Rectal bleeding, throwing up blood, super tired,weakness, a lot of pain in the colon and stomach.
Yeah colon cancer is very metastatic while prostate cancer is not, mostly. In short it is serious business. The problem with colon cancer is that so many other gastrointestinal disease have similar symptoms it can be difficult to pin down. And for people who have these chronic gastrointestinal diseases they are already at an increases risk of colon cancer.
I'm not a doctor but play one on the internet. I believe they wait because chemo can weaken your immune system, which is bad for surgery. Prior to surgery they would be checking your bc to make sure your immune system is healthy enough for the surgery. Now why not surgery right away prior to any chemo? I'm not sure
I understand this, However I always had heard or thought that the sooner they pull out the cancers the better chance of them not spreading so don't understand why my surgeon is going to wait so long.
Tidbit take a look at this article, they talk about the issue of chemo proir to surgery
Dude think about it, you are becoming the perfect raider!I am really sorry to hear you have this.
My cousin, who is for the most part the brother I have never had, is going through this right now at age 43. He had a round of chemo, they took his colon out and he has a bag, then went through another round of preventative chemo. They found some small spots on his lung and it had spread. He went through another 6 months of chemo and now they are going to do surgery on his lung to get the rest of it. He has 4 kids, one is a new born. He was the best man in my wedding and planned off chemo treatments with his Doctor so he could feel better for my Bachelor party and wedding day. The guy is a trooper. We have become even closer in the last year, which if you knew the both of us, you wouldn't think would be possible.
My advice is to stay positive (Easier said then done) and stay off the internet looking at statistics and 5 year survival rates. A lot of people are diagnosed after age 65, so when you are younger like you are, it is a very treatable / curable (Even at Stage 3) disease. So it goes without saying that if you see lower than normal survival rates, age has a LOT to do with it, and when people die with this cancer in that age bracket, it effects the percentages for everyone. And most older people believe it or not die from something else, but it is still counted in the survival rate from what I am told.
You'll be fineWith the added bonus of being able to play games without having to get up and take a dump! It will be automatic for you!! (Sorry trying to make you laugh a bit)
Hang in there. And for the record, anyone that bashes you in the games threads for asking for beta invites to take your mind off it can get go get fucked in their ear.
Infection from surgery is always a risk, especially with menacillin resistant strains becoming more prevalent. Having a weakened immune system increases the probability that you could get an infection, which depending on the severity, can most definitely kill.
If you were diagnosed with Stage 3 it has already spread past the Colon Wall and into your lymph nodes (Which is why they are starting with Chemo now. They need to kill those cancer cells first while at the same time attacking those in your colon - before surgery. With the hope that after surgery, you will be NED. If they did surgury first and then Chemo, you would have to wait before the chemo started and the surgery wouldn't do anything for the cancer cells that have already spread.
If you have Stage 3 cancer and they are telling you you are not starting your chemo for a month, I would seriously go see another doctor and get it started as soon as possible.
Cause the person that told me the date is just the Secretary for the consult on the 23 and don't know crap, already asked her.
