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Talking Frankly about Living with Advanced Cancer
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Hiya I’m Dave … just updating
Made it thru my 3rd chemo treatment on 9/9. Since my last post Palliative Care team has been a tremendous help in reducing my pain and moving me past the scared angry and sad stage. New outlook on life I’ve learned I have metastatic stage IV adenoCA with KRAS and TP mutations among others. Not a great prognosis but we’re still hopeful the treatments do the job. Focusing on getting thru the next chemo; then the Pet/Ct. Looking into drug trials that may be available. Discussions with family can still get emotional at times but at least the self pity is behind me
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@dave56pa Thank you for sharing! So glad to hear you have developed a new outlook on life and are pressing forward, a step at a time. It’s not easy and sometimes we do slide backwards but dust ourselves off and keep pushing on!
I’ve got stage 4 appendix cancer which after hectic treatment is now going on 3 years in remission ( no evidence of disease). I’ve outlived the estimated average prognosis for my particular situation, and who knows what the future holds as my cancer isn’t curable. Hopefully new treatments will come through for us all for a cure and not just manage it.
Life is different but still very good. Squashing the worry of what lies ahead remains a work in progress for me. Cancer though has sure taught me to appreciate and do what I can still do while I can still do it! No time to waste. I have a wonderful medical team in my corner and it’s comforting to remind myself they’re there for me. I’m glad you have the same.
Wishing you every success with your treatments 🌺
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I'm very glad to hear that Palliative Care is supportive. I know what you mean about emotional discussions. I've been on both sides--my first husband died as a young man and I took care of him. Now at 71 I have a cancer with a poor prognosis (although I'm doing quite well and have outlived the initial prediction) and find myself in similar conversations but from the opposite perspective. All I can say is that even if difficult these conversations have been invaluable to me--I treasure them. Wishing you all the best today.