well, here goes round 7

jennifer408

Well-known Member
they are supposed to do a "cryo spray abrasion" tomorrow morning, which is supposed to somehow shrink it. im going to ask him about the stint because this procedure is supposed to be temporary. not that it really matters, 4 days after round 6 he called and told me they found cancer, so im a goner anyhow. i wasn't gonna say any thing but i figured it would explain my blunt reply's to post.
i have an appointment with an oncologist next wed and i will go and listen to what they have to say, but i doubt i will go thru with all the bs. i have watched friends and family go thru the bs and live 3 more years of absolute misery and loose the battle anyway.
 

So sorry to hear that, Jen. Hang in there. I met a man who said he had beat stage 4 cancer, so it can be done.

KEH
 
Jen, I've never been in your shoes so I'm not qualified to give any advice. I am concerned about you and I pray you can beat it. Jim
 
Best Wishes & Prayers, Jen!
Yes, they are doing wonderful things with treatments these days - -please listen with open mind.
I also have seen friends beat it, and had others decide it was time to abide with the Lord until time to go on home, thus my Prayers for your prognosis and decision!!
John
 
Jen, I don't know or care your age but you are not a
goner. You can beat this thing. You hear success
stories every day. Dig your heals in, look for
positives not negatives and think positive. For
every friend you know that lost the battle, I can
name one that won. All the best to you, The Flying
Belgian.
 
Jen
I'm so sorry to hear about your bad news. A lot of people will say they know what you are going thru when they do NOT have a clue what you are going thru. Only you know. Jen I spend most of my time in a very remote area of Canada where there is NO medical help within hours of us. My wife has done a lot of research on home remedies & is currently treating me for a enlarged prostate with positive results. All with natural herbs that grow in our own back yards. Jen don't give up. There is help out there. My email is open if you want to talk.
 
I have been in your shoes,im a 3 time survivor,2 major surgeries with chemo and radiation,and once with radiation.on 3-14-93 five people,i was one of them,started chemo,i was the only person to see Christmas day,granted I was young at the time,23 and healthy.beating cancer has changed my entire outlook on life,it gave me a will to live that can never be broke,it made me into a fighter,a believer in god and man.in my opinion so much of surviving is mental and not getting down.ill be 45 in 8 days and I aint leavin here until its on my terms.jen,get your head clear,get focused,you have to stay positive ,as crazy as that sounds,and you have to count/rely on friends when life gets tough,you would help them so let them help you....
 
Jennifer my wife was just diagnosed which stomach cancer
she is 89 so they won't use any of the chemo or radiation and
operating is not a good option. We are right now trying to get
Hospice but we have to refuse any help that might keep her
alive longer. It's a real bummer for me I've been married 40
years now and we have been together over 46 years it's real
hard to know that this will be the last year you will have your
wife around to tell you what to do.
Walt
 

My daughter who will be 38 in 10 days found out that she had it three and a half years ago. It was already pretty well advanced. She had a few sequences of chemo and a double mastectomy. She didn't have to go for radiation after the mastectomy because the tests showed zero cancer left. She is back to her life pretty much as it was before.
 
Jennifer, just read your post and really got to me. Lost my wife of 47 years in 2007, but she fought like he11 for almost 6 years.
As the others have said, NEVER GIVE UP!

You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers!
 
Hey jennifer408, food for thought:
Everyone's different, we all react to procedures
somewhat differently.
Attitude can make a difference in life.
I enjoy reading your posts and hope to for a good
long time.
Hang in!
Dave
 
Hi Jen
Sorry to hear your news, I know it"s not the same
deal as your buddy on the corner, But remember all
that support you gave him, Well its gonna come
right back at you from your family and us guys on
here.
Don"t give up lifes a lottery and hopefully you
still have a winning ticket, even although you
might not think it at the moment .
Good luck, and hopefully to many more years of
posting here with us.
Regards Robert
 
I am very sorry to hear this, but as many have already
mentioned, you need to keep a positive attitude and beat this
terrible disease. I have never been in your position, but my
grandmother has. She would not give up. Dr.s said she had
less than a 10% chance of survival and she said that's good
enough for me. She wanted to live to see great grandchildren
be born and grow up. That was her drive. She now has 11
great grandchildren and a 12th on the way. The oldest great
grandchild recently married so she may even make great great
grandparent status. She is almost 90 now, but she says her
cancer treatment was one of her best decisions because she
got to be a part of so much in life since then. Don't give up!!
 
What you say is true but please do some research of the different facilities that specialize in certain types of cancer when you find that out.
One tractor nut to another! Us tractor people just don't give up. My late wife lost her battle after nine years. She was able to do what she loved up until two weeks before she died. She ran the factory office and did payroll a week before. Over the nine years we still went to Florida two weeks every winter and went to doll and toy shows most weekends. We had more fun those last nine years together than we did the 28 years before the breast cancer was found.
I will pray that you can find a cure as so many are finding now.
 
thanks everyone for your concern, i do appreciate it. i am going to go next week with an open mind. and i will be researching like i've never researched before. when i talked to my local dr last week i brought up gene mutation and there is something else i can't remember right now and he said that they are not proven, go with proven, and i wanted to tell him that traditional is not proven, not to me anyhow, i've never seen it work, but like i said, i am going with an open mind.
 
Jennefer 408
Bless your heart. Never give in. I can say that because I lost a daughter to cancer. said a prayer every night, got angry for so long a time.
all I will ask of you is DON"G GIVE UP YOUR FAITH!!!!.I can only state to you my thoughts I have when it comes to Carrie(our daughter)is where she is at, nothing more can hurt her. So I'm hoping your faith will pull you through this episode of life. Please don't give up and fight with all your mite to overcome this illness. Keep us posted on your problem. I for one am pulling for you. Will say my prayers for you.
MY WARMEST REGARDS LOU.
 
The best of luck to you and your husband, you seem like quite a team, maybe a team effort can conquer this evil disease!
 
Jen
Please don't give up on this. I believe, hope and pray you will come through this and spend many more years with us. You are way to young to give up the fight yet ( remember me and you are the same age ) Besides who am I going to ask a simple question to and stir up as much controversy as we did.
 
About a year and a half ago, my older brother went from Stage 0 Cholorectal cancer to Stage 4. Just like that. After about a year of what seemed to be rigorous and at times torturous rounds of chemo, of all days, on my birthday, February 26 of this year, he was basically told that his cancer is in remission, and the cancerous tumor has been shrunk down to nothing. Don't get me wrong, he is still very high risk of return, especially if he doesn't keep up with maintenance, which is still every other week like his chemo was. With his chemo, he went in every other Tuesday, was hooked up to a chemo IV for a couple of hours, and then sent home with a pack and pump that did like a slow drip or injection, that was timed to run out about a certain time on Thursdays when he would just about be at the oncologist to be disconnected. Mainetnance to prevent a reoccurance or flair up also happens every other Thursday, but only for a short time, and not nearly as potent as the chemo.

My brother, and being a witness to his treatments had some very tough times, BUT as a reminder, other folks have been through this, and others will. One day I could be one as well. There ARE an awful lot of survivors out there, and my brother WAS written off at Stage 4. My brother is doing much better these days.

One place where my brother still suffers, was that when being questioned by his physician about general health, changes, things of the sort, would not tell his physician about a growing numbness in his extremeties, such as fingers and toes. Nueropothy, I think that they call it, and is a known side affect of Chemo THAT CAN OFTEN be minimized, and possibly even avoided with medications. My brother got in his mind that he didn't want to take anymore chemicals into his body, so he didn't say anything, and by the time that he did, there is and was some sugnificant nerve damage done that he is now trying to reverse through things like Vitemin-B and ??? Also, there are some mood swings attached as side affects of chemo.

In my brother's case, he also has an inherited gene that is passed down to females that often causes their boys to go blind, that somehow missed me. I won't go into it in detail, but its a degenerative eye disease called "Rhetonitus-Pigmentosa" where the optic nerve basically goes away to at least a point where blindness sets in. That's my brother, and studies somehow seem to link the increased posibility of Choloectal cancer. How does that happen? Who knows, but its another dart tossed at my brother, darts that it seems will never stop...therefore never ever let up on preventive maintenance for one second.

Jennifer, may God bless you always, and keep in mind that over time, they seemed to have documented that there is a direct correlation between cure and mental attitude. Obviously, not always. HOWEVER, it seems that with a positive and upbeat, fighting attitude, the human brain must trigger the release of some chemicals, enzymes, whatever...that help isolate and fight off cancer.

JENNIFER...JENNIFER...JENNIFER...my brother was STAGE 4, and its only been about a half year, but so far each of his bimonthly tests seem to show that he is doing not so bad, and actually pretty good. He had another one today and I need to call home to see how it went for him.

My fingers are crossed for you and my brother. ATTITUDE, ATTITUDE, UPBEAT AND WILL NOT BE DEFEATED FIGHTING ATTITUDE. Something we had to remind my brother of along his journey...easy for me to say as a witness, not the survivor. Easier for me to say.

Mark
 
Our prayers are with you and your family.
BTW, my mom has had leukemia since 1993, recently had a year of chemotherapy and recently went through heart bypass surgery. All of us are happy that she hasn't given up.
 
Jennifer, I can't add anything to what's already been said. Hang in there and keep your head up. We wish you the best outcome.
 
Jennifer,

I'll be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. I
hope the oncologist has some hopeful news for you
regarding treatment options. Stay as positive as you
can.
 
Keep an open mind and a fighting to win mind set. My wife fought the battle and eventually lost but enjoyed eight more years of life.

The big "C" is a terrible disease. It does not discriminate between good, bad, young or old.

Best wishes and you will be in my prayers.
 
Well sh!t!
I am hoping the best for you and your family. You seem to be a great fighter on here I think you will be a even greater fighter to this too.
 
you told me to buck up when I was sick,,,,now Im telling you the same thing,,,,you cant go no wheres we need you here on this site,,,,,we are sending you prayers all the way from nj to california,,,everything is going to be ok!
 
Jennifer, Don't even go there! You're a tough lady, not one to sit back and give up without a fight! Give them a chance, give us a chance to cheer you on.

Only God knows when it's time. He's provided us with the finest medical technology man has ever known, least you can do is see what they have to offer!

John 14:12
Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.

Hang in there! We're all praying for you! Love ya girl!
 
I know you think I am an old horses rear end, but prayers on the way for you.
Be careful or California will say that solar panels cause cancer.
 
I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer (lymphoma) in
July 2010. I went through chemo treatments which
worked. I have been in remission for 18 months. The
only way to win is to try. I wish you the very
best.
 
Hey Jen wishing you nothing but the best in your
battle. My wife was diagnosed with inflammatory
breast cancer, rare fast growing aggressive cancer
with low survival rate(5-10percent at that time).
She found a good oncologist who treated her to the
best of his ability and after a tough regimen of
chemo and radiation plus her will to live and the
goal to see all the kids graduate from high school
and on their way, she survived. Guess what, its
been 15 years she is still doing great all the
kids are grown, married ect, and we are enjoying
life. Keep a good atitude, give it your best, and
know all your friends at home and on YT are in
your corner and saying prayers for you.
 
Everyone has an inborn will to live. When we receive bad news such as this, we do tend to let it get us down, but the majority bounce back with a determination to win, and if we do go down, we go down swingin'. Championship boxing matches are 12 rounds, you are entering round seven, which means you still have along way to go. So take a deep breath, make a fist and start swinging! There are a lot of people pulling for you!
 
Jen,
Just because you come to a curve in the road it is not the end
of the road unless you fail to negotiate the curve. Give it your
best effort and we will all keep you in our thoughts and
prayers. Tom
 
jennifer, I am not being critical of the Hospitals and Dr.s where you are! It is time to Load Up and get to Houston Tx, to M.D. Anderson....there is a very Good reason WHY! When you walk through the parking lots there are Plates from EVERY State in the Union! Meet people in the Halls From most EVERY Country in the World! Even those we are Fighting radical folks from! Be on the earliest Plane to Houston! ASAP.
My M-I-L had some kind of really bad Kind, got her over it, used some experimental Meds!, then healed up and 8 more yrs before it came back! to get here for good.
Anyway hope you get a better Prognosis! Take care!
Later,
John A.
 
Prayers sent.
Dont forget to talk to your Higher Power.
Lost my sister to the big C year and a half ago but she had given up.
 
Here is one book that really opens your eyes and gives alternative approaches for cancer cures. Notice that "cure" is a 4-letter word in the nnalert world.

Go to the website below and look for the title "Wellness against All Odds" by Sherry Rogers:
http://prestigepublishing.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/apps/cartcompanion/category.html

Our prayers and thoughts are with you and please keep us updated on your progress
Sherry Rogers
 
Don"t give up please. I lost my Mother to cancer 7 years ago and Dad had cancer when he was 70 or so and he just passed away this year but he was 92. My daughter-in-law had breast cancer 5 years ago when she was 33 took the chemo and breasts removed. Just learned 3 months ago she is expecting my first grand child. My prayers go out to you and yours.
 
Jennifer,
I had cancer 35 years ago. It was a male only cancer, but it was cancer.
Find the best doctor out there, and work the plan they work out for you. There are no guarantee's, but there are possibility's.
Please keep looking forward.
Many of us here look forward to your posts and imputs.
Tim in OR
 

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