Cancer SUCKS

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  • KyzylKyzyl Shipmate Posts: 29
    edited January 2020
    A friend of our family had a tumor pop up in her left lung. This after apparently successfully beating colon cancer. Waiting pathology to see if it is related to the colon cancer or a new thing. She had a thoracotomy last Tuesday. Has anyone here had experience with the recovery from that operation?
  • RossweisseRossweisse Hell Host, 8th Day Host
    RooK wrote: »
    I feel that referring to those dealing with cancer as "fighting" conveys a sense of the respect for the bravery and tenacity involved. "You are doing a hard thing" doesn't have the same ease of deployment.
    Thank you. It is a battle; some days, it's a fight just to get up and get dressed. I know that I will lose the battle in the long run; I can postpone the inevitable, but I can't stop it. But I am making it work to get me.

    Of course, anyone who told me that I'm dying because I didn't fight hard enough would discover that my tongue is still pretty sharp. That's not only rudeness on their part; that's being Unclear on the Concept.

  • ...and that's the issue that makes some people refuse the metaphor. Too many assholes out there. I may be taking this one too personally because though I've never had cancer, I've had a bellyful of people telling me that if I only fought harder, I could defeat [name of any of several chronic health problems here]. Since I haven't defeated it/them, obviously I'm not doing it right or trying hard enough.

    Anyway, sorry if I've offended anyone. It has to do with family history.
  • HuiaHuia Shipmate
    Both rude and pig ignorant. Maybe they could stand for public office.
  • ...and that's the issue that makes some people refuse the metaphor. Too many assholes out there. I may be taking this one too personally because though I've never had cancer, I've had a bellyful of people telling me that if I only fought harder, I could defeat [name of any of several chronic health problems here]. Since I haven't defeated it/them, obviously I'm not doing it right or trying hard enough.

    Anyway, sorry if I've offended anyone. It has to do with family history.

    " Or not having enough faith, or not praying hard enough."


  • I've embraced my inner lazy bastard. Lying around doing nothing appeals to me. Then again, I am a man....
  • I've embraced my inner lazy bastard. Lying around doing nothing appeals to me. Then again, I am a man....

    That's a good stress management technique, that is. Don't weaken!
  • Indeed it is. I practise it daily, and it works!
  • I've embraced my inner lazy bastard. Lying around doing nothing appeals to me. Then again, I am a man....

    We all need to lie around doing nothing sometimes. It's a good way to recharge our bodies and our minds.
  • RossweisseRossweisse Hell Host, 8th Day Host
    I got bad news today: The study drug has stopped working. The liver mets have grown significantly since my November ScanFest. I knew this day would come, but I really thought it would come later.

    The good news is that there is now another option: the study drug plus herceptin infusions. It's only been used on about a dozen people, but it's helped most of them. I hope I can be added to their number.

    I'm to start as soon as we can get authorization for the addition of the herceptin. Your prayers would be greatly appreciated.
  • Please God.
  • Oh Ross ... dammit. But good there is an option. Fervent prayers ascending that you get approval for the next thing and the gift of more time.

    #teamRossweisse
    #callingallorneries
  • Rossweisse wrote: »
    Your prayers would be greatly appreciated.

    Every day, Rossweisse.
    :votive:


  • Pigwidgeon wrote: »
    Rossweisse wrote: »
    Your prayers would be greatly appreciated.

    Every day, Rossweisse.
    :votive:


    Same from here
  • MaryLouiseMaryLouise Purgatory Host, 8th Day Host
    #teamRossweisse
  • MMMMMM Shipmate
    Same here, Ross.

    MMM
  • And from here.
  • <votive> for Ross and the herceptin permission
  • DooneDoone Shipmate
    Every day, Rosse 🕯
  • I read this and thought, with admiration, that you are the most stubborn ornery person I know. 🕯
  • 🕯🕯🕯for Ross. And much love
  • prayers continuing for Ross & all here.
  • Pigwidgeon wrote: »
    Rossweisse wrote: »
    Your prayers would be greatly appreciated.

    Every day, Rossweisse.
    :votive:
    Indeed!

  • bassobasso Shipmate
    Prayers from here, Ross.
  • And from me, Ross. Candles are lit whenever I am in Southwark Cathedral (at least once a week)...
  • ((Ross)) Prayers and good wishes.
  • Continued prayers for Ross and all.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    {{{Ross, as always}}}
  • jedijudyjedijudy Heaven Host, 8th Day Host
    #teamRossweisse
    Praying every day for you!

    Please, God, let Ross get to vote in November!!
    (And to see a new person in the White House in January 2021!)
  • Prayers from here, too.
  • Prayers from me, too.
  • RossweisseRossweisse Hell Host, 8th Day Host
    Wow. Thank you all! It really makes a difference.
  • This might be my imagination but, even as my hair falls out, my nails seem to be growing faster. Is this possible?
  • Are you getting lines across your nails, moving outwards as the nails grow? The lines could be related to the cycle of chemotherapy, so it may be that you are simply noticing the nail growth more than you would usually do.

    IANAD, but a quick Google 'nail changes during chemotherapy', or words to that effect, leads to several websites describing various changes that can occur to finger- and toe-nails as a result of chemotherapy.

  • Mum had her second dose of chemo today. Given the brain fog caused by the first dose, I'm rather dreading the further decent into the wonderful world of side effects...

    Also dreading seeing my father's anxiety spiral to the point where he just stared at my mum constantly waiting for her to explode......

    Kyrie eleison.
  • DooneDoone Shipmate
    🕯🕯🕯
  • AmosAmos Shipmate
    Prayers from this corner of Summerisle.
  • RossweisseRossweisse Hell Host, 8th Day Host
    <votive>
  • Prayer going up.
  • Prayers continuing.🙏🏼🕯
  • NenyaNenya Shipmate
    >votive< Rossweisse

    >votive< ThunderBunk's mum and all caring for her

    >votive< all here
  • Whenever I pray, you guys are the first who are named - and I'm sure that no-one minds that Ross is at the top of the list.
  • O indeed not - I rather hope she's at the top of God's list, too.

    IYSWIM.
    :wink:
  • RossweisseRossweisse Hell Host, 8th Day Host
    That choked me up a little. Thank you.
  • Ach... A close friend has suddenly had a diagnosis of colon cancer that appears to be well advanced. As so often happens, it might have been detected earlier if he'd had a routine colonoscopy, which is recommended for most people in and beyond middle age. I hope and pray that he will make it, and as he has always taken care of his body, we are hopeful. But the moral is: Up yours - have a colonoscopy!
  • Lamb ChoppedLamb Chopped Shipmate
    edited January 2020
    My stepfather's aggressive prostate cancer has recurred, though there are reasons I can't get a good grasp of how serious the situation is. I rhink mild to moderate at this point.
  • OhherOhher Shipmate
    Holding all here, and all they hold dear, in the light of hope.
  • Just seen my oncologist. At the end I asked him if he was sure I had cancer - overall I feel well, and am feeling a bit of a fraud. He replied it might not be as bad as he first thought; which is good, but confusing.

    Ah well, more chemo on Wednesday, and then some scans to see what is going on inside me. My soap opera continues.
  • Pride goes before "of lions", and various other things. I am now in an annoying amount of pain, but it's from a frozen neck, which is rather frustrating.
  • Oh dear! Sorry about the pain, glad about the doctor. What a life!
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