Hello @fpdm
I am sorry to hear about your diagnosis, and I know exactly how you feel - I also have Adenocarcinoma, a rectal cancer recently discovered after emergency CT scan done for abdominal pain caused by severe constipation, only a week after a colonoscopy was done.
I was paralyzed with fear at the beginning, feeling lost and overwhelmed with the amount of information that I went through to find out more details about my type of cancer, feeling more and more scared from what I read... Until I decided that, No, I am not going to scare myself further, I will trust my medical teams, will take one day at a time, will stay positive, and will go through it with the help of my loved ones!
You are not alone on this journey, as @rjjacobsen said it really well, it is no longer a death sentence, the science keeps offering new choices for treatment, and we have to believe that we will be part of the success stories, and become Cancer Survivors, and no longer Cancer Patients! 🙏 For our own sake and the people who we cherish and love♥️ Your kids need you, keep this thought in your heart, always, and it will help you in your journey.
Sharing positive thoughts,
Eva G (aka BadassEva😉)