Talk Cancer

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"AnnieO" <claresann…@aol.com> wrote: > <snip>.  The stats say that there’s an 80% chance that the surgery > got all the cancer and none spread.  But then we play wait and > see for 5 years.  We’re keeping a positive outlook and going with > the assumption that this was an 11th hour reprieve.  Time will tell. > Anyway we enjoyed about 10 days together fishing and doing fun > 4th of July type stuff.  Now he’s back to work and I’m kinda > wondering what just happened.  But that’s normal life with my > family, being blonde and oblivious has it’s advantages. >

—————————– I don’t believe that you’re oblivious to very much.  No one knows how much time we have before our number’s up. Several close calls earlier in my life taught me this.  All we can do the best that we can with what we’ve got, and be true to ourselves.  If we do this, there may be disappointments, but our regrets will be few. Be thankful for the time that you have. BTW, if you want my assets, you’ll also get my debts… I doubt that boat will float for long.  –Roger–

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>From: "JWB" >glad to hear everything seems to be as good as it can be, considering the >circumstances. My mom had cancer (colon) about 7 years ago. She’s cancer >free now, and the healthiest she’s prettymuch ever been (she did lots of >alternative medicine and lives a very healthy, "health food store" type >lifestyle now). But that 2 years she had it was a lousy two years for her >(and everyone around her)

Yeah, it sucks to be going through it.  Luckily, the good Lord thought to give men a matched "set", but one works just fine.  I hope we don’t have to resort to health food, there’s not too much of that on truck stop menus.  His "cure" at this point is lots of sex  ;-) >Good luck, Annie

Thanks  :-) annie_o

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>From: "Roger Blinn" rcbl…@bellsouth.net >I don’t believe that you’re oblivious to very much.  

Doh!  Ya just can’t fool those lawyer types… >No one knows >how much time we have before our number’s up. Several close >calls earlier in my life taught me this.  All we can do the best that >we can with what we’ve got, and be true to ourselves.  If we do >this, there may be disappointments, but our regrets will be few. >Be thankful for the time that you have.

This situation has definitely changed my perspective in a lot of ways.  I don’t put things off like I used to, and I don’t assume that because he’s younger than me he’ll be around longer than me.  We have today and it’s not over yet. >BTW, if you want my assets, you’ll also get my debts… I doubt >that boat will float for long.  –Roger–

LOL Well then, I’ll just let your wife have her way with your assets  ;-) annie_o

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claresann…@aol.com  (AnnieO) wrote: > But then we play wait and >see for 5 years.

If it were me, I’d be doing some serious visualization exercises at least once a day for those next 5 years. There’s no mystery to this — the mind and body are connected. If we spend our time worrying the cancer might come back, just the mental focus on that will manifest itself just as sure as a self-fulfilling prophacy. Yet if we are daily focused on an internal army which is protecting us from such things, this too will manifest itself. We can call it and label it whatever we want. It doesn’t really matter. What does matter is the recognition of the mind-body connection and how our own thought will in fact either be a contributing asset or a contributing liability to our health, depending how we focus our attention. Just a thought. A good one, I hope. CJ

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It’s been 3 months since my hubby’s surgery to remove a cancerous tumor.  We had planned for him to do radiation therapy, and even got as far as the simulation where they set him up and tatoo dots on his belly for proper positioning each time.  When we showed up the next day for his first treatment the doctor informed us that we shouldn’t do this.  The survey film showed that his kidneys were in the field to be irradiated.  We knew he had a horseshoe kidney but we didn’t know how much closer together they were than normal until now.   Well, that just threw a monkey wrench into everything.  We’d planned for him to be off work as a long haul truck driver for at least six weeks, and I was mentally prepared to play nursemaid (well, at least be nice to him if he was feeling lousy) for that time.  Now we are faced with a whole new scenario, which may be better as long as he stays cancer free.  We’re going to go with surveillance, since it’s our only option now, and he’ll have frequent chest xrays, blood work and abdominal CTs.  The stats say that there’s an 80% chance that the surgery got all the cancer and none spread.  But then we play wait and see for 5 years.  We’re keeping a positive outlook and going with the assumption that this was an 11th hour reprieve.  Time will tell.  Anyway we enjoyed about 10 days together fishing and doing fun 4th of July type stuff. Now he’s back to work and I’m kinda wondering what just happened.  But that’s normal life with my family, being blonde and oblivious has it’s advantages.   annie_o

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"AnnieO" <claresann…@aol.com> wrote in message

news:20020711010122.01606.00000248@mb-dh.aol.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> It’s been 3 months since my hubby’s surgery to remove a cancerous tumor. We > had planned for him to do radiation therapy, and even got as far as the > simulation where they set him up and tatoo dots on his belly for proper > positioning each time.  When we showed up the next day for his first treatment > the doctor informed us that we shouldn’t do this.  The survey film showed that > his kidneys were in the field to be irradiated.  We knew he had a horseshoe > kidney but we didn’t know how much closer together they were than normal until > now. > Well, that just threw a monkey wrench into everything.  We’d planned for him to > be off work as a long haul truck driver for at least six weeks, and I was > mentally prepared to play nursemaid (well, at least be nice to him if he was > feeling lousy) for that time.  Now we are faced with a whole new scenario, > which may be better as long as he stays cancer free.  We’re going to go with > surveillance, since it’s our only option now, and he’ll have frequent chest > xrays, blood work and abdominal CTs.  The stats say that there’s an 80% chance > that the surgery got all the cancer and none spread.  But then we play wait and > see for 5 years.  We’re keeping a positive outlook and going with the > assumption that this was an 11th hour reprieve.  Time will tell.  Anyway we > enjoyed about 10 days together fishing and doing fun 4th of July type stuff. > Now he’s back to work and I’m kinda wondering what just happened.  But that’s > normal life with my family, being blonde and oblivious has it’s

advantages. glad to hear everything seems to be as good as it can be, considering the circumstances. My mom had cancer (colon) about 7 years ago. She’s cancer free now, and the healthiest she’s prettymuch ever been (she did lots of alternative medicine and lives a very healthy, "health food store" type lifestyle now). But that 2 years she had it was a lousy two years for her (and everyone around her) Good luck, Annie JWB

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