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rickie
rickie
Last activity on 01/06/2020 at 5:21 AM
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I had colon cancer 2 years ago. It was removed with good margins. they told me that everything looked good and i could choose chemo or not. Being who i am I declined. They told me there was 10% chance Id get it back. so I took my chances. This past July I had a colonoscopy and sure enough the cancer was back. they say they got it all and lymph nodes look good. I've been on chemo since surgery. I have a colostomy (a piece of my gut hanging out my stomach with a bag attached. Thats how I poop now. praying that I get my strength back after another 2 months of chemo plus radiation' I hate it all. Chemo kicks me to the ground and the colostomy bag is not helping. However if I want to LIVE I guess I have th do this. I'm 71 and have a lot to live for. I even got a second opinion from a very well known cancer center. they said stay with the program. you are way younger than I am and lots more to live for! God bless you and keep you and your family. No one can hate this more than me. BUT Im doing it because even a 10% chance doesnt sound so good any more. Do what you have to do. 6 months in the scheme of things is a short period of time to put your life on semi hold
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I completely understand as I don’t have anyone to talk to also. I’m a widow & I live alone. My oldest son died in 2021 & my youngest son & his family live 3 hours. My father is dead & my mother has chronic back pain & is immobile. My younger sister lives with our mother & she is going through a divorce from her husband who abandoned her. My sister doesn’t visit me, help me, call me & rarely texts me. I have various cousins, a niece & nephew that are spread out in nearby states but are hours away from me. After I told my friends I had cancer, they quit contacting me. I have learned how to be my own care giver. It has been very difficult. I’ll admit I’ve been depressed, cried a lot, felt sorry for myself but I never gave up. I prayed & read my Bible everyday. Then I found cancer groups online like this one where I could share what I was going through & got empathetic responses. That really kept me going. I hope you find someone to talk to but I highly recommend the online cancer chat groups.
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DCline3dogs
I completely understand as I don’t have anyone to talk to also. I’m a widow & I live alone. My oldest son died in 2021 & my youngest son & his family live 3 hours. My father is dead & my mother has chronic back pain & is immobile. My younger sister lives with our mother & she is going through a divorce from her husband who abandoned her. My sister doesn’t visit me, help me, call me & rarely texts me. I have various cousins, a niece & nephew that are spread out in nearby states but are hours away from me. After I told my friends I had cancer, they quit contacting me. I have learned how to be my own care giver. It has been very difficult. I’ll admit I’ve been depressed, cried a lot, felt sorry for myself but I never gave up. I prayed & read my Bible everyday. Then I found cancer groups online like this one where I could share what I was going through & got empathetic responses. That really kept me going. I hope you find someone to talk to but I highly recommend the online cancer chat groups.
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Hi! I am new to this site and this is my first post. A little back story on me......I found out i had colorectal cancer after an exploratory surgery was performed on me the day after i delivered my son. This was in September of this year. I had issues during my pregnancy and they were all blamed on my pregnancy and never looked into. During this surgery they found that my appendix had burst (where my cancer was found) and my right ovary had burst also (cancer was found attached to my ovary as well). They decided to wait a month and go back in again to take parts of my intestines and lymph nodes to see if the cancer had spread. Luckily that came back negative. I am cancer free as of right now. However, the oncologist i went to wants me to still do chemotherapy “just in case” for 6 months. I am a stay at home mom of 4 young kids that i am very active with. I am terrified of doing chemotherapy for many reasons. I am struggling with the decision of whether or not i should do chemotherapy if i am cancer free. I am going to meet with a second oncologist this week for his opinion but for now if anyone has any tips or suggestions for me i would greatly appreciate it. Any words of encouragement will gladly be accepted and appreciated too. Thank you for taking the time to read a short glimpse of my story.