3:12 PM - Apr 04, 2015 #422
Quick update: I have been staged at Stage 4 colon cancer. I was classed at a 4 by definition alone, pathology only found 2 nodes out of 57 to be positive. I did have two other areas outside of the colon that have been removed they were located on the abdominal wall not an organ. So yes by definition it is a stage 4 a weak stage 4 IMO. It doesn't matter to me what number they called it I/WE are still going to kick it's ass. I am supposed to meet with my oncologist to talk treatment plan, what I know now is that I am going to be put on FLOFOX and I will be given that every 2 weeks for 44 hours at a time the number of cycles I am not sure about. I will know more after Friday. I will also have a port put in sometime. That is all with the technical jargon...
What I want most of all is to say thank you to all of you that have taken the time out of your busy days to drop a line in my thread or send me a text. I gather strength from each and every message I get they reinforce to me that I am far from alone in this battle. Please Please do not be offended if I didn't return an answer to each individual message or of if you think I forgot you rest assured it was by accident. I also cannot express enough how proud I am to belong to this group of men and women the amount of compassion that has been shown to my wife and I is not measureable.
I will sign out for now remember ODAAT and NAFAR enjoy your friends and families on this holy weekend.
Trauma out
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