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Surviving Cancer
Tomorrow, I will be on my sister's show about surviving cancer. I myself am a survivor of colon cancer for 17 years now - or something like that. As it turns out, our family has a love relationship with colon cancer (NOT!!!).
My dad passed away from this stupid cancer and when I was diagnosed, I made all my siblings - all four of them - go and have themselves checked out.
My sister also had a cancer growing and we both were lucky that we found out when we did.
I will be forever grateful to a friend/customer of mine who made me go and have a colonoscopy after I had breast cancer scare that turned out to be nothing (Thank You!!) but made me meet all my deductibles.
Having a cancer scare makes you confront your fears and I had told this friend who happened to be a nurse practitioner about being with my father when he passed away from colon cancer.
She insisted on me going to get that checked - at that time, they just had found the hereditary connection of that cancer and it was the first year the insurance paid for a colonoscopy without having to meet all kinds of criteria.
I don't know if I would have done it if it had cost me another thousand or more. After all, I was living extremely healthy and had no symptoms besides being tired - something I explained away by the fact that I was working 7 days a week and often 12 hour days.
Good thing that everything fell into place for me. 2 weeks after the exam I was in the hospital and now have 1.5 feet less gut. But I am here and kicking.
We will talk about this and how surviving a disease like that shapes your life.
I am not as skinny anymore 😉
Hope you can listen in or watch. It will be at 10 AM Pacific time. 19.00 European time.
There will be a replay
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Cancer is such a terrible thing, it's brave of your sister to talk about it. One of my cousins had prostate cancer a few years back and while he survived that also prompted us to get tested. No one who got tested had any, but it was still quite a bit of a scare. Amazing how a diagnosis can move people into action, though, especially when it's something that might be hereditary.
My sister just lost her husband to cancer and talking about it is one way for her to grief. And yes, cancer sucks!
I so want to listen
I think that would be 1am later....
If I didn't have to wake up at 4am I would so stay up
I will listen to the replay
You look gorgeous in that pic :)
waking up at 4 sounds like punishment to me :) But here I am, well after midnight, still scheduling posts :)
hahahah
yes, it is punishment and honestly, I don't know how you do it :D
Such a horrible disease. My aunt is right in the middle of chemotherapy at the moment for (I think) ovarian cancer. I've learnt so much about it since she was diagnosed. I didn't realise that the chemo lowers your immune system so much that at times, it's dangerous to even go outside. She has young grandchildren, and at times, cannot see them, especially if they have the slightest runny nose.
She has altered her diet to help her body fight it, and is seeing a naturopath who is assisting her too. She's nearly done with the chemo, then and operation to clean out anything left over.
My heart goes out to anyone who has to go through this.
So sorry to hear about your aunt. I don't know where you live and what is legal in your area but if it is legal, pot is a really good way to deal with all the side effects of chemo.
Thank God you knew about early!
I'll try to catch the show ^_^ is it 5 and hlf hours from now?
Yes. I was very lucky!!
I had no idea you were a cancer survivor. I had a cancer scare this time last year, and have since discovered that both my maternal and paternal have a high genetic risk.
In fact, scheduling my colonoscopy is on my current to do list. I'm so happy everything fell into place for you, and you were able to discover yours early on.
Best of luck with the podcast! If I'm not around this afternoon (it airs at 1pm my time), I will definitely try to give the rebroadcast a listen.
I am glad your scare was just that. Having the genetic link doesn't mean that we get it - just need to be a little more careful.
Plus, colonoscopies are fun! I had my first one last year, even though I'm younger than is supposed to get them because of some things that concerned my primary... luckily I had nothing wrong and got to drink all that laxative! What fun they are :P
My uncle got radioactive seeds planted in him yesterday for his prostate cancer. He's looking forward to glowing.
oh yes!! the prep day!! How could I leave that out lol
Glad that yours turned out with desirable results!!
Hope all works out for your uncle!
I hope so too. All his updates are very positive, but my friend who died of cancer also always sounded positive.
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when you go through this, you have to stay positive - otherwise, you just give up...
Ja.
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