It all started eleven months with colorectal cancer of the lower rectum. I embarked on radio-chemotherapy which hit very hard: I was crawling up the stairs quite literally. The cancer was my lymph nodes as well.
Prior to treatment I had stroke and lost all of power of speech. Four week later, I was in radio-therapy. It made things very difficult and I am still struggling to this day.
After a series of tests, when I had been expecting a stoma, I received the news on Tuesday. It had metastasised into my liver and stomach. I don't if I can recover from this but I will try as I have an AuDHD son.
Hi Cary and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
I’m Anne, one of the Community Champions here on the Online Community, and although I've had different cancer diagnoses to you I know how difficult having a cancer diagnosis can be.
The online community is divided into different support groups so I'm going to recommend that you join the bowel cancer and secondary liver cancer groups as you'll then connect directly with others who have the same type of cancer as you.
To join, just click on the link I've created and, once you've joined, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
It would be great if you could put something about your diagnosis and treatment into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
All the best for today
"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
