June 28th, 2010 
meilan You receive a diagnosis of cancer. Where Now? Based on our own experiences with this terrible disease, my wife, Nancy, and I have some suggestions to share with you. Nancy, my wife and my hero, and I will celebrate our 40th anniversary of the marriage of 25th September. She allowed only in the last 10 years I learned to appreciate and enjoy their heroic qualities to bear enormous personal adversity. For this, it is essential that physicians and hospitals have unique skills and procedures, the survival of the cancer victim will be selected. Many know me as the author of “Managing My Fibromyalgia” Web site and forum in which I describe my life to deal with the consequences of that now that fibromyalgia for over 30 years. My life was difficult and I am Now permanently disabled because of chronic pain and fatigue. What I had with my pale disease over what Nancy has successfully treated over the last 10 years. Nancy was diagnosed with the dreaded big “C” in 1999. It was both colon and pancreatic cancer. She was devastated. It was something they feared since 1973, when she learned she had a polyposis family said. Until then, “thought Nancy had told her rectal bleeding was due to hemorrhoids, as his doctors since she was a teenager. She had thousands of polyps in the colon you remove too many of them. [The polyposis or familial adenomatous polyposis [FAP) is a precancerous disease. This means that a person with FAP, if left untreated, will inevitably have cancer. People with this disorder will develop hundreds of polyps throughout their colon. polyps, adenomas are also called, often develop shortly after puberty. About half of patients with FAP have polyps at the age of 14. Eighty percent will be detectable polyps by age 25. Usually, age 35-40, one or more of these polyps was cancer.] * [FAP is a rare disease. A person who, in 8000 in the United States FAP. However, it can very often affected families. FAP is an autosomal dominant. This means that a person with FAP has a 50% probability of transmitting the status of each of their children. [Our son has inherited this abnormal gene Gregg and his colon removed at the time he was 22]. FAP can also develop as a person with no family history of disease due to a new genetic mutation that person. Approximately one percent of all colorectal cancers in the United States can be attributed to FAP.] * Nancy surgery in 1973 to remove the intestines. The doctors prepared to replace what they call a “J-bag” of his intestine the colon and restore normal function bowl. It should be followed for them for the rest of their lives should be. Any training developed new polyps, while necessary in a precancerous condition, removal and testing. This treatment has worked for many years. Since his arrival in Virginia, but she was uncomfortable with the doctors she met. Nancy los neglect to balance their appointments, even after my protests that they do not neglect their monitoring. This is probably what led her to develop pancreatic cancer and colon cancer in 1999. The first reaction to her diagnosis, Nancy was the immediate devastation. It was not until the new doctors gathered at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Hospital in New York. She has seen doctors at Sloane after receiving recommendations from family and friends about their experiences with the hospital. After talking with doctors and meet with other patients with the same condition, was their sense of hope and devastation of steadfastness in the face of cancer, a position he has maintained strong so far. Since 1999, Nancy was treated and operated and several related procedures for colorectal cancer, pancreatic and lung cancer. Through it all, she is now free of cancer. The last two years, the polyps, which develop in the stomach of Nancy. They were removed, tested and found that mild dysplasia ads. At that time it was thought they might be controlled in this manner, which was until the polyps was larger. After several hearings and much consideration from Nancy of developing cancer of the stomach to avoid threatening their lives, they decided on a [total gastrectomy surgical removal of the stomach and connecting the intestine directly to it] on October 7 2008th esophagus This radical surgery would prolong her life and ensure that no change in polyps of the stomach cancer. Your doctor told us that they should expect the clinic for 5-10 days, maybe a week after his surgery. In fact, this was not the case. From October 7th, 2008 at the ninth when they go home in December 2008, she spent a total of 8 five weeks in the hospital with only a few brief stays at the home of her sister in New Jersey. There were complications due to leaks in their gut new healing slow, fluid-filled abscess in the chest and related infections. In fact, Nancy Virginia returned home with two drains in place. Doctors in New York gave us the name of a surgeon in Winter Park, Florida. Timothy Mr. Childers went to follow up on his case. We moved from Virginia to Florida Chuluota to my sister at home, 13 live in December 2008. We gave our home in Lorton, Virginia, for financial reasons, would stay at my sister’s house in Florida would give us extra help in the hands of the resumption of Nancy. In a few days to see Dr. Childers for the first time, then withdrawing the drainage device, Nancy finally back to the clinic [Florida Hospital Orlando] South for another week. She developed a fever and was committed to a current infection from an abscess was not recognized until the liquid filling. She finally left the hospital Dec. 27, 2008. It is now January 6, 2009 and we thank God that Nancy makes it slow, but [the ongoing development of better days with occasional setbacks to reach some of] the normality. It will never be able to eat the same way as above, but added several times a day, probably in smaller portions and have the goal by 2000 calories per day. This last operation was the most difficult to Nancy that I saw. It took a toll on his emotions and determination, but I know in my heart it’s like to live strong desire to make a difference again and continue to be free of cancer. cancer survivor Nancy came to a financial cost. Even with good insurance coverage from their employer, we have financially devastated during the past 10 years. We gave our house in Stafford, Virginia in 2005, to all of my 401K plan from my employer at one time used for the duration of my balance on my main credit card to pay medical bills and are at a point control [of bankruptcy walks in spite of all I believe in]. We now know we can never travel in our retirement as we had expected, nor a place to live all our own remaining years without huge financial burden and pressure. I’m not complaining though. We turn to God for comfort and thanksgiving. Even if I knew then what I know now, I would do without hesitation and ask for Nancy to be my wife. After nearly 40 years of marriage, love and appreciate my wife even more a hero than in the past. I was really lost in this world without them. Based on the experience of Nancy with her cancer and my experience with prostate cancer, which was treated successfully last year, there are certain things that are important if we succeed in the fight against cancer battle 1. Early detection through regular examinations and tests is essential. 2nd Know your family history risks [,] etc.. 3rd Learn everything you informed about cancer in particular. 4th Always get a second opinion or three. 5th If you do not feel comfortable with a doctor, you go to another, and if you do not trust your doctor cancer, you will find a new one. 6th Cancer Research Cancer doctors and hospitals. 7th Ask friends and professionals for their recommendations on the same. 8th If declared cancer free, and not on our laurels. Continuation of regular examinations and tests for detecting early recurrence. * Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine since December 2002 by the Gale Group. The test is the author Ellen S. Weber, MSN.
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