I recently found out that a very close relative of mine has colon cancer. Is there anyone who has survived cancer that would like to share their story? It is a very scary time, and any positive outcomes regarding cancer could help uplift his mood. Thanks! i appreciate those who have answered so far. what can a family do to help someone with cancer?
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my dad had this a little over a year ago. the doctor said its one of the best places to have cancer if youre going to have it. they just remove a section of the colon where the cancer is located, usually its just a few inches. in my dads case, 6 inches. the hospital and surgery is the scary part, but if all goes well, then he'll be just fine
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sorry but all i know, is that colon is the largest part of ur large intestine
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After three months of symptoms very much like those of irritable bowel syndrome, and one month of significantly more discomfort, I was diagnosed with colon cancer following a colonoscopy. (The occult blood test and barium enema did not pick it up.) The rather large tumor was removed, along with half my large intestine, about a foot of the small one, and the lymph nodes outside the intestine near the tumor's location. The surgeon just connected the two cut ends together, so there's no colostomy bag to worry about. The cancer turned out to be Stage II, in which the cancer cells had invaded the intestinal wall and the muscles surrounding it, but had not gone any further. There was no cancer in the lymph nodes. This was the same type of cancer that President Ronald Reagan had, and he survived for many years after surgery. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy for this stage of colon cancer are unnecessary - Reagan didn't have either. (Stage III is a different matter.) One year later, my CEA (carcino-embryonic antigen) test result is at the low end of the normal range, so at this time, I am cancer-free. I will have to have regular CEA tests and colonoscopy checkups for a few more years in order to be called a "cancer survivor".
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Cancer is enough to scare the daylights out of anybody. Remember 911, well, for my wife it was 917, the day she got a call from a doctor, who said " you have to see a surgeon right away".To make along story short, she did have a rough time, but now she's fine! She found a surgeon who was very assuring and very capable, and he would by my choice if I ever needed a surgeon. We were both scared, but the surgeon held both our hands and said, " I'll get you through this." Our surgeon's partner had cancer, so he knew... Be there for your relative, remember many have had it, many will have it, and many made it through and are now just fine. Take care of yourself, he has a whole hospital to take care of him.
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My brother in law had colon cancer 4 years ago and he had a section of his colon removed. He's been fine ever since. I know a lot of people, including myself, who used natural supplements and got over all types of cancer. Lung cancer, liver cancer, pancreas cancer, colon cancer, skin cancer, brain tumor and bone cancer. They all got better!
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People who have been treated for colon cancer can substantially reduce the risk that the disease will return and improve their overall chance of survival by engaging in regular exercise, according to new research by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists. In a pair of studies published on the Journal of Clinical Oncology website http://www.jco.org/early_release/, and slated to appear in the journal's Aug. 1 issue, the researchers found that colon cancer patients engaging in moderate levels of exercise six to 12 months after completing therapy had an approximately 50 percent higher survival rate than those who didn't exercise. The improvement took place in patients with very early and more advanced (but non-spreading) colon cancer, all of whom had undergone surgery intended to cure the disease.
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