Beating cancer

[socialmenace42]

Awesome news fellow escapist, always good news.
I'm a nurse on an internal medicine ward, have frequent contact with cancer patients and cancer survivors. Also my grandad recently survived colon cancer, however most forms of cancer are good and treatable now. But malignant bone tumors are tough as hell, sincere congratulations, all the best for your remission.

 

[Brandon237]

[HEADING=1]DAMN WELL DONE![/HEADING]​

Me, one of my friend's mothers had leukaemia and she did not make it.
My dog had cancer all over his mouth and genitals when he came into our clinic and he beat that with chemo and time, and although he was old when we found him, he still lived for a long time after that.
I... will probably have skin cancer My skin is horrific, and burns easily, and I live in a country with horrible skin cancer rates. Bloody bright sun!

 

[SckizoBoy]

Hey Escapists. I've been fighting a form of bone cancer for around 10 months, and a couple days ago my scans came back clear. Presumably, I am now cancer-free. Needless to say, this is wonderful news. I have to thank this community for keeping me entertained during my hospital stays and tenure at home; I can't say how many new bands I've found and new sites I've learned about from you guys.

So, what have been you guys' experiences with cancer? Have any of you had it/have it? Loved ones who have had it?

A hearty toast to your good health, sir.

Anyway, my mother had thyroid cancer. Not the worst sort, thankfully, since they spotted it early and she got a thyroidectomy. Still needed radiotherapy, but she's doing OK now.

 

[mionic]

My cousin in Spain had leukemia when he was 3. I´ts gone now though

 

[Erana]

I like hearing about someone beating cancer, I really do.

That being said, my grandmother died of breast cancer. My step-grandfather had her sign a will long after the cancer had metastasized everywhere, including in her brain. Yeah, I typed up a big rant here, but it pretty much went as follows: She had the vast majority of the family money. She gave it all to her husband of two years that she didn't seem to care about all that much, cutting out her children and grandchildren, despite all the promises of things like "covered education" or "Family heirlooms" or the cabin in the woods that my mother spent months and months fixing up and maintaining.
I'd rather blame cancer than entertain the idea that she did that of her own volition. I mean, cancer deserves it.

I also have a friend from college who had some kind of cancer and went through chemo before we met. She didn't really talk about it much because her last boyfriend made such a stink about it, claiming she lied about the whole thing because she had chemo and didn't lose her hair.

Jesus Christ, why is cancer in my life confounded by drama? That's like setting a house on fire during a massive flood.

 

[DanielBrown]

Really great news! Congratulations!

I don't have any real experiences with cancer myself. When I was younger an internet friend had leukemia. I assume that he didn't make it since he disappered all of sudden. :/

 

[Goomboss]

how ironic i atm have a bone marrow cancer and have been allotted a 10 month time period to be "clear" im about halfway through it and am doing well, losing my hair sucked ass but other than that i've been extremely lucky, i've had the highest dose of chemotherapy my hospital has ever given and i managed to endure that with nothing more than a little vomiting, (48 hour drip of methotrexaine if anyones wondering) probably didn't spell that right

 

[SilverIntoSteel]

Good job OP. Well done.

Anyways, Bowel Cancer runs in the family. Last year I was hospitalized with quite severe problems to do with that that I shall not go into, but fortunately it turns out I just have Ulcerative Colitis and was having a severe flare up. Might not sound fortunate, but it's a hell of a lot better than it could have been. Anyways, this disease gives me a 1/10 chance of contracting that form of cancer at some point in my life (i'm 24 now) and it runs in the family anyways, so it may well be an issue in my later years.

 

[similar.squirrel]

Congratulations, man. And congratulations to your doctors, not to mention every oncologist out there.

A close friend of the family was struck down very suddenly last year [he worked in an electrical plant for decades; some form of low-level radiation presumably screwed around with his DNA]. Nobody in my immediate family has had it, and I hope it remains that way. That said, my mother smokes like a chimney and eats quite badly [and loves to sunbathe..], and it's getting quite worrying as she refuses to listen to any warnings I give.

 

[Broady Brio]

Congrats on your recovery.

My aunt used to have I think Rectal Cancer. She's been treated and as far as I know, she does not have it anymore. Other than that, I've had no experience with cancer, other than friend's relatives.

 

[trollnystan]

That is AWESOME news! I'm so happy for you =D

My family's experiences with cancer haven't been as good. My mother died of it at age 46; my paternal grandfather died of it at age 90; my aunt died of it in her 60's. My uncle survived a bout of colon cancer though, while his wife - aforementioned aunt - was dying of breast cancer.
[sub][sub][sub][sub]Wow, that was depressing. Sorry about that.[/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub]

I am genuinely happy for you and high fives to all your doctors!

 

[Lionsfan]

I was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia when I was 3. I don't remember the specifics of it like how dangerous it was for, I've asked my parents and they don't tell me. I do remember a lot of the treatments though....ugh. But it was cleared up by the time I was 6 or so and I only had long term checkups until I was 18, I've been cancer free ever since.

My family has had quite the history with cancer too, my cousin got Leukemia around the same time I did, one of my maternal Aunt's has Breast Cancer, my maternal Grandma died of cancer (I forgot what kind though) in 2003, and my maternal Great-Grandpa died of Brain Cancer I believe.


Congrats to yourself though, it's always nice to hear about a happy recovery

 

[The Heik]

Hey Escapists. I've been fighting a form of bone cancer for around 10 months, and a couple days ago my scans came back clear. Presumably, I am now cancer-free. Needless to say, this is wonderful news. I have to thank this community for keeping me entertained during my hospital stays and tenure at home; I can't say how many new bands I've found and new sites I've learned about from you guys.

So, what have been you guys' experiences with cancer? Have any of you had it/have it? Loved ones who have had it?

A friend of mine recently lost his life because of cancer. It was sad, especially considering how good a person hew was, but he was a trooper all the way, and lived his life to the fullest. I only hope that if there's a place beyond this one, that he's getting the best of it, because he deserves it completely.

But enough of the losses to cancer, we should celebrate the victories over it. Congratulations on being cancer free! May you live a long and interesting life!

 

[ZtH]

Both my grandparents on my mother's side and one on my father's side have died from various forms of cancer. My last living grandparent also had a scare with a benign tumor in his brain.

Hat's off to you my friend. You have done well and I hope you enjoy the time you've reclaimed!

 

[NormalityImpaired]

I am happy to hear that you are doing well.

I have lost my Mom, one of my Uncles and one Grandmother to cancer in my lifetime. They all suffered through the various accepted methods of treatment, (chemo/radiation/medication) wasting away until their bodies stopped working.

Congratulations on your health, live life and never fail to tell the ones you love that you do love them.

 

[Fwee]

I can't remember if my grandfather had colon or prostate cancer, but he had seek treatment for it a couple times and it got cleared up.
My mother-in-law spent three years fighting hers and just passed away almost two years ago.
I have cancer too, but that's about as far as I'm going into it.

 

[Evilbunny]

I also had bone cancer. Osteosarcoma to be exact. It was in my right femur. I had a recurrence once in my lungs six months after I finished my chemo but that was the only time it came back. It's been two years since that recurrence and I am really looking forward to the day they shake my hand and tell me I'm cured.

I feel like it made me a happier person overall. I know that seems strange since it was a bad experience, but you don't really appreciate the little things in life like being able to go out with your friends and eat dinner with them until it's taken away from you. Even simpler things like just the ability to walk I'm grateful for. Every day I'm alive is a gift now.

 

[MisterGobbles]

how ironic i atm have a bone marrow cancer and have been allotted a 10 month time period to be "clear" im about halfway through it and am doing well, losing my hair sucked ass but other than that i've been extremely lucky, i've had the highest dose of chemotherapy my hospital has ever given and i managed to endure that with nothing more than a little vomiting, (48 hour drip of methotrexaine if anyones wondering) probably didn't spell that right

That sounds about right, I didn't have much trouble with the chemo either, though I pretty much overdid it the week after my last chemo and threw up a couple times. Also, I got fevers a LOT but no infections (it's annoying because they still keep you in the hospital even if it's nothing).

Initally it wasn't supposed to take this long, but a lot of the chemo sessions got delayed; my counts just don't want to come up very fast.

 

[Madara XIII]

Hey Escapists. I've been fighting a form of bone cancer for around 10 months, and a couple days ago my scans came back clear. Presumably, I am now cancer-free. Needless to say, this is wonderful news. I have to thank this community for keeping me entertained during my hospital stays and tenure at home; I can't say how many new bands I've found and new sites I've learned about from you guys.

So, what have been you guys' experiences with cancer? Have any of you had it/have it? Loved ones who have had it?

Recently lost my Aunt to Cancer a month ago

It's a horrible thing to have and seeing what it does to people just makes me scared of getting it.

 

[OmniscientOstrich]

Had an aunt who died of breast cancer, glad to see you've beaten it .