Dear Carla,
Thanks so much for your reply. You gave me a lot of advice which I will
follow up with immediately, today. I did not know that adenocarcinoma was
a slow growing tumor. In fact I don't know anything yet. But with this
mol-cancer list and books I've found here I will further my education. And
of course, with people like you guiding us new ones, it will make it
easier. Thanks for your prayers and we will do the same for you! Love,
Vicci
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From: ken naehring <blessu@worldnet.att.net>
To: mol-cancer <mol-cancer@lists.meds.com>
Subject: [MOL] Vicci...your son
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 1998 8:30 AM
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
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