Anyone in their 20s/30s currently undergoing treatment?

life4all said:

Hi,
My wife who is in here
Hi,

My wife who is in here mid 30s was diagnosed with Stage IV Gastric Cancer ( Stomach Cancer ) 3 months ago. Six months Prior to the diagnosis, the symptoms were a slight dull stomach ache for which we saw a doctor who said it was just acidity and suggested that she take Prilosec. After taking Prilosec for a month , the pain did not go away and we saw a urologist who also suggested the same after doing a kidney scan. Since we did not see any improvement and there was a slight bloatin, we went for a CT which showed everything was ok and saw a GI doctor who suggested that she have a endoscopy, which she did . Based on the Endoscopy and the biopsy, the GI doctor told us that she had H-Pylori bacteria in her stomach for which we were asked to take the required medication and other than that that everything was ok ! After we took the medication for the H-Pylori for 2 weeks and after waiting another week , the bloating in her stomach was getting larger (ascitis), plus she could not eat much, had trouble swallowing, general weakness, and we went for a second Endoscopy and CT which diagnosed the presence Stage IV stomach cancer .

She started Chemotherapy, the combo being ( Oxaliplatin, Epirubicin and Xeloda) and she is in her third cycle. She is responding well to Chemo, since here cancer markers were significantly down from the first to the second cycle and from the second to the third cycle we have not got the results yet. Luckily, she does not have nausea though she does take anti-nausea medication the first three days of there chemo. Also, there is some hair loss. We have two young kids and luckily we have a lot of family around us which is a huge blessing.

Good luck and stay positive

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