So, in the end, "withering away without help" was untrue, as many had grown to suspect. If this thread follows the pattern of other similar threads from the past, we will never know if the OP has mental health issues, some other disease that is cloaking itself to manifest all sorts of symp...

Good luck with your test.

In a friendly way, I hope you don't join the colon cancer "club." And that you better learn the root of what might be going on.

Well, best of luck to you and I hope all goes well. I don't believe your future reaction to chemo and treatments can be reliably predicted. There are so many variables at work. I'm sure this is a terrifying ordeal, but you also can't watch and believe everything you see on TV. I was diagnosed Stage ...

It is nice to enjoy being a long term survivor and be an inspiration to others. Congratulations!!!

I'd suggest staying as positive as you can. And kudos to you for seeking information from various sources. If it helps, my family member with a seasonal disorder self-diagnosed themselves with a horrible afflication long ago. That was in 1998. The family was informed the afflication was terminal, an...

When I read "seem to be deteriorating mentally now" and "just recently starting on meds for depression" it reminded me very strongly of a family member. Every year, this person goes into a tailspin around year end. We don't know, but we think it is a combination of stress from th...

The problem with cancer treatments is that the only data you can use is backward-looking based on people other than you. In other words, no matter how someone else responded, or how frequently a group of people responded, you may be different. Having gotten that out of the way, I faced a similar dil...

If that is your photo then you will have unbelievable dates as you are very attractive. As to when, that is a hard question. During treatment, you can have highs and lows, sometimes a little high but very, very low. Since there is uncertainty from that, can you change gears from "all or nothing...

I was T4N0M0. And also had a severe reaction to chemo. My oncologist stopped chemo early as he considered post-surgery chemo as precautionary "mopping up" and not worth the risk of permanent damage caused by side effects. I think I was very close to such damage although I've recovered very...

I regret learning of the great difficulty you are experiencing. Like you, I found the descriptions of people working through treatments to be incredible. The treatments absolutely flattened me. I don't post the gritty details of all that happened, as there is no need to alarm folks who may never exp...

Judy, If you read my post objectively, I think you'll see my point was that your husband may well be able to ask the exact same question(s) you have. What seems odd to you can seem normal to your husband, and in the reverse what can seem odd to your husband may be normal to you. I quoted your exact ...

If I knew your husband personally, I suspect he might say something about his wife: "I wish SHE came with an instruction manual or a youtube video or something that could help me figure out the gears and gizmos going round in HER head, because they turn in a whole different direction than the o...

My diagnosis was pretty similar but not exact. That was in July 2007. The best advice I ever got was from this forum. John603 wrote something like: "Don't get too high on the good news, or get too low on the bad news. You will receive some of each." Last week I was hiking and fishing in th...

It's time for my annual post to hopefully provide some inspiration to those currently wrestling the cancer beast. I was diagnosed Stage IIIb in July 2007. I had chemo and radiation and my side effects were worse than anything I have seen described by others. I later had surgery in November 2007. The...

My chemo oncologist pursues curative treatment but doesn't use the "cure" word, or, at least he hasn't. After 5 years NED, my radiation oncologist said "we can now consider you cured." This month, at 7 1/2 years, my chemo oncologist said the same thing! He said the annual checkup...