Posted on 06/12/2022 3:06:45 PM PDT by RummyChick
Toby Keith announced on Sunday that he had been battling cancer since late last year.
In a statement posted to social media, the 60-year-old country music singer shared that he had been diagnosed with stomach cancer, which he was battling aggressively with several treatments.
Although he was light on details about his current condition and prognosis, he said things were 'So far, so good.'
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I saw that he was supposed to perform at a venue near me this summer. A good guy with some good music. Prayers offered.
Can he submit himself for some of these “promising “ treatments we’ve been hearing about for so long now? Two or three in the past few days.
we are so far away from a cure. That runner dude will probably end up dying from his cancer even though he says he is cancer free. late stage Pancreatic cancer almost always wins..heck..so does early stage. Ginsberg fought a long heard battle but it nailed her in the end
wonder if he’ll smoke weed with willie again...
Stomach cancer can be very painful, prayers for his beating the cancer.
I have seen him in many concerts. I wish him well.
I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Stomach Cancer three years ago and went through treatment that has, so far, been very successful so I will comment.
I was diagnosed at 70. Toby is ten years younger. Most Stomach Cancer is found at 60 to 80 years of age. When it was more prevalent in the age of more smoked meats, nicotine, chewing tobacco, cured meats and less refrigeration we had more deaths but still about the same age average for diagnosis as it is stealthy in its early stages.
It is still prevalent enough to warrant upper GI in Asia so it is found earlier there. Specific causes are not fully understood.
As a Gastric Cancer it is related to Pancreatic, Liver and Spleen tumors and gets out of hand due to late discovery.
I went through a three stage process which I imagine is now pretty standardized as it was beginning adoption about four years ago.
First cycle is Port Infusion Chemo with a four chemical combination they refer to as F. L. O. T. which stands for the generic names of the cocktail ingredients. If you are deemed strong, you get stronger doses. My Oncology team hit me with the max. At the same time they early on do laparoscopic, and other, exams to see if the cancer is through the wall of the stomach into the abdominal cavity or nearby organs.
Second. After that three months, they let you rest up for six weeks or so and then they remove your entire stomach in many cases along with ten to twenty surrounding lymph nodes in your abdomen.
Third, they see how you do from that, which may turn you into a concentration camp survivor (my case 80 pound weight loss), they measure the permanent damage from chemo and determine what chemo you can take for a second round with the goal of killing all the tiny demon metastasizing cells that might still lurk. I was blest in stage two and pathology could find no live cancer — tumors were gone and they gave me what is called a “Path C/R” meaning I had shown a complete response to my first rounds of Chemo,
The old statistics say 4 to 6% are as blessed as I at the five year mark but these statistics were formed prior to RGB, KC Burke, Sloan Kettering, MD Anderson and Honor Health Oncology changed the world of Gastric Cancers after 2015.
Nerves in my hands and feet are permanently 70% dead but I can still drive, type, tie a monofilament line and other thing requiring fine motor skills to a good degree. I hope Toby is as blessed. My tumor was 3(b), friable, 1.25 inch by 2” fully adhered to the stomach wall and bleeding internally,
sheesh..cancer is truly the devil’s work.
at least you are alive and able to function
There is no “cure” for cancer and there will be no cure for cancer. Best they can do is slowdown growth of tumors with chemo and burn them with radiation. IOW cancer can be put in remission but never cured.
We all have abnormal cells forming every day in our body.
But our bodies have the ability to recognize those fast growing abnormal cells and kill them. When we lose that ability to recognize the abnormal cells, then cancer tumors grow bigger and make their presence known.
I spent a lot of time on my knees and so should we all.
All my Doctors thought I had cancer. My tests indicated it. I had a genetic predisposition. My family member had died from it. I was getting ready to die
And then lo and behold....pathology said no cancer. There is no clue as to what kept that tumor in check to not turn into cancer. Hopefully it continues.
Glad you are doing as well as can be expected. Congrats!
My wife was diagnosed with stage-4 lung cancer in early 60’s. She never smoked, but grew up in a family of smokers and they lived in basement apartment in Chicago which is known to have ground radiation. Now 4 years and 3 months later she is still functioning Okay and we actually enjoyed 5 cruises since September 2021 when cruises opened up after covid shutdowns.
I could never go through the chemo treatments she endured for 3.5 years. She also had multiple treatments of Keytruda and several radiation treatments. It is amazing they have zapped 3 tumors in brain with radiation, with no discernable loss of any functions.
My best guess is your body recognized the abnormal cells and was able to destroy them. You did great!
One my favorite TK songs.
You have testified!
Blessings
Wow!
Thanks for sharing - and God Bless You & heal you.
Prayers for his health and healing.
I became a fan of Toby’s after watching “Broken Bridges”. This is my favorite scene and song. Lots of familiar faces and a few who have passed away.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjN0d7H8Xks
Prayers for a complete recovery.
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