KitKat2023
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Just wondering how many other cancer survivors we have here?
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Cancer Survivors?
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I am lucky. At 78 no cancers that I know of. Perhaps because my godfather was an Organic nut and a chiropractor. So I learned, and believed, a heathy lifestyle. Unfortunately I have lost my mother and mother-in-law to cancers. And my wife is a cancer survivor. But that is her story to tell.
My doctor has complained that in 35 years, other than giving me an annual Physical, he has not made a dime off me. Apparently my aversion to illnesses or injuries, that might have warranted medical attention, never got any. I am that guy who just shakes it off and one day may well just fall over dead for it. But cancer has yet to lay a hand on me.
My doctor has complained that in 35 years, other than giving me an annual Physical, he has not made a dime off me. Apparently my aversion to illnesses or injuries, that might have warranted medical attention, never got any. I am that guy who just shakes it off and one day may well just fall over dead for it. But cancer has yet to lay a hand on me.
NorthernRedneck
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Personally, no. But watched both of my moms parents die of lung cancer. He was the first to go despite never having picked up a cigarette in 30 years. She smoked almost 2 pkg a day.
KitKat2023
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@FrancSevin that's awesome! My dad was like that until this past week when he was diagnosed with skin cancer. May you continue to be cancer free all your days!
@Doc which kind of thyroid cancer did you have and what treatments did you go through? I had Papillary Thyroid Cancer and it was contained to one nodule, so I had two surgeries (the first one because they weren't confident it was cancer and the second one to remove the other side) and that's all the treatment I needed.
@NorthernRedneck that's so sad! Lung cancer is pretty quick, isn't it?
@Doc which kind of thyroid cancer did you have and what treatments did you go through? I had Papillary Thyroid Cancer and it was contained to one nodule, so I had two surgeries (the first one because they weren't confident it was cancer and the second one to remove the other side) and that's all the treatment I needed.
@NorthernRedneck that's so sad! Lung cancer is pretty quick, isn't it?
No idea what kind it was. I didn't have any treatments. I had had a pain in my neck for over a year. They could not figure out what or why. Then I had an MRI of my back, that is when they saw something on the thyroid. Biopsied and found cancer. They took the whole thing out a few weeks later. Sure did impact my energy. I was attributing it to getting older. Now I realized it was part getting older and part due to no thyroid. Levothyroxine give me t4 but my system does not convert enough of it to t3. This year I started B12 injections and they seem to help.
KitKat2023
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KitKat2023
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I had ovarian cancer 25 years ago.
Fortunately it was discovered early.
I’m one of the lucky ones.
That's great that they caught it early!! Isn't ovarian cancer hard to detect?
Yes it is often already stage 3 when caught. I was fortunate. My ovary was the size of a cantaloupe yet still stage one. Doctor did a complete hysterectomy but failed to do any biopsies. He also damaged a kidney tube. Two weeks later I had stent put in the tube. Needed a second major surgery to do all the biopsies but was worth it to not have to do chemo. Oncologist was an awesome surgeon. Six weeks after the hysterectomy, he reopened me. Did the biopsies, cleaned up the scar tissue around the kidney tube and neatly repacked my guts. Two weeks after that I was back in to get the stent removed. Eight weeks and four surgeries later, I was clear of cancer. Of course there was always the worry it might come back. But after 25 years I’m feeling pretty good. Funny, X-rays show I’m full of staples. LOL
NorthernRedneck
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It was. My grandfather started getting sick in November. Officially diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer in January if I recall. He passed in June. I can still hear the gargling as he took his last few breaths as his lungs filled with fluid.
A week after his funeral my grandmother was diagnosed. She held on for 2 years with an oxygen tank.
KitKat2023
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There are many different kinds of cancers, which means there isn't going to be one cure for it. When I had thyroid cancer, my surgeon said they needed to know which kind it was (there are like 3 or 4?) because treatment is different. And if it spread to another part of the body, it would still be considered thyroid cancer and treated in the same way.
I agree and that's why I suggested doing research.