My husband has recently started treatment for colorectal cancer which has spread to liver. They say it is incurable and he has had a week of radiotherapy and is soon to start chemo.
I stupidly googled and terrified myself.
Thankfully my googling also brought me here so I’ve signed up and feel a bit better having read some discussions.
Trying to calm myself down and will not google again.
Hi WifeandMum
A big welcome to the forum and hopefully some recovery from your time in Google land . It’s easy to do and I think most of us here learnt the hard way too . But focusing on where you get your information can really help .
Its great your husband has started his first part on treatment and heading onto chemotherapy .
Although incurable I always leant to “ treatable “ when thinking of my mum’s spread and she is now winging her way round to 15 years having just finished another nine months of treatment.
I never completely went away but it most definitely stayed away for years at a time and she has had lots of wonderful years despite a difficult diagnosis.
Learnt to live through the highs and lows is challenging for her and our family but toe by toe she got there .
They say a stage 4 diagnosis is a marathon not a sprint and I think the best way is to pace yourself too . Keep your own health as a priority too .
Lots of different approaches to treating a spread but they are always there in the background rescanning and adding in other approaches where possible ,
Take care ,
Court
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Thank you so much. I feel much happier looking at stuff here. Staying positive.
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