So about two months ago I found out I had colon cancer. My only symptom was anemia and pain that they thought was diverticulitis. They removed the tumor and found out it was colon cancer. They pulled 20 lymph nodes and scanned my liver and other areas and found 4 nodules on my lungs. All of which they feel are too small to biopsy. So they are treating me as if it is Stage 4. I was in pretty good health before this. And today I feel fine. But I start chemo, "using a pump" this coming Wednesday, and I'm told I will be on chemo for life.
I guess my questions are below, I know you can't answer them all accurately, but any feedback from you would be beneficial:
1. How bad is this chemo going to be?
2. Will I have to stop working, lose my job etc? Without my job I won't have medical insurance.
3. How long will I have to live? Should I be giving up hope of getting married? Having children?
4. Should I get a second opinion? My friends and family keep asking me if I want to, they seem to believe that the lungs aren't related because there was no cancer in my liver and nothing in the lymphnodes. I wonder if that's a big waste of time when I have to get treatment anyway.