found an interesting article

yoga

Hello All . . . .

Read this article yesterday and have been thinking about it a lot since then. It doesn't talk about stages, but as a stage IV with 32 chemos so far and no chance (yet) for surgery it gave me some much needed hope with survivorship. Thought it was worth sharing.

http://www.nhs.uk/news/2011/11November/Pages/cancer-survival-rates-still-vary-greatly.aspx

I know someone out there will come to my rescue and make a link for it - and maybe explain to me how to on this site.

yoga jo

zirotra

lnk
cancer survival rates vary

Sundanceh

Thanks YJ
I agree completely with this atatement in the article:

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"The report highlighted that although it is good news that more cancer patients are living longer overall, they may not be spending this time living well. It points out that “cancer treatment is the toughest fight many people will face and patients are often left with long-term health and emotional problems long after their treatment has ended”.

Macmillan illustrates this point by highlighting that although colorectal cancer is one of the cancers with large improvements in median survival time, 64% of people still alive five to seven years after their diagnosis have an ongoing health problem."

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I'm 7.5 years into my fight and it's safe to say that I've "slipped" along the way. This article speaks to where I'm at on my journey in both the mental and physical apsects. I still work and contribute to society but wonder when the fight will begin to slip me out of the mainstreatm and out to pasture.

It's all very sobering to be honest with you, but it's always good to be reminded of what we face on a daily basis. So many of us look like we're clear but after a few years, we see recurrence. And I think once you get the first recurrence, the next recurrence and the ones after that, seem to come more frequently. I know we think we "beat it."

But, each day I get further down the trail, I often wonder if what we are telling ourselves is the truth - or just the truth in the way we want to see it. The majority of us seem to extend our lives, and a few reach the promised land.

I'm 7.5 years out, so I'm at the top end of the scale statistically. I'd like to make it 10 years out of diagnosis, but only if I can function to some degree. Anything after that would be pure gravy - that's if I could still taste it:)

Thanks for the article it was interesting.

They have figured a way to extend our lives - but NOT the QUALITY of our lives. For those of that do remain, quality is a moving target and means different things to different people. I've always found that we end up "Trading Tomorrow for Today."

But, what choice do we really have?

-Craig

Stage IV - 51x chemo - 55x radiation - 4 major surgeries - 3 recurrences - those are the highlights.

tommycat

Sundanceh said:

Thanks YJ
I agree completely with this atatement in the article:

______________________________________________________________________________________________

"The report highlighted that although it is good news that more cancer patients are living longer overall, they may not be spending this time living well. It points out that “cancer treatment is the toughest fight many people will face and patients are often left with long-term health and emotional problems long after their treatment has ended”.

Macmillan illustrates this point by highlighting that although colorectal cancer is one of the cancers with large improvements in median survival time, 64% of people still alive five to seven years after their diagnosis have an ongoing health problem."

______________________________________________________________________________________________

I'm 7.5 years into my fight and it's safe to say that I've "slipped" along the way. This article speaks to where I'm at on my journey in both the mental and physical apsects. I still work and contribute to society but wonder when the fight will begin to slip me out of the mainstreatm and out to pasture.

It's all very sobering to be honest with you, but it's always good to be reminded of what we face on a daily basis. So many of us look like we're clear but after a few years, we see recurrence. And I think once you get the first recurrence, the next recurrence and the ones after that, seem to come more frequently. I know we think we "beat it."

But, each day I get further down the trail, I often wonder if what we are telling ourselves is the truth - or just the truth in the way we want to see it. The majority of us seem to extend our lives, and a few reach the promised land.

I'm 7.5 years out, so I'm at the top end of the scale statistically. I'd like to make it 10 years out of diagnosis, but only if I can function to some degree. Anything after that would be pure gravy - that's if I could still taste it:)

Thanks for the article it was interesting.

They have figured a way to extend our lives - but NOT the QUALITY of our lives. For those of that do remain, quality is a moving target and means different things to different people. I've always found that we end up "Trading Tomorrow for Today."

But, what choice do we really have?

-Craig

Stage IV - 51x chemo - 55x radiation - 4 major surgeries - 3 recurrences - those are the highlights.

Craig, I just felt the urge
Craig, I just felt the urge to give you a hug.....please accept this cyber one.
Your Friend in California~

Sundanceh

tommycat said:

Craig, I just felt the urge
Craig, I just felt the urge to give you a hug.....please accept this cyber one.
Your Friend in California~

((((( TC ))))))
Love it!

That felt so good - thanks! My wife gave me up on years ago, so a cyber hug is the best it gets for me these days:)

LOL! LOL! LOL!

-Craig

thingy45

Sundanceh said:

((((( TC ))))))
Love it!

That felt so good - thanks! My wife gave me up on years ago, so a cyber hug is the best it gets for me these days:)

LOL! LOL! LOL!

-Craig

HUGS
And cyber hugs from me also, with a lot of admiration for your tenacity.
Keep going, quality is way more important then quantity. And yes you do contribute to society, NOW.. get that book printed and published, I cannot wait to read the whole thing, ofcourse I demand a signed copie.
Marjan

Buckwirth

Improved Survival Rates for mCRC
Survival by Year of DX Graph

Improved Survival in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Is Associated With Adoption of Hepatic Resection and Improved Chemotherapy

pete43lost_at_sea

yoga jo thanks
hope is what i got as an early xmass present.

seeing your post just backs it up.

heres hoping..........

that we get our xmas wishes. i wonder what that would be........

hugs,
pete

Sonia32

Don't shoot me
It's based on UK stats. But for colon cancer in the uk, states etc survival has improved, I say touching wood my forehead in case I jinx things. arghhh please just ignore me any research is good be it in the uk or any where else