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Originally Posted by ziadel
ok, so, heres the situation. My uncle was diagnosed with cancer last summer, in his lymph nodes, they did some surgery I think, some chemo, he seemed like he was gonna be ok...
now, about a week or two ago, his back started killing him, like he had less and less positions to sit in to be comfy, so he went to the doctor...
apparently they found lesions on his spinal cord and he is moving to boston to get radiation treatment...
he hasn't told me personall about the lesions yet, he never even really said much the first time around, he doesnt like to worry anyone..
so can someone come to any conclusions based on what I have said? what exactly does this all mean?
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Since you say not to sugarcoat it, here's my story.
My father had colon cancer. He had one operation and chemo. He was doing well. There were a few microscopic clumps of cells left. About a year and a half after his first operation, he had another one. Again, there were a few microscopic chunks left that they didn't get. He started to have trouble standing or even sitting for longer than a few minutes. He went in for a third operation a few months later. He went for chemo again. He went in for a third operation, and the surgeon who had been treating him for close to two years came out of the operating room visibly upset, and told my mom whatever it is that he said to her. She never told me exactly what he said to her, all she said when I asked how he was doing was "not good." (Adding to a shitty day, she told me this when she picked me up from a memorial mass for a friend who had killed himself a few days earlier.) After a few months, he got a lot worse, and he spent the next few months on a hospital bed in the living room, and if we were lucky, he would be consious long enough each day for us to say "good morning," or "good night," or "I love you, dad." After lying on the hospital bed for a few months, he stopped breathing. Apparently the cancer had spread along the entire muscle wall of his stomach and completely covered his intestines.
Within 6 months, three other family members had died of cancer, and about 10 family members or friends of the family had some form of cancer.
edit: I just saw your update. I'm really sorry to hear that . I know what it's like to go through this. I don't think there's anything I can say to make it easier, but miracles do happen. One of my mother's co-workers was given a less than 5% chance of surviving past three years, and he made an amazing recovery and still works full-time. With new treatments becoming available, even patients diagnosed as terminal have recovered.