anyone here live with cancer ?

Question

how does it feel ?
do you have a hope ?
what is the stage ?
what is the type of cancer ?
are you going to survive ?

there was less dead rate of cancer last year than 2005

Answer 1

im living with cancer(skin cancer)theres nothing i can do about it only keep protecting my self from the sun,and im so fed up of it ive got hope yes ,weve got to hope !ive had malignant melanoma,its likley to spread to my brain ive been told,i hope i survive ive got three daughter and five grandchildren

Answer 2

Different cancers have different symptoms and different prognosis.

I have been treated for small cell carcinoma in my breast.

I have had surgery (lumpectomy and axial node clearance), chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

I am still on oral medications to supress hormones as my cancer was hormone receptive.

Other than the fact that i get tired more quickly now than in the past (a side effect of the meds) and menopausal symptoms (side effect of chemo and ongoing meds) I have no symptoms.

I know that statistically I will probably have a shorter lifespan than I would have if I hadn't had cancer and the subsequent treatments, but believe we all live as long as we are meant to, so this doesn't bother me.

My aunt survived 50 years from her first diagnosis of breast cancer until it finally killed her. Her youngest 2 children were born after treatment, and she also fostered over 40 babies in that time!

I am nearly 50 and have no desire to reach 100, so don't see any problem in following her as a role model.

After all, I work on a busy road and could be hit by a truck and killed tomorrow, so take each day as it comes!

Answer 3

I have breast cancer that has come back. I don't feel pain, but emotionally it takes a toll at times. I still have hope. It is stage four. It moved to my neck. This time I have had radiation. I will go back in 1 1/2 weeks to see if I need a boost of radiation. I also see my Oncologist then who will order a PET scan to see if we got it all. If not, then we are talking chemotherapy. I had that in 2000. It made me feel really bad. I am hoping that I can avoid this or find a less debilitating combination of drugs. My worry is that I wonder if I do this, am I jeopardizing my life when I can be over chemo in 6 months. I just was so miserable when I did that.

Answer 4

I guess I'm living with cancer, but I don't think about it that way.

The cancer doesn't feel like anything, the side effects of the treatments are a bit bothersome.

Hope? Sure I hope to live a while longer, but then so do most people I would guess.

Stage 3, but it's a bit ambiguous.

Breast cancer, 2nd time around.

No I'm not going to survive, I will die like everyone else. But it might be from something else. I'm kind of in favor of mountain climbing accident when I'm about 100 or so.

Answer 5

It it in remission right now, so it feels OK.
I DO have hope in Jesus Christ. I will never lose hope.
It was stage IIe, but has been treated with chemo and radiation.
Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
Absolutely YES

Answer 6

Yes.
It hurts.
No.
IV
Pancreatic.
No.