Thank You

vicky19
vicky19 Member Posts: 4
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Hi Everyone, I just wanted to thank all of you for the hope you have given me. My 33 year old son was diagnosed with stage 4 CRC in January of this year. As a nurse I knew the "statical" survival rate for this stage...or so I thought. Then God blessed me with finding you guys and I have been glued to this site every since. You have no idea how much just reading your comments, love and laughter have changed my life. Everyday I come to this site, afraid of what the future will bring for my son and I leave smiling and knowing there are many survivors of this horrid disease. So again, thank you for all the help you give people that you dont even know about.

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  • grammadebbie
    grammadebbie Member Posts: 464
    #2
    Welcome
    Dear Vicki,

    So sorry to hear about your son. My son is 33 also and know how devastated I would be for him. I was diagnosed Stage IIIc almost 2 years ago, 8/38 lymph nodes positive, bowel obstruction, lemon size tumor, resection (12in.) chemo 6 months. It's been a real difficult journey but I am happy to be here. I will be praying for your family. So glad you found this forum. I didn't find it until about 2 months ago. What a blessing it is. You can bring all your questions and concerns here. There is always someone wonderful to help you thru this. Maybe you son would be interested in posting. I wish I had known about it when I was in treatment. So much experience here.

    Again, Welcome
    Blessings to your family

    Debbie (gramma)
  • robinvan
    robinvan Member Posts: 1,012
    #3
    Hey Vicky
    Thanks for the note. Your son is very lucky to have a mother who is with him on the journey. I give thanks for mine each day!

    You are lucky to have many more years with him!!

    Be Well... Rob; in Van
  • Kathleen808
    Kathleen808 Member Posts: 2,342 Member
    #4
    Hi Vicky
    Hi Vicky,
    So glad you found this site and that we can help along this journey. Your son is blessed to have you.
    Best to both of you.

    Aloha,
    Kathleen
  • fedester
    fedester Member Posts: 753 Member
    #5
    vicky,
    1st thank you for
    vicky,
    1st thank you for what you do everyday as a nurse.
    i was very blessed when i was in the hspital fighting this disease with my angels(nurses)
    your son is very lucky to have you here helping him in his fight.
    my mom passed 27 yers ago when i was 24, but she was helping me from upstairs!.
    yes there are stats but they are only that. i found this site while in the hospital not knowing which way to go and the many family members here helped me get thru this.
    your son must have a postive attitude and have faith those two things plus this site i feel got me thru my battle.
    be well
    never,ever give up!!
    bruce
  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
    #6
    Welcome
    First welcome to the boards, and secondly, sorry you had to find us this way. However, we are a great bunch of people ready to be here for any situation. We laugh, cry, share, and sometimes (but rarely) butt heads, but we are a big happy family. I'm sorry you son discovered his colorectal cancer, but he has much better chances now of survival than years ago because research has come so far. As you have been reading, you will have noticed many people on here with high stage cancer that have been NED for many, many years and are here to testify to that fact. We welcome your son to come on this board if he wants to also. Let him know we are here for him as well.

    Kim

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