I joined not long ago as I too am finding many great pearls of wisdom in these pages.
Now I ask for your insight. Lately I'm having dreams about the cancer spreading in me. More and more frequently I am thinking about dying. Although not scared of moving on to a better place, I am suffering from a sense of urgency to get everything in order for the family.
From my tagline, you can see what I've had. I'm 42yrs old, male, stage 4 CC, two years since diagnosis, pretty darn healthy but still have a 1.4cm lesion in my liver along with 3 nodes known positive, two in abdomen and one in my neck. Still on avastin. Still working. All liver function assays are in line. CEA has been hovering around 4 for the last four months, but it never was above 8. In fact, on paper, I'm healthier than most people. It's the freakin' scans that prove I'm not.
So, here's where I need help: How many of you are Stage 4 and more than 5 years out? I really want to only hear from Stage 4 folks if possible.
Thanks