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Colorectal Cancer | Last Active: Aug 3, 2023 | Replies (101)

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Thankyou Yannis. I live in India. We met with several oncologists before choosing our doctor. The oncologist is encouraging and says one survives on hope. The gastroenterologist however, who did a laprascopic investigation last month painted a grim picture. He said there were 10 to 12 nodules too small to show up on the pet CT in the pelvis and lower abdomen. Mymind wants to believe he is a pessimist. He was the doctor who operated on my husband in July 21 and after 9 and a half hrs in the OT working on my husband,popped out and said I give him 2 yrs. Immunotherapy apart from the formidable costs will not work on him due to some mutations. He has to work his way through four more cycles of folfiri/Bevacizumab and then we will know where we stand. My main anxiety is the suffering that lies ahead and how to cope as the disease progresses and the suffering that comes with it.What I have understood is he is beyond cure. Thankyou so much for your caring response and prayers. What I need is strength to cope with his suffering

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Dear Colca, thank you for your response. What I observe from your email strikes me in several ways. The gastroenterologist who gave you a time frame for your husband living, was not right as no one can play God. My husbands response was I don’t know where that place is, no one has given me a map with directions so I will continue here on my journey.
Hope is eternal and we always have hope for miracles that can occur, and we never think of the end of life.
We made some trips in us and came to Greece several times so we always had hope eternal.
If you are from India you may have relatives in usa who can help in some way for you to seek treatment there, otherwise seek the best in India.
Ask about theY90 treatment if they offer it in India which I am sure as you have some great doctors there.
Life is a circle and it ends and there is always a new beginning and from what I see you love your husband immensely show him that love, do things with him to take his mind off of this dreaded disease, talk about the future…look forward.
Sadly with cancer as brave as we may be, it has a way of disguising itself snd changing into something else.
Immunotherapy has shown some promising therapies but not all may be candidates for this.
Inside of you you must always be prepared for what happens next and be brave. He will always be your beloved and he will always be there for you in this life and the next. …grow close to him ….
My husband used to say that he loved his cancer…to beat it…and he did with bravery and courage for three and half years. He always said to me that cancer brought us closer together snd it is so true, for now it will be ten months since I lost my beloved snd I still light the candle for him on his journey. I always talk to him, for in our culture when you mention and relive your moments together he lives on always.
Listen to his words, listen to his heart and soul and be filled with the blessing of the Holy Spirit.
Whatever faith you have believe, trust and love.
With my love snd blessings for healing
Yiannis