Saturday, October 8, 2011

Chemotherapy and colon cancer

Chemotherapy and colon cancer.?
As everybody knows, memorial day is coming up fast. Seven years ago my grandfather died of colon cancer on memorial day. My mom and my grandma say that he fought until the end, but I really want to know what he went through. The choices he had to make, and the outcome. Can you please tell me what chemotherapy feels like if you have colon cancer? Please I feel like I need to know.
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I am so sorry about your granddad love. I had breast cancer nine years ago. Four cycles of chemotherapy. While I can't say specifically what he went through I can tell you that Chemo is not painful Most times it is given via an IV or a shunt directly into the abdomen. It does make you feel tired, and a bit woozy, Sometimes it can make you nauseated so the Doctor will often order a prescription anti-nauseant. Stronger than gravol. I don't envy him the choices he had to make each step of the way. Treatment varies by stage. At stage one he likely did know he had it. Stage two he had to choose whether or not to have surgery, and what type of chemo to have. Some chemo takes about an hour and you go home afterward. Others you stay in the hospital over night. Stages three and four are the all out, knock down, drag out, no holds barred cat fight. My thinking is that he had to choose between several heavy duty chemo therapies, hormone therapy, more surgery and radiation, and ultimately to discontinue curative treatment and carry one with palliative care only. Choosing between living and accepting death was not an easy choice for him. trust me on that. You really loved your granddad, I can tell. And this is a painful memory for you. trust me it will get easier. Remember that those we truly love are never totally gone as long as we remember them.

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