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Damnit, Cancer, we are NOT friends

Cancer really needs to jump off a cliff.

My moles/second opinion came back negative, non cancerous, non precancerous- good for me.

Dad's having a heck of a time with the chemo and radiation. No energy, no appetite, and running for the bathroom a lot (its a lower sigmoid colon/rectal cancer). But otherwise in good spirits.

My sister's youngest brother in law was also recently diagnosed with colon cancer. He had surgery 2 weeks ago to remove his entire transverse colon. He's now undergoing chemotherapy, and has two little girls under 10 with his ex wife.

Most recently, a lady in my office and her family are in crisis. Their youngest daughter got married in the past year. Her husband hasn't been feeling well, and went in for some tests. He has a very rare, very hard to treat cancer called Desmoplastic small-round tumor. He's undergoing chemotherapy now, but the 5 year survival rate is 15% My office colleague is having a hard time with this, of course, and there's nothing any of us can do in the office but offer hugs and mental support.

Cancer, we have never been and never will be friends. I'd like to stab you in the face with a fork. Stop trying to hang out with me, Cancer, you are not welcome here.

Re: Damnit, Cancer, we are NOT friends

  • It is really amazing how far medical science has come in the treatment of cancers.  I lost both my grandfathers to lung cancer (smoking) when I was a young child.  There was little doctors could do to help people with lung cancer in those days.  My Dad died of pancreatic cancer when I was a teen.  They are still looking for an answer to that kind of cancer.  Other cancers have become very treatable,  My good friend passed away two years ago from metastatic breast cancer, but she lived 32 years with medical treatment!  Until the last six months, she had a very good quality of life.  Amazing!
    My last five years in remission were wonderful, and I am so grateful for them.  I got to see my daughter married, and I got to hold my first grandchild.  My current treatment is finally helping shrink the tumor around my eye.  I'm not having so many headaches, and the swelling doesn't block my vision any more.  Yay!  Now, if my eyelashes would only grow back!  Yesterday, I stood up and my jeans didn't, so I had to go shopping today for a pair that actually fit me!  (Two sizes down!)
    Thoughts and prayers to your family members who are dealing with this right now.  It sounds like your Dad is coping well with his situation.  Treatment is not fun, but thank God for medical science and the hope for the future it offers. 
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  • I'm so over it as well. I made it through my treatment only to have so many problems crop up during recovery.

    Sending Ts and Ps your way and to everyone else dealing with this disease themselves or through family/friends.

     







  • This is the rare thing I can agree 100% with you ladies on. Cancer can suck it. I hate it with the burning intensity of a billion suns. There's nothing that can fill me with rage quite like it can.

    I've lost 3 out of 4 grandparents to it plus countless other family members and good friends.

    And here I sit twenty years after losing my Grandmother to Multiple Myeloma filling out FMLA paperwork to get home multiple times in January, February and March to help care for my Mom after a stem cell transplant for the same type of cancer.

    So, if y'all need help jumping cancer in a dark parking lot prior to the water boarding, face stabbing and cliff throwing, count me in.
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