Posted on 04/30/2009 9:38:46 AM PDT by Petruchio
Time to call out the Big Guns.
Some of you have heard thru FReepmail that a week and a half ago a mass was found during a routine chest X-Ray. 2 days later they did a CT Scan. Yesterday I had a Biopsy done. I just got off the phone with my Doctor.
I have cancer.
Specifically, Adenocarcinoma. More tests need to be done to determine the stage and if it is just the one tumor or if it has spread.
Please include me in your Prayers that this can be treated.The most powerful weapon I can employ in this fight is Prayer.
Payers for you and yours.
Prayers are on the way. Please keep us posted, friend.
prayers up
Prayers up for you, hang in there.
You are in my thoughts and prayers...
I will keep FReepers posted. I will post all battle updates to this thread.
FMCDH(BITS)
I am so sorry to hear this. Will send prayers your way. May God bless you.
May God strengthen and heal you!
Excellent. We’ll all be with you, then. :)
I was diagnosed with Colon Cancer that had already moved to my liver and was Stage 4. I wasn’t told at the time but the outward limit of my live expectancy was two years and a few months. That was in February 2003. Needless to say their expectation was off by a significant degree.
Every Cancer is different as is every patient. They CANNOT predict how you will do with your little speed bump called Cancer. I decided from day one, that I would not beat this problem. My cancer is terminal and unless I’m hit by a bus or something like that. I will die of it. But, that doesn’t mean I will die tomorrow! I am a fighter and I don’t give up. I just turned 65 this past February and I still go to work every day. I work as a full time Project Manager for over 35 Legacy projects in a Large Telecommunications Company in Middletown, NJ. I get three days of Chemotherapy every three weeks and I will as long as I live.
That is the Key! “As Long as I live.” I plan on living my life as best as I can for as long as I can. Every Morning when I get out of bad and put my feet on the floor and the floor is colder than my feet, I know I haven’t reached room temperature yet and it is going to be a glorious day! As we used to say in Viet Nam “Heaven’s not ready for me yet and the Devil is afraid of me.
Your biggest weapon in your upcoming battles is your spirit. You need to look at this old fart and tell yourself that the biggest factor in survival for this difficulty is you. I am a volunteer Counselor for the American Cancer Institute in trying to help folks through the initial shock of the Diagnosis. I won’t con you. There will be good and bad days ahead. Will it be easy? Hell no! Will it be worth it? Hell yes! There is so much more to tell you. It’s important for you to know that you are not alone in your battles. There are a lot of us out here ready to talk to you if you want to. My prayers are with you and your family. If you or any of your family needs to chat, write back
Tom
PS: a new twist that really sucks is that the cancer has started a slow movement into my lungs. I still plan on being around for some time though.
God Bless, My friend!
You are not alone in your battles.
-Andy
Hang in there FRiend.
Prayer BUMP
Prayers for you and your loved ones while you weather this storm.
Prayers for you and your family....prayers for strength and healing. Please keep us updated.
God bless. Prayers for strength, comfort and healing!
Keep us updated.
The CT Scan found:
"There is a 1.46cm noncalcified pleural based nodule in the right upper lobe posteriorly and laterally adjacent to the major fissure."
Today the Biopsy identified that whatever as adenocarcinoma.
We are here in prayer for you, Petruchio. God bless and be with you, your family, and those tending your health needs in this fight.
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