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In reply to the discussion: Bad day yesterday. After we left for Austin for my wife's appointment, where we were told she has a small ... [View all]marble falls
(72,081 posts)34. We're in the same club: Colon cancer surgery in 2017, but didn't lose enough colon to require a bag, ...
... and Urine Bladder surgery 2019 - removed my bladder and I was glad there was enough colon left to make new ureters which were removed with the bladder. The cherry of that experience is they take the Prostate with the ureters. In the necropsy that it was cncerous, also.
in 2022 I got Brucillosis that took months to diagnose because it's so rare and I had no obvious exposure to it.
And in the last two years I've been hospital 3 times a year for UTis. And once this year. But they are still on the case and I believe they'll lick this yet.
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Bad day yesterday. After we left for Austin for my wife's appointment, where we were told she has a small ... [View all]
marble falls
14 hrs ago
OP
We were told that it probably could not have been caught any earlier. We're very optimistic.
marble falls
13 hrs ago
#9
I just feel so bad for him. Our Doberman got away from me and was run over about 12 years ago right at the same spot ...
marble falls
13 hrs ago
#10
The neighbor drives the same car as was hit, because it was in our driveway our other neighbors thought it might ...
marble falls
13 hrs ago
#11
She's a very nice person. We've been neighbors for over twenty-five years.
marble falls
12 hrs ago
#22
It is amazing how quickly progress cancer treatment has advanced. I had my bladder cancer treated in 2019. ...
marble falls
11 hrs ago
#31
I'm sorry for your bad day. It must have been very traumatizing for you and your wife
MIButterfly
13 hrs ago
#14
She confident and up to the fight if it comes to it. And I am a committed corner man.
marble falls
10 hrs ago
#37
Very sorry to hear this about Mrs. Marble Falls. Sending vibes for strength and quick recovery.
IcyPeas
13 hrs ago
#18
Life..for some it ends unexpectedly and for others, time offers healing extensions and all that happened
Deuxcents
12 hrs ago
#19
Sorry about your wife's diagnosis, and all she will have to go through.
HeartsCanHope
12 hrs ago
#24
We're in the same club: Colon cancer surgery in 2017, but didn't lose enough colon to require a bag, ...
marble falls
10 hrs ago
#34
My mother had bilateral lumpectomies, with some radiation, and Oral Tamoxifen and lived to die of something else.
surfered
11 hrs ago
#29
Hugs, prayers, and healing vibes for you and your wife. It's good that they caught the cancer so early, and
highplainsdem
11 hrs ago
#30
We're in good hands. If you live long enough there will be a cancer sometime. We're old. But fortunately ...
marble falls
11 hrs ago
#32