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My longtime friend got diagnosed with a very aggressive stage 4 cancer 3 weeks ago. Last Thursday, his kidneys and liver began failing. He was hospitalized and doctors didn't think he would survive the weekend. A dozen friends came on Sunday, and he's doing a little better now. Still, I know his chances aren't good.
But your picture gives me hope, and hope is always a good thing.
Hey mate, hope you and your buddy are holding up. My grandpas in the hospital and needing radiation therapy. I can’t remember if it’s cancer or something else, I don’t think it is
But anyways there’s plenty of communities to talk or heck even just vent if you need to
Thank you. We're fortunate that her cancer was caught early and her scans have been clear so far. Hoping your friend gets more time and better news than expected.
Cancer ASS KICKING time! You got this!
That's the plan. Cancer picked the wrong woman. My wife has handled everything way better than I have.
Wishing you a speedy recovery <3
The cheetah blanket should help speed up the recovery! ❤️
Thank you Velma. My wife is tough as nails and ready for the fight.
been there, done that, try to eat some crackers or something if you can, keep your energy up. Chemo is brutal, I'm currently growing my hair out to donate it and I've still got these super tight curls for the first few inches of growth from the chemo making it grow back differently. Everyone says it looks great, so hopefully it makes someone a nice wig. But god, I remember how much I hated the nausea and how much more I hated and even grieved over the loss of my hair at the time (I like my hair, okay? And I look terrible bald.)
You got this. It'll suck ass every minute, but you got this.
Thank you. I was honestly in shock for the first few hours after we got the diagnosis. The first time I cried wasn't when I heard the word cancer, it was when I thought about her losing her hair. It's been one of the hardest parts for her to come to terms with.
Since then she's been trying on different scarves, wraps, and styles, and I think that's helped her regain some sense of control over something that felt inevitable. She's feeling much better about it now than she was a few weeks ago.
This is only week one, though, so we're still very much at the beginning of the journey and haven't experienced most of what treatment will bring yet.
Thank you for sharing your experience and for the encouragement. Hearing from people who've already walked this road means a lot right now.
Yeah it was exactly that deep despair I felt that made me want to donate it once it started growing back in -- my hair is one of the few things I actually really like about myself, to lose it felt truly awful and I want to spare someone else feeling that way for long. I don't know if I'll keep growing it out and donating it forever, I might only donate the one time (long hair is, also, a giant pain in the ass); but it bothered me more than the nausea -- and the nausea was fucking insane, first and only times I have ever projectile vomited in my life: being on chemo.
On that note, if you don't already have a bucket handy at home: buy a bucket they can keep at the bedside, or something else with a wide opening that's easy to aim for. Maybe also get some of those vomit bags they use in the hospital with the plastic ring that holds them open, they disappear easily into a pocket and are a great help when you're gonna be sick while away from a convenient place to hurl.
And make sure once they do finish evacuating the entire contents of their stomach that they put something back in there after, even if it's just a little soup or something; it is somehow even less fun retching on an empty stomach and they'll need the energy.
❤️🩹💜
Cancer sucks.
Wish you strength and the best
Thank you. We appreciate it!
Fuck cancer!
I have had lots of chemo. It sucks. Good luck!
Did you name your wheelie-thingy? (that they hang the bags on). I named mine Otis. I figured if Otis was good enough to keep the elevators from crashing to the ground, then he was good enough to sort out how much of what drug I am getting at the time.
I never thought of naming my IV pole. It's still in the garage. I think it looks more like a Garth but that doesn't quite feel right
We haven't named it yet, but now I feel like we should. I will suggest it to her! My first pick would Milo ;)
Best of luck
I'm literally waiting on test results to see if this will be in my near future.
My doctor told me last week that I should get the results by tomorrow, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous.
I don't blame you. The waiting is brutal and was one of the worst parts of this experience so far. Hoping you had good news!
They actually called me this morning with good news. (A day late)
Just ugly, not cancer.
The moles they removed I mean lol (2 were dime sized, 2 were closer to starfish shaped, all were dark as rubber and as smooth as coral)
Still gotta wait on the stitches being removed though, which is annoying as they're SO DAMN ITCHY
Congrats on having ugly moles and not cancer :)
best wishes. stay strong. I hope you get well soon.
Blanket looka comfy. I hope it is the perfect combination of weight and insulation.
weight blanket ==> i'm not depressed, i'm pressed
I have a weighted blanket but the problem is that it's too warm
And that the ice crunchlets they give you (at least when I had to do awful medical stuff they gave me little rabbit pebbles of ice instead of water) are just the right size and crunchiness to your taste.
It absolutely is. Soft, warm, and apparently now part of the treatment plan.
Fuck cancer. Good luck
Kick that cancer’s ass
Well at least you got the drip, fancy shoes and blanket!
The blanket is elite-tier comfort. Definitely carried most of the workload that day. She fell asleep with it. I snapped the picture while she was snoozing.
Oh man, I was there late last year, currently in remission. It's definitely scary, but you got this! Let me know if you want to chat!
Do you care to share any specifics of your diagnosis or treatment plan? There's apparently a wide range of chemo drugs depending of the type of cancer.
Thank you, and congratulations on the remission. It's my wife who is in the chair. She was diagnosed with Stage IIB triple-negative breast cancer. The plan is chemo and Keytruda first, then surgery and radiation. Her pet scan cleared the lymphnodes and no signs of spread so we are VERY hopeful.
Taking my mom to her treatment centre here in an hour or so; I hope yours is even half as kind and caring as hers has been.
Fuck cancer. Kick its ass!!
Wishing the best for your mom! And yes, fuck cancer!
Chemo foot, there it is
