Hi I'm new to this...I'm scared.....and I
found this group by putting in Adeno Carcinoma in Yahoo's search engine.
My son (age 27) was diagnosed with this cancer last Friday.
Vicci, I am sorry to hear about your son
and the shock it must be to him and all of the family. You are right that
he is very young and unfortunately Cancer knows no age limits nor follows no
particular circumstances. It just is.
I would strongly recommend that he get
atleast a second opinion and yes it will be paid for, but even if it wasnt' go
for it anyway. I have adenocarcinoma (lung) and I went in for 3
opinions. It was on the third that I knew I had found the surgeon by which
I could trust my life to. I was so right...
One of the things that I didn't do and
wish I would have was to find a good oncologist before surgery and make him a
part of the team. They too made me feel as if the cancer was running
rampant and every minute counted.. The truth is that adenocarcinoma is one
slow growing cancer. My tumor was 4.5 cm's and it probably took atleast 3
years to grow to that size..
Now setting an action is good and I am
not telling you to have him delay. He sounds like to wants to
participate in this and knows his own mind anyway... Tell him to go for a
good medical team first.
My surgeon had developed another
technique that saved me from being sawed in half. Instead I have a 4
" scar. It took 3 oncologists before I found one as well and he told
me that if he would have been called in early that he would have recommended
chemo before surgery. Why, because when they cut out cancerous tumors,
they can break loose and travel to other parts of the body.. When they
grow another tumor, that is metastases. My oncologist felt that chemo
would have killed many of those cancer cells and as such lowered those
odds.
To this day I do not know what is the
correct thing to do, other than to believe it is what I did. I love my
surgeon and my oncologist and obviously I have entrusted my life to them and
know that I chose wisely... May your son make good decisions too. I
will keep you both in my prayers... Love,
Carla
