Scary as hell cancer story

scary as shite. prayers and hope all is well

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Thing is husband says she just had her annual OBGYN check three days before her first symptoms and that Dr. says everything was good to go.

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My wife's OBGYN is the one who technically found my wife's thyroid cancer. Was doing a neck rub on my wife and felt a knot. Wife went to an ENT doctor and he confirmed it. Had the operation about five years ago and is doing well.

That sucks. Def scary.

Also, took me 3 minutes to read it because of the damn redirects

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Just thinking about that gives me the shakes.

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Tell me about it. My dad, mother and first stepmother all died from cancer so when the wife and I got the news about hers, I damn near lost it. However, the first visit to the cancer doctor - he walks into the room, walks straight over to my wife sitting down and without yet saying a word he leans over and looks her directly in the eyes and tells her "you will not die from this type cancer".

I guess the look of horror was written all over our faces but once he said that I actually had to grab a kleenex off of the counter.

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Yeah, sorry about that. Not my best piece of writing, that's for sure.

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Not you, bud. The website keeps redirecting to a “you win an amazon gift card”.

That's scary as shite dude.

I wonder if it's the same kind as my cousin's wife's. She has had numerous surgeries to remove giant (like you described) stomach tumors.

And I've lived something less intense (my only procedures were a bronchoscopy, bone marrow biopsy, and port placement/removal in chest), but still scary for similar diagnostic (or lack thereof) reasons.

I went from totally healthy feeling, to a "cold," around Labor Day 2016. By mid-Sept, I was popping copious amounts of Advil and cold meds and sleeping in a steamy bathroom just to try to keep from coughing incessantly and shaking from fevers and chills.

After 3 different doctors told me it was anything from allergies to bronchitis to walking pneumonia to adult-onset asthma--and multiple steroid, antibiotics and inhaler Rxes-- one Dr finally did another x-ray and then CT scan in mid-December.

I had multiple large lymphatic tumors in my chest, up to 7cm, and cancer in my bones and lungs.

From what you said, I can't tell if there was anything her OBGYN should have caught, necessarily. But in my case, with my nighttime fevers and sweats and my complaints that it felt like a gargoyle was standing on my chest, you'd think the doctors would have been clued in to lymphoma a little sooner. It was actually 3 doctor friends of mine in 3 different states who led to my diagnosis. They likely saved my life, long enough for me to get proper treatment.

After just 4 of 12 chemo treatments, I got a clean PET-CT. But the shadow looms. ETA: I just realized this Tuesday is my first anniversary of finishing treatment. I've told this story before, but I was so (knock on wood) healed that I ran a half marathon 2 weeks afterward. PTL.

I had a brush with cancer when my kids were in middle school about 10 years ago. Luckily, it was taken off with no complications. It's then I said "Get busy Living"

Gyn cancers suck. Women go through so much with periods that we tend to shrug off symptoms such as abdominal pain and a little bloating. I thought I had bad periods, but it was cancer hiding very carefully and it was probably missed on exams for about 2 years. I was told I was in perfect health a week before the lab called and said something wasn't right. So moral of the story is always make sure you wife (or yourself) doesn't ignore her symptoms, sees her gyn YEARLY for an exam AND pap, and learn self breast exams. My husband will easily say that was the scariest part of his life and it was mine too. Glad your neighbor is ok.

Cancer discovered in time for an excellent prognosis?


Not really what I'd consider a "scary as hell cancer story."

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A veritable walk in the park.

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No walk in the park, but I see her as one of the lucky ones. Many aren't nearly as fortunate. Maybe I've just heard too many sad stories involving kids from my wife who works in an ER.