Stories of Beating Stage 4 Cancer???

StayFaithful
StayFaithful Member Posts: 1 *
in Colorectal Cancer #1

Hello all. I’m wondering if any of you would be able to share any documented accounts of someone beating stage 4 cancer (either no evidence of disease or long term remission) Preferably colon cancer but any cancer story would be appreciated.

I would like to know what that person did to beat it and maybe I can do the same thing.

Thank you all in advance and good luck in your own journeys.

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  • sgold88
    sgold88 Member Posts: 86 Member
    #2

    My wife was diagnosed Aug 2019 - surgery for sigmoid tumour, 4 rounds of chemo and then in October 2019 her follow-up scan showed 2-3 liver lesions. Back to surgery. Then 12 more FOLFOX treatments. NED with one probably false positive in 2021/2022. Currently she is alive and thriving with no follow-up treatments or anything. Just regular CT follow-up scans every 6 months.

  • oldforumposter
    oldforumposter Member Posts: 1 *
    #3

    Stage IV colon cancer metastasized to liver but not yet to the lungs, January 2016.
    12 rounds of chemo interrupted mid year for surgery to removed middle part of colon, most of liver, and gallbladder.

    I was 63 at the time, which meant I wasn't yet frail, but was also older, so my cells reproduce more slowly (including cancer cells).
    Prior to cancer, I ate health foods, exercised regularly, and did not smoke or drink.
    I was near the Kellogg Cancer Centers in the Chicago area.
    At the centers they had pamphlets offering free genetic testing for colon cancer. I had it done and it showed I did not have any then-known genetic propensity for colon cancer.

    At the time of my diagnosis, a daughter who earns a good living as an analyst/advisor told me of my stage IV prognosis:
    This just means that you are one of 10 people in a room, and you just have to be one of the 2 who walk out.

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