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Heavy Post Alert -
"Your wife has colon cancer"
These were the words I heard on September 23 when I picked my sweet wife up from a colonoscopy. She had a few worrying symptoms recently, she's 45. I stood in the waiting room with our two sons (4 and 5) and when my wife walked out, we looked at each other and cried. We were terrified.
The doctor was certain about it being cancer, because the tumor was so big that he couldn't even perform the colonoscopy. We knew we needed to act quickly. So my wife got all of the necessary catscans, blood tests and other prep stuff done and we found a recommended a surgeon.
October 10 the surgery was performed successfully removing the affected area - a colon resection. Then we had to wait for the pathologist results to test what stage the cancer was, and if it had spread to other parts of the body. My tough-as-shit wife was out of the hospital in 2 days, walking around with 13 staples in her stomach.
Last Wednesday we got great news that a 5 cm tumor, stage 2 cancer was removed and did not spread to other parts of the body. The sense of relief we both felt, I can't do it justice.
We'll have lots of regular blood tests, and frequent colonoscopys (FUN!) and the oncologist may suggest chemotherapy if they want to take a very aggressive treatment route. But we're just so happy with how things have worked out.
Not really sure why I feel the need to post this, I think it feels good to get it off my chest - but it feels like life starts now.
Peace y'all- :)monospaced
- +. get to itdocpoz
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<3PonyBoy - ❤Krassy
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- You are a strong team. Sounds like you're lucky to have each other. Hang in there! Hope the kids are doing ok. I can only imagine.nocomply
- robotron3k
- +1Gnash
- My grandfather died from it in the 1980's. Glad modern medicine has advanced enough to catch it.shapesalad
- PSA: every single polyp (colon) will eventually become cancerous. get checked regularlyGnash
- no words, all the best mate!OBBTKN
- colon check is not fun. But do it for safety.pango
- Congrats man.Salarrue
- Thats what got my grandfather too. Glad yous got it in time. F*CK CANCER!microkorg
- ♥ok_not_ok
- That's a win right there, glad she's in the clear!elahon
- Happy for you both. Xosea_sea
- stay strong!utopian
- Holy crap. Glad it wasn't worse. Good luck!mandomafioso
- How old should you be to get it checked? My Father had a polyp and was worried but it was nothing. But he said 'go talk to your doctor, get a colonoscopy'...mantrakid
- I'm so happy for all of you that you caught it in time. My dad died of it at 69. So sad because for years he kept saying he was going to book a colonoscopy. :(Melanie
- When i spoke to my doc about it she said "naw you're too young (i was 37 at the time, now 38)... you just risk causing damage / causing issues.. wait till 40+."mantrakid
- How do you know you might have a polyp? Can you feel something odd in your digestive tract as food passes through?shapesalad
- ^ no way to tell other than a colonoscopy. they are small and don't usually interfere with digestion. this is why colon cancer is rarely detected until it's tooGnash
- (there is a simple test that looks for blood in stool -- a symptom of concern -- but polyps can't be indirectly detected)Gnash
- In the UK theres a postal test you can apply for. You poop in a tube and send it away for analysis.microkorg
- ^ same in canada. looks for blood. they're not very reliable but better than nothingGnash
- Thanks everyone for the support!stoplying
- not only did she punch cancer in the dick, but we all learnt that there are 50 active users on qbn! win win.inteliboy
- oh man, i hope my good friends cat doesnt have this. it would crush herdocpoz
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