7 yr Metastic Colon Cancer veteran recently hears he's Cancer Free again:)

Buster
Whoooo Hoooooo!!! Glad your with us and doing well!!!
Winter Marie

steved said:

Thanks for the post
Thanks for the inspiration- I am seven years post op and in recurrence at present. It may or may not be treatable but is great to read of long stories such as your own. Glad you enjoyed that birthday!

steve

Steve(d)
Hey man,

Your story has always resonated me - it was an attention getter when I saw your post last year about you going 7-years and then recurring...

It spoke volumes to me - it said that even if we get past the 5-year mark that the medical community considers our cancer 'clear', that it can always be there ready to come out again.

Your story is a lesson for all of us - a lesson that many of us don't want to hear - and certainly don't want to acknowledge.

I was a 7-year guy last year and fought my 3rd recurrence....it was one of the hardest fights of my life as my body "just ain't" what it used to be, but I made it through...now a year later, I'm about to mark 8-years next month in June in the fight and staring at a possible/probably 4th recurrence.

For some of us, we can walk away - for others of us, the road is a little less travelled.

I just wanted to say that your story has had some significant impact on me, because it speaks in volumes about many of the things that I like to talk about. Your story tells me what I already know - I'm in it for the long-haul.

And I'll just have to drive the wheels right off this race-car and see where the road takes me - and takes all of us too.

Continued best of luck in your fight - you're in the U.K., right?

-Craig

Thanks for posting Buster!
"The lesson to be learned here is to never lose hope and keep battling because you just never know."

So right you are, and a challenge in its own right to do just that! May you have many more birthdays, and many joys with family and friends. I reached 60 this year and considered that a big milestone too!

all the best,
Leslie

dx 5/08 stage 4a rectal cancer
LAR 9/08; R hepatectomy 10/08 NED
neoadjuvant and adjuvant FOLFOX; pelvic radiation.
recurrence 6/10-12/10 4 lung nodules; 1 in each lobe
lung Stereotactic Radiation 1/11
NED still!(last lung CT 4/12)

WooHoo
You've been through so much but it seems to be that you keep coming through. Thank you for this great story. I'm hoping for continued health for you. Happy 50th

Kim