Postby Lee » Mon Sep 21, 2020 5:45 pm
Hi and welcome, sorry for the reason you are here.
Yes I know of a few survivors. One was 26, stage IV. that was over 15 years ago. While I did not meet her personally, she is a niece of a good friend of mine. She got treatment at MD Anderson in Houston, TX and would eventually go on to have her 2nd child. They found out after her diagnoses, that colon cancer runs in her family, they just never talked about it. Because of her early diagnoses, they were going to start scooping the kids starting at age 10.
This was another site, a mother had been diagnosed in her 30's. She beat it last I heard over 10 yrs. I believe she is still alive. Anyway because of her, they scooped her 16 yrs son, and found polyps in him. Can't remember how many, butt more than one.
There was a member here a long time ago. I believe her name was "Harley's mom". Her son was diagnosed in his teens. Son had made a comment to her that he sometimes would pass blood. She passed this information along to his doctor, doctor just assumed hemorrhoids. One day she was putting laundry away in son's dresser when she tripped on some heavy blood soaked underwear. Knew then, this was more than hemorrhoids, called the doctor, doctor said take son directly to hospital. Called his school, informed them she was taking her son out of school ASAP, have him ready.
When she got him, informed him what she had found and where he was going. Guess he was relieved. They would do surgery on him, stage I. They felt he was lucky & very much in God's hands. Yes he did beat it. Mom was here for a few years then moved on. I will see if I can find any of her old threads.
I gather you already had surgery. Do you have a stage? Are they doing any chemo?
Good luck, know that you are not alone here.
Lee
rectal cancer - April 2004
46 yrs old at diagnoses
stage III C - 6/13 lymph positive
radiation - 6 weeks
surgery - August 2004/hernia repair 2014
permanent colostomy
chemo - FOLFOX
NED - 16 years and counting!