Ihatecancer wrote:Hi..just introducing myself. I don't have cancer, but my wife does. She was diagnosed with rectal cancer in June of 2017. Initially they said she was stage 3, and slated her for a colostomy to remove the cancer. When she went in for surgery, opened her up, and promptly aborted the surgery. The had discovered the cancer had spread to her peritoneum. They told us it would be too dangerous to do it now because her cancer was too aggressive and the down time from chemo would be too much and the cancer in the peritoneum would just run rampant. So now her diagnosis is stage 4, and terminal..I've watched her slowly wither away over the last year..she barely has the energy to do anything, and chemo cause her plenty of discomfort..it has caused me to fall into a deep depression..i have a full time job, AND I am working my own startup, so I am undesirably busy, but my heart breaks daily seeing my best friend suffering. Some may say I should be thankful it's not me that has cancer, but I would take her place in the blink of an eye if I could..it sucks feeling powerless and unable to help her. I guess I am here on this because I am trying to cope..
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