hello all I'm new

mwilfong
mwilfong Member Posts: 3
edited June 2011 in Colorectal Cancer #1
I found out on may 7th that I had colon cancer had surgery that day and had eight inches of my colon taken out. Go tomorrow for first chemo, hope that goes well. Have lots of questions but that can wait just wanted to introduce myself.

Matt

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  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
    #2
    Welcome
    You are one of many that has joined just recently but wanted to grant you a warm welcome. You have come to a great group of people that can help you get through this and help you with this journey. You are going to have a whirlwind of appointments and tests but you can get through this. Good luck with your first chemo tomorrow and let us know how you are doing.

    Kim
  • mwilfong
    mwilfong Member Posts: 3
    #3
    Annabelle41415 said:

    Welcome
    You are one of many that has joined just recently but wanted to grant you a warm welcome. You have come to a great group of people that can help you get through this and help you with this journey. You are going to have a whirlwind of appointments and tests but you can get through this. Good luck with your first chemo tomorrow and let us know how you are doing.

    Kim

    thanks
    Thanks Kim for the warm welcome I'm sure the support will help a lot.
  • mwilfong
    mwilfong Member Posts: 3
    #4
    More about me
    I can only do this in short spells or when my wife is asleep. I love her and we are going through this together but this is for me....that might be selfish but I need this, I don't want to worry her anymore than she already is. The doctors have told me I have stage 3 and there is a good outlook for me. The oncologist said six months chemo. I have full faith that I will be fine after that and have no more cancer. I can't even bring myself to think anything differently. I have been through this before, in my family I mean. My grandfather died of colon cancer in 1980 and My dad died of colon cancer in 2001. so I have no choice but to beat it. I want to be so scared but I just can't let that happen because if I get scared then that means that I'm in doubt that I will beat this, and there can be no doubt that I will beat this. thanks for letting me vent here it already helps.
  • Kathleen808
    Kathleen808 Member Posts: 2,342 Member
    #5
    Hi Matt
    Hi Matt,
    I'm glad you found this wonderful group. They have been by my side for the past 2.5 years and provided support again and again. Best to you on your first chemo.

    Aloha,
    Kathleen
  • thxmiker
    thxmiker Member Posts: 1,278 Member
    #6
    Welcome Matt! If you
    Welcome Matt! If you have questions or need to grouse this is the right place. I finished my 6 months of Folfox in April.

    Best Always, mike
    PS Get soft TP and plenty of baby wipes.
  • AncientTiger
    AncientTiger Member Posts: 130
    #7
    Welcome Matt!!
    Your story sounds awfully similar to mine, except you're getting to the chemo sooner than I did. Of course, you might not have been as drastic a surgical patient as I was either. LOL

    Do you know yet what sort of chemo you're going to be taking? Is it the standard 5FU/Oxcilliplatin? Has your oncologist discussed all the side effects yet? It would be nice to think he/she HAS, but as we've learned here in these forums, not all oncologists are created equal ;)

    You have a wealth of firsthand knowledge and experience here Matt... fire away with the questions, or just vent. We've most all been where you are now ;D
  • GaryinUK
    GaryinUK Member Posts: 62
    #8
    Matt

    Read the Threads, new one hear about Tagamet, lots of others....

    What I have learnt (I am the partner of a cancer fighter)... Lots of Dr's dont tell you anything unless you ask, I mean nothing.
    Think outside the box...each person is different

    Oh and think about the Chemo, google it, I am not sure post op it is beneficial, thats my view and there is some medical articles to support it.

    Need to shout, feeling low, want to rant, want to share, then this is the place to do the lot

    Best wishes

    Gary
  • SisterSledge
    SisterSledge Member Posts: 332 Member
    #9
    Hi Matt
    I don't think being afraid is the same as accepting that things might go badly...a person can even be afraid of the unknown...and nothing wrong with being afraid, only wrong in letting it stop you from acting. Go ahead, be afraid...but be a vigilant and aggressive fighter too.

    Good luck to you and welcome to the group :)
    Janine

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