A friend of ours died from colon cancer and that’s what scares him.
I had Crohn’s disease twenty years ago, which required surgery. Fear tried to creep in, because my mother (who lived to be 94 years old) had had two surgeries and an altered because of it.
I was led to declare. “I am not my mother.” Fear left and here I am Crohn’s free all these years.
My mom had Colon Cancer, had surgery and lived another 15 years, died from complications of a massive stroke at 85.
Have a dear friend diagnosed with CC a couple of years ago, it was inoperable, so they did radiation treatment, really shrunk it and he is plugging along.
It doesn’t always end in death, give him a hug and tell him to have faith.