D_M's Health Update

#250

Quick Update. I had an appointment with my surgeon to discuss post-op stuff and get surgical staples removed. He felt the surgery was perfection except for the discovery of a few affected lymph nodes that got missed. He seemed kind of down about that. So it’s just wait and see with the lymph nodes. Hopefully, they will just remiss.

This wound is the entry point for the chest tube and by far the most painful. It keeps me from lying on my side. It’s kind of like a bullet wound as explained by the surgeon. It will heal over time.

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#251

Hope you’re RSO’ing up man…

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#252

I hope those lymph nodes cause you no grief and you get get back to healing that poor battered body of yours.

I have to say how much I admire your strength and courage to stand up and fight this disease.

You are amazeballs!

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#253

I, too, am amazed by your fortitude – and grace, may I say – in all this. Keep up the good work, DM! As always, :pray: and :thumbsup:

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#254

I don’t know about courage and all that. When faced with one’s own mortality, you tend to do what has to be done.

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#255

Some just roll over.

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#256

True. Some are so unnerved by chemo and radiation treatments that they will just put their fate in the hands of God. I suppose if I were in my late 70’s or 80’s I would roll over as well.

The type of cancer also plays into it. In my case the treatments and surgery were horrible, but the alternative was a painful death.

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#257

It had to be horrifying to get that news. I appreciate that you shared a lot of the process with us. Your honesty is refreshing.

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#258

They have ways of easing people far more comfortably towards death than they have for easing the suffering of those fighting life.

Sorry pal but you chose the hard way and I admire the shit out of you for it.

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#259

Sharing with friends has been good therapy for me. :

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#260

A bullet wound?..dude, you look like you got shot by a machine gun…ouch!

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#261

It’s OK, we’l just put you on the 2022 Wold Cup squad instead of 2018.

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#262

Thanks guys. A little update. I spoke with my surgeon 2 days ago and my oncologist yesterday. It appears they now want to do another surgery and more chemotherapy to get the lymph nodes they missed in the first surgery. I’m really not up for that.I dread going back under the knife and spending a few weeks in the hospital. I dread the side effects of the chemo nearly as much. Anyway, I told them I need a break from it all and they agreed to put everything off for a month. I’ll use that time to relax and get my strength back. I’ll also focus on some of the alternative treatments in that time…namely diet, supplements and meditation.

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#263

Are you getting to be able to eat more foods, the old fashioned way?

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#264

If you’ve never seen a feeding tube this it. I’m using the feeding tube and eating to fast track getting my weight back up.

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#265

I can’t blame you at all. Shit.

Excellent idea. Here’s a great book, by a doctor, with recommendations for cancer-fighting foods:

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#266

Yes, I can eat regular foods now, but only very small portionsi. I lost a third of my stomach.

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#267

Does regular taste good, I mean do you have much of an appetite, or do you have to push yourself to eat?

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I was in Freddies (aka Krogers) the other day, near the health food area and saw a display cooler case with a bunch of “Natural” type drinks coconut waters etc and saw some Turmeric juices with a variety of flavorings, I was reaching to grab one, when I saw they were going for $4.49 I thought hmm maybe next time.

#269

Yes it is. I have the audio book and am on my 2nd listening. It is BY FAR the best cancer fighting book out there. The book is written by a renowned oncologist who beat cancer by mixing conventional and alternative treatments. I am madly taking notes as I listen.

Thanks for mentioning it.

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