I have cancer too

[ms_ann_thrope]

One of the reasons it's so damn insidious.

Ishmael

I just want someonr to tell me what to do about it.

 

[Ishmael]

I just want someonr to tell me what to do about it.

Get a good doctor and then get second and third opinions. I can tell you is that it's important to deal with it before it metastasizes. Once that occurs the odds of beating the disease decrease dramatically.

Ishmael

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

Get a good doctor and then get second and third opinions. I can tell you is that it's important to deal with it before it metastasizes. Once that occurs the odds of beating the disease decrease dramatically.

Ishmael

The urologist wants to use his fancy robots and the Radiologist wants to use is hot needle. I don't want to keep doing this every six months.

 

[Ishmael]

The urologist wants to use his fancy robots and the Radiologist wants to use is hot needle. I don't want to keep doing this every six months.

Me? I'd go with the surgery. Get rid of the damn thing.

Ishmael

 

[warrior queen]

The urologist wants to use his fancy robots and the Radiologist wants to use is hot needle. I don't want to keep doing this every six months.

Go with surgery. Every single persn I know who has survived cancer (of different types) has had surgery to remove the tumour with margins, and all surrounding lymph nodes.
The ones who went more conservative, aren't here to tell why they chose that route.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

There's a lot of downside to the surgery, the least of which is not dying.

 

[Ishmael]

There's a lot of downside to the surgery, the least of which is not dying.

I went through chemo, rad, and surgery. The PET scans, lymph biopsy's, and blood chemistries have all come back negative. In other words I'm now cancer free. But the surgery took the source of all evil away.

It's no fun, but I'm still here............much to the chagrin of some.

Ishmael

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

I went through chemo, rad, and surgery. The PET scans, lymph biopsy's, and blood chemistries have all come back negative. In other words I'm now cancer free. But the surgery took the source of all evil away.

It's no fun, but I'm still here............much to the chagrin of some.

Ishmael

I really, really hate having to depend on other people. Somehow, though, at the core, I think I'm ok with whatever happens. I've really lived a charmed life. Plus the overwhelming ignorance here makes me feel like a genius at times.

 

[Noor]

The urologist wants to use his fancy robots and the Radiologist wants to use is hot needle. I don't want to keep doing this every six months.

Get some second opinions on both opinions but do it soon.

Good Luck!

 

[Ishmael]

I really, really hate having to depend on other people. Somehow, though, at the core, I think I'm ok with whatever happens. I've really lived a charmed life. Plus the overwhelming ignorance here makes me feel like a genius at times.

Then don't be ignorant.

Ishmael

 

[neci]

 

[warrior queen]

There's a lot of downside to the surgery, the least of which is not dying.

It's on your kidney, right?
You could opt for keyhole surgery to remove the kidney and surrounding tissues, which is much less invasive and has far better recovery stats.
Explore every option.

Good luck, whatever you choose.

 

[Conager]

I lost my mother to cancer. They have made a lot of advances since. I hope all goes well for you.

 

[Queersetti]

It's no fun, but I'm still here............much to the chagrin of some.

Ishmael

Not mine, you cranky old bastard.

I'm damn sick of that fucking avatar, though.

 

[Ishmael]

Not mine, you cranky old bastard.

I'm damn sick of that fucking avatar, though.

It's like the Sun Q, the only constant in the universe.

Ishmael

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Listen to the unchanging eternal avatar...

 

[MonaLittle]

I'm sorry to hear that, Ann. Cancer sucks.

Sending good thoughts your way.

 

[Bidin~Time]

Prayers and good thoughts for you, Ann.

 

[glynndah]

 

[RobDownSouth]

Then don't be ignorant.

Ishmael

Not to hijack a Very Serious Thread, but....
http://www.sundriesshack.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Irony-Meter-Explode1.jpg

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

I was kinda hoping when I woke up this morning it would all have been a bad dream.

 

[fluttertongue]

I was kinda hoping when I woke up this morning it would all have been a bad dream.

I have no wise words or anything like that. Just good thoughts and a .

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

I have no wise words or anything like that. Just good thoughts and a .

The newness will wear off and then it will be just something else to deal with.

 

[Noor]

I was kinda hoping when I woke up this morning it would all have been a bad dream.

I know that feeling, you just have to push through it. My surgery was 4.5 yrs ago and it was massive, and life changing, however had I not had it I probably wouldn't been here for all the good things since then like a year of Byron.
I also became much more mellow and relaxed about things some might say too relaxed but seriously after that not much really mattered.
If you need help from people, just ask for it, some might say no or not come through which is their stuff but in general people can be amazing.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

I know that feeling, you just have to plush through it. My surgery was 4.5 yrs ago and it was massive, and life changing, however had I not had it I probably wouldn't been here for all the good things since then like a year of Byron.
I also became much more mellow and relaxed about things some might say too relaxed but seriously after that not much really mattered.
If you need help from people, just ask for it, some might say no or not come through which is their stuff but in general people can be amazing.

It's just a stroke of luck that it was even discovered. If not I would have been dead in three years unless I started pissing blood or something. Even then.