I just wanted to share my experience on this board. My husband was dx'd with stage 4
rectal cancer. He seemed to be perfectly healthy but a colonoscopy revealed that was
not true. I was completely devasted, we have a son who was 12, he needs his Dad.
The onc. gave us a book and it had little hope once the cancer had spread, checked the
internet....5-10 months.
I was in shock...and then I found this site....Craig, Donna and everyone welcomed me.
When he had a problem with chemo (mouth sores, etc someone would pop up with a rememdy...that worked). There is hope if you aren't a candidate for resection right
away.. my situation was sim. but this happened and... then the thread by Scouty that
was a roll call for stage 4 survivors, you can get through the treatments, so many
stories that provided HOPE....THANKS SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO HAS MADE THIS TERRIBLE
CANCER A LITTLE EASIER....
