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Robert Gantt
Dear RHHS Class of 1966 friends: Many thanks for the messages of prayers, hope and encouragement. One of my daughters recently set up the Caring Bridge site to help keep everyone informed and it has been a big help especially to my wife, Laura, who has done a great but exhausting job keeping different groups up to date while trying to make sure no one gets left out.
A CaringBridge Site was created for me. It‘s a caring social network to help people stay connected with family and friends during a health event. We should have set this account up years earlier.
https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/robertgantt
Site Name: Robertgantt
If you visit the Caring Bridge site, they will let you know when there is an update posted.
This health journey started in March 2018 with a diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer. I saw Doctors at Levine Cancer Center, Duke and South Carolina Oncology Associates. My cancer was inoperable and my best option for treatment was IV chemotherapy. My first two chemo combinations lasted over two years each before the cancer found a way to work around it’s effects. I've just started my third combination and Doctors tell me it probably won't work as long. The reason for recent visits to Duke was to have cancerous tumors biopsied from my lungs with the hope of finding tissue in the biopsies susceptible to a known drug that has been successful fighting my type of cancer. It's a preemptive move looking for a "next step" treatment. If this effort is not successful then immunotherapy or clinical trials may be the next move.
That's probably more than most of you wanted to know but I can tell from texts and calls that a lot people really didn't understand where I was in this journey.
By the way the 2018 year is not a typo. I have been an exception with 4 1/2 years of treatment
and feeling pretty well most of the time. My Doctors are amazed. I give God all the credit and I thank each one of you for your prayers. I know for sure the God answers prayers. I'm living proof of it.
I have a big Birthday coming up soon and Laura and I just celebrated 53 years of
a wonderful marriage. I have great Doctors and the best caregiver in Laura that you can imagine.
Thanks for your concerns and prayers.
Robert
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