrum, not the lymph nodes in her neck,
not the lymph nodes in her abdomen, not the occipital bones,
nothing.

—–
it’s been a really long six months, hasn’t it?
how have you been? it’s been a long time for you
to be on this webpage, reading.
has it been good for you?
did you enjoy the ride?
i delivered what i promised.
lingling DID give lymphoma a beatdown.
and you delivered too.
you followed.
go back to the very first post.
did we succeed?
i think we did.
i think we did.
and after that i wrote this to be leanne’s bio:
leanne weinshenker is a woman and a mother and a physical therapist and a wife and a lover of cheese and one who does not like needles and a baltimore gal at heart and a friend of many and a small dog accepter and a flat-footed being and a woman of many pairs of black pants and a petite lady and a reader of books and a cheater of scrabble and, yes, a survivor of lymphoma. yes, a survivor already.
—-
yes.
a survivor already.
thanks for surviving with us.
truly.
we love good stories.
and this has been one of the best,
to live, to tell.
our words,
your words.
turn the page
with us.
83 Comments
July 26, 2007 at 10:48 am
I am here in Massachusetts smiling and cheering with you!
July 26, 2007 at 11:00 am
Chills! Chills of joy and relief! You don’t even know me, but I’ve been following …. and cheering …. and now I am shooting cannons of confetti and doing an embarassing, booty-shaking dance of victory on your and leanne’s and lydia’s behalf. YEAH!
July 26, 2007 at 11:07 am
What a relief!! I’ve been checking all day, waiting for to hear about the results - so glad it is good news and can’t wait to see you!!!!
Love,
Rebecca
July 26, 2007 at 11:08 am
Crying….so happy for you….
July 26, 2007 at 11:09 am
Wonderful, wonderful news. My sister has been anxious to come out and see you, and I know she’s glad to hear it will be a victory visit with lots of reasons to celebrate. We wish you continued blessings!
July 26, 2007 at 11:14 am
words can not express.
I’m blessed by knowing this story. knowing your story.
Doing the happy dance right now.. looks somewhat like the pee pee dance only the facial expression is different.
July 26, 2007 at 11:17 am
Chills ran up and down my body! I couldn’t be happier for you and your family and friends. Thank you thank you thank you for sharing your story. What an inspiration you are!!!
July 26, 2007 at 11:35 am
OMG!!!Yippee!! YaY!! Doing a huge snoopy dance…known as the nhl cyber family specialty!!!
I know thats a huge relief for you’s!!! And the picture says it all.
Lingling1….Lymphoma~down for the count..kicked to the curb!!!
Living to tell is an incrediability enpowering thing.
The other side so much sweeter.
Go for it turn the page!!
I am off got some more dancing to do:)
I am so excited for Leanne, you to Daniel and little Lydia.
Go out and celebrate…or something..
Hope
July 26, 2007 at 11:39 am
I am teary-eyed and speechless.
Does this mean we get to see Lee and Lydia in August?
Love,
M & F & ?
July 26, 2007 at 11:42 am
I do not usually post comments but here goes.
I have followed you from the begining and I have laughed and cried. Now I smile for your child, for your wife, for you. I wish you the best and will be praying for you always. I can only hope that everyone experiences the love and hope that the two of you have. You are truly remarkable.
-Misty
July 26, 2007 at 11:50 am
Yes, yes, yes, yes, YES!
YES!!!!
That is fantastic, fist-pumping-in the-air, jumping up and down, giant-cheesy grin, tears welling up in the eyes, thanking God kind of news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 26, 2007 at 12:00 pm
YAY! Yay! YAY!
There really just are no words. For once.
Except - YAY!
July 26, 2007 at 12:33 pm
Simply awesome! You are an amazing family and I couldn’t be happier for you!
July 26, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Woot! Woot!! Woot!!! (That’s TOTALLY allowed today)
I wanna jump up and down and cheer (but I don’t think my colleagues would understand.
I can’t tell you how happy I am for you guys!
July 26, 2007 at 12:44 pm
YIP yip Yippety YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!
Now you can think about- “things to do with a million pill bottles”- make a raft, make those shoe things where you can walk on water, make a massage thingie dingie, fill them with shells from your Celebration Adventure getaway…
No limits! Nada, zilcho, none! Yippety yippety YAY! HB to little L- does she get to raise a glass?
July 26, 2007 at 1:08 pm
That’s the best kind of news! So so wonderful! I’ve been thinking and praying (if you could call it that) about you three lots. Crying and smiling at the same time here. Woohoo! Way to go, Leanne.
Sending a virtual hug.
Laurel
July 26, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Yeah! That is the best news. You must all be on Cloud 9. Congratulations on getting here. I’ve enjoyed the journey with you. Thank you so much for sharing your story.
Oh, and my daughter wore the same outfit the other day as Lydia has on in the picture. I love the flowers on the tush.
July 26, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Congrats & a huge hug, Leanne! Blessings to you & your family as you get back to the “new normal.” The ordeal of kicking cancer’s ass is one not easily endured nor understood. Thanks for sharing your story of success with us all. You’ve changed the world for the better with your words.
July 26, 2007 at 1:30 pm
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 26, 2007 at 1:35 pm
Happy Happy dance and happy happy tears for all of you.
July 26, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Congrats Leanne and Dan - thanks for being such an inspiration.
July 26, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Way to go……I never had a moment’s doubt. Hashem is good.
July 26, 2007 at 2:46 pm
A sigh of relief…I was nervous to check today. I haven’t said hi in a long time, but I have still been reading, and hoping, and yes, praying. I am soooooo happy to read your post today. You promised a beatdown and your wife delivered. Congrats to all of you, and I love the photo.
July 26, 2007 at 2:50 pm
wheee! congratulations to the three of yous!
July 26, 2007 at 3:04 pm
FAB-U-LOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great fantastic news. Peace to you all……..
July 26, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Cool!!!
July 26, 2007 at 3:19 pm
Thank G-d!!! I’m so very, very happy for you!
July 26, 2007 at 3:27 pm
Such sweet, sweet news. Love to all three of you.
July 26, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Such a relief! I’m thrilled for you.
July 26, 2007 at 3:42 pm
yeah. suck on THAT, psychosomatic itch.
July 26, 2007 at 4:28 pm
Congrats, my ling ling. Looking forward to singing the ling song in person!
July 26, 2007 at 4:42 pm
That is incredible news. Incredible. Thanks for sharing your journey with us. Great picture, too…very emotional!
July 26, 2007 at 4:57 pm
How many times can I cry reading one website? Apparently I haven’t reached my limit yet.
Congratulations. I wish you all a lifetime of happiness.
July 26, 2007 at 5:59 pm
Dirty people rock, but clean petscans? They rock even harder. I’m so very happy to be turning the page with your family…
I think that family portrait has been seared into my brain. Love it, I do.
July 26, 2007 at 6:28 pm
We’ve been thinking of you this week and waiting to hear the (very good) news. Such a wonderful birthday present for Lydia. I’m sure that celebrations will be had. We are so relieved and ecstatic for you.
Love,
Julie and Jason
July 26, 2007 at 6:34 pm
I’ve been following your journey from the very start, much like a Peeping Tom looking through the window. Let me apologize for the violation of your privacy, please know that my view was with the best intentions and heartfelt thoughts and prayers. I hope you guys have found some comfort in the knowledge that total strangers have been rooting for you, wishing you the very best.
And on this, a truly banner day, I will be so presumptuous as to celebrate with you.
Happiest, happiest, extremely happy birthday to you Lydia.
God Bless.
July 26, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Dan called me right after you called him and I got all teary at my desk… I’m so happy and relieved for the three of you. Besos y abrazos.
July 26, 2007 at 7:37 pm
So happy…so incredibly happy that I have no words.
Happy Birthday Lydia!!!
Leanne and Dan- you continue to inspire me.
Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!
See you soon,
Lots of love,
Giselle
July 26, 2007 at 7:57 pm
Crying tears of JOY!!!!
I’m so thrilled to have had the pleasure of reading about you, caring for you and rooting for you three all these months.
I feel like I have found life again, too - as a mommy who is present, and as a soon-to-be mommy of three!
Happy, happy day! My heart is soaring.
On a selfish note, I hope you will continue to let us in now and again to see you living this wonderful life (though I’d completely understand you ending this blog with Ling Ling kicking Lymphoma’s ASS!)! No matter the case, you three and your story will long live in my heart!! Thank you for sharing, for your courage, and for giving me my own wake up call!
Julia in Seattle
July 26, 2007 at 10:00 pm
God bless.
You are a beautiful family.
Big high fives to Leanne.
And Happy Birthday, Lydia.
Happy, Happy Birthday.
July 27, 2007 at 12:12 am
Just chills and a big huge enormous ginormous (yes, just read that “ginormous” has been entered officially into the dictionary!) smiles. Ira may be doing the magic show for Liddy’s b-day, but your butt-kicking magic is the best of all! Can’t wait to celebrate with you.
Much love — Jen and the crew
July 27, 2007 at 12:35 am
Fantastic!!! I’m so happy for you! You’re inspiring & deserving & amazing. Thanks for keeping all of us who care in the loop all these months. I hope our paths will cross someday.
Love, Margie, Vic, Laurel, & Jen
July 27, 2007 at 12:43 am
I’m SO very happy for all 3 of you - and I look forward to seeing you in a few weeks! What a relief. PHEW.
July 27, 2007 at 6:04 am
Hooray! That is the best news ever. From this moment on, may life be healthy, happy and wonderful for your family. Lingling is a SURVIVOR!
July 27, 2007 at 7:14 am
Thank you for turning what was starting out as a bad day into a wonderful day full of joy. Thank you for once again helping me put things into perspective. Thank you for sharing yourselves with us. Small prayers will continue to sent up for the three of you. God Bless!
July 27, 2007 at 7:37 am
Wahoo!! Big congrats from Baltimore!
July 27, 2007 at 8:01 am
I have followed your story from the beginning when I came across a link on another blog… I have prayed for your family daily! I want to thank you for sharing your story… such an incredible and private journey. You are an inspiration to many and a gift in this world! I will never forget the things I have learned and will always be grateful… May your journey always have a happy ending…
July 27, 2007 at 8:17 am
Could not be better news.
What a relieve
Love,
Eva and rest of family
July 27, 2007 at 8:29 am
My heart is happy =)
July 27, 2007 at 8:40 am
HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY, LYDIA!
A very happy day indeed…
July 27, 2007 at 9:18 am
sweet success, congratulations to you and your beautiful family
so now tell us about what you’re cooking, what the Colorado sky looks like and the summer joy of a child’s birthday party
July 27, 2007 at 9:53 am
auntie pie says, ” yeah.”
good job.
and
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LIDDY
i love you all.
xo
sam
July 27, 2007 at 10:24 am
AWESOME! AWESOME!
Sorry, just seems like a day to yell from the rafters! Praise God and time to celebrate all the good things that are yet to be!
July 27, 2007 at 10:28 am
“Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too can be given to one only by other human beings.” Elie Wiesel
Thank you for sharing yourselves with us.
C
July 27, 2007 at 10:47 am
hallelujah.
enjoy!
July 27, 2007 at 10:55 am
Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! I’m glad I stuck around. Take it easy people. Just another chapter in the book.
July 27, 2007 at 11:25 am
Yesssssssss…..! :)
July 27, 2007 at 11:33 am
I am regular reader, Daniel and so happy to hear the news.
Bonnie
July 27, 2007 at 11:49 am
You give me chills and watery eyes and happy butterflies in my stomach.
And even more badass strength and hope for my friend Tracy at http://fstage4.blogspot.com
Sending many thanks for all that goodness, and wishes for a million tomorrows just as good as today.
July 27, 2007 at 11:56 am
I am crying tears of joy for you and your family. I have been reading your story and never posted a comment but felt this was too good of news not to tell you CONGRATS! Live well and long!
July 27, 2007 at 12:19 pm
I dont comment here, but I do stop in and I do say prayers for your family.
Congrats and AMEN!! Praise be!
and your wife is beautiful even without hair :)
July 27, 2007 at 2:08 pm
ALRIGHT! What wonderful news!
I’m so happy for the 3 of you. Many you have many more “clean” years ahead!
July 27, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Well you 3, what a wonderful day for a celebration of life. A birthday, good news, joy, elation, praise, love, dancing, singing, clinging to each other, holding hands, kissing, hugging. All wonderful ways we can celebrate your joyous day.
Will continue to pray for wonderfully full days of joy, lots of birthdays to come, sharing old age together with grandchildren and great grandchildren. You 3 are very special and will live forever in my heart. Keep in touch.
Hugs, Sondra
July 27, 2007 at 6:50 pm
Thank God!
So very happy for all of you!
marcia in TX
July 27, 2007 at 7:53 pm
I am a writer.
With nothing to say.
Only tears falling all over your victory.
With love . . .
July 27, 2007 at 8:45 pm
What wonderful news!
I thank you all for sharing your lives and love. You are truly an inspirational family!
Congratulations - go celebrate!
Katy
July 27, 2007 at 9:00 pm
This is just the most amazingly good news. I think so often of all of you, and this journey you’ve been on. I’m so happy for you. You all have inspired me so much. I hope you have the most wonderful celebration ever!
July 27, 2007 at 9:16 pm
i joined the ride midway.
i couldn’t be happier about the results.
i’m glad i’ve been here in the sidelines.
now i’ll slink back away into the internet.
July 27, 2007 at 10:35 pm
What news! Fabulous, I am so thrilled to read this. The picture by the way is glorious!
July 28, 2007 at 2:22 am
KOL HA KVOD!!! WOWA. OOWA. WYE WYE WYE. WOOOOOOOWWWWWWW. MAGNIF!
These are all the ways (okay not all) that Israelis say things I want to say. No, scream. YYYYAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!
You made our day.
Tonight as our family gathers in Tel Aviv we will drink a toast to ALL of you.
What a relief, a joy, a miracle for sure. We are in awe.
Happy birthday to Liddy too. Amazing timing. Perfect.
You are all in our thoughts. We are smiling with you.
Enjoy the magic. (wink)
B’ahava,
Marla
(and Sarit, Eli, Nave, Shlomit, Shlomit, Chaim, Adi, Leeav, Abby, Mike, Cobi, and Gil)
July 28, 2007 at 2:37 am
Congratulations and happy birthday Lydia. I took care of Leanne after her surgery on that horrible day you had to tell your baby goodbye. I shed many tears that day for you all and have shed many since. I have prayed unceasingly for all of you as well. Thank you for being willing to share so I could know that you have all come through this ordeal w/ a success story. It has inspired me to persevere through rough times.
July 28, 2007 at 6:17 am
Whew! Breathing a huge sigh of relief. I’m at BlogHer right now in Chicago and this blog has come up in conversation several times. Keep it up- You have so many people thinking of you and wishing you all the best. Congratulations!
July 28, 2007 at 6:42 am
What awesome news! WOOOO HOOOO! Hoping you’re breathing a LITTLE easier. A bigger smile and even tighter hugs. A tough journey that has brought lessons learned and a miracle. How awesome is that?
July 28, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Yea, yea, yea. Now you will have to change the name of your blog to
“The Life and Times of the Weinshenker Clan”
Good Cheers to you both.
July 29, 2007 at 6:55 am
Rejoice!
July 29, 2007 at 9:39 am
So thrilled with the awesome news. I have been reading but never commented but had you all in my prayers very often! Will continue too ! It is wonderful to see survivors as at my hospital I do not always see it. Hope you have a celebratory weekend and she stays clean forever!
July 29, 2007 at 6:21 pm
Awesome. Smiling a big smile just for you guys.
July 30, 2007 at 8:40 am
Like many others I’ve been a reader but not a commenter. Congrats on some fantastic news. Thanks for sharing. Sometimes words are insufficient to convey your emotions, but you’ve done a tremendous job of letting us into your lives and allowing us to see and feel your pain and joy.
Now go put it into a book so that others can be inspired.
Congratulations again.
August 1, 2007 at 11:39 am
YAYYYYYYYYY…And I’ll stay here reading, as long as you are writing and hope maybe one day to meet this awesome husband and father and his girls too. You guys rule!!!!
August 3, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Oh wow! Yes!! Damn straight she is a survivor.
What wonderful, wonderful news.
August 6, 2007 at 7:48 pm
Rock on, Leanne! You totally kicked that lymphoma to the curb.
August 13, 2007 at 11:53 am
Huge Hugs! You did beat it! Hooray. You give me so much hope for my Mother. Please do not ever stop posting. I want to know that Leanne has lived to 100!!!
August 13, 2007 at 7:35 pm
Exhaling. Jumping. Weeping. Whisper-shouting, “I knew it!”
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