Stories of Beating Stage 4 Cancer???
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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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.
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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.2 -
Hi this is my first time on here came across this post and said Wow. I got diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer then had surgery, then after 3 months had a checkup, another colonoscopy and ct scan, and they said had spread to liver, had more scans and a spot on my lung, right to stage 4. My surgery looked ok, said chemotherapy I said how long will I have to do chemotherapy he said forever. Why would I want chemotherapy forever, chemo is not easy, I can’t be cured, he said all it will do is help with symptoms, why chemotherapy, make me sick all the time to help with symptoms. I was feeling pretty good at the time, I just couldn’t see chemo forever making me sick, and I ask how long he not sure a year maybe 2. I just couldn’t understand why do chemo forever. Sounds like you have had success, I have never got any of your hopes, I have got nothing but to the liver stage 4 chemo the rest of your life. That’s not very hopeful to me. I’m having many days of not accepting this, I’m 62 yrs old, I say repeatedly This isn’t fair, this not right, giving up. Sorry for going on, guess I came here because I feel at this point not many I can talk to anymore.
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Hi marg29L,
I can relate to your feelings and state of mind right now, because you have expressed them so clearly.
Aren't there newer types of chemo now for cancer patients that have fewer side effects and so make it worth staying on them indefinitely?
Have you asked your doctor how the recommended chemo would compare to your previous chemo?
I am now 71 and have 2 little grandchildren ages 1 and 3, who make life delightful at times.
At age 63, when I was dealing with chemo and surgery etc., I did not expect to ever have grandchildren, and could not have imagined how I would feel about them.So, if I had to deal with chemo again, I most likely would at least begin it.
Today was cold, windy, dark, and stormy, but just now the sun came out for a bit.
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