• Ask a guy with cancer anything
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What exactly is wrong with your mouth? Do you get IV fluids now?
[QUOTE=Banshee FrieNd;34440940]what's the [i]best[/i] thing about having cancer?[/QUOTE] Having the best excuse for anything is actually pretty cool. To be serious, now that I've had mine treated, I [i]know[/i] don't have cancer anymore. Most people can't say that they know for sure they don't have cancer.
[QUOTE=Amerigo;34441249]Having the best excuse for anything is actually pretty cool. To be serious, now that I've had mine treated, I [i]know[/i] don't have cancer anymore. Most people can't say that they know for sure they don't have cancer.[/QUOTE] You scared of ever relapsing?
I haven't really read up to this point so sorry if it's been asked, but what were your warning signs before you found out you had it?
[QUOTE=POWA KILLERDeux;34441861]You scared of ever relapsing?[/QUOTE] Scared? No. Aware that it could happen? Of course. The cancer that I had is just about the most curable kind there is. The percentage of survivors is something like 99.7%. And for a young and healthy individual like myself, who responded as well as I did to the chemo, the chances of relapse are pretty low.
[QUOTE=Amerigo;34440159]I just finished six months of chemo for my Hodgkin's Lymphoma, and have recently been declared cancer-free. So I know what you're going through. If your mouth hurts, there's some stuff they can prescribe called Magic Mouthwash. It's horribly disgusting to use, but after a while, it should make your mouth feel much better. Since your white blood cell count is going to drop, you'll probably get a lot of mouth sores over the next few months. You'll also probably start sleeping a lot more than normal, if you end up becoming anemic. If your fingernails and toenails get a bluish hue, that's just a side effect of chemo, and is nothing to worry about. Baldness is not so bad, especially if you have a nicely-shaped head, but having no eyebrows is creepy as hell. Make sure you have some kind of hobby or some way to occupy your time if you're not going to continue schooling during chemo. Trust me, nothing but vidya games all day erry day is fun for the first month or so, then it gets REALLY boring. Oh, and an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. If you start to get nauseous during or after chemo, be sure you load up on the anti-nausea stuff they give you BEFORE chemo. Are you going to get a port? Do you know what chemo regimen you're getting? Did you notice a tumor anywhere, or did they first see that on the scan? Anyway, good luck man.[/QUOTE] I think they plan on installing a port at some point, not sure when. I have the regime in some papers in the corner of my hospital room somewhere. I felt a hard lump deep in my right side while at home while attempting to massage gas through my intestin and a doc at the E.R also felt the same thing, and I had seen a doc just a few days ago who was unable to feel it(and that guy was thorough) so it actually expanded a LOT in just a few days, enough to be felt from the surface. The CT scan confirmed it to be a tumor and a biopsy confirmed it melignant. [QUOTE=Liem;34440433]A movie about a guy who has cancer[/QUOTE] nope [QUOTE=Banshee FrieNd;34440940]what's the [i]best[/i] thing about having cancer?[/QUOTE] ... [QUOTE=Ekalektik_1;34441080]What exactly is wrong with your mouth? Do you get IV fluids now?[/QUOTE] Chemotherapy drugs destroy fast dividing cells like my cancer, however the mouth tissue is made of fast dividing cells as well, so when you attack cancer, your mouth gets its ass kicked in the crossfire. Lots of skin sluffs off exposing the raw underlayer, lots of pain, lots of swelling, unable to eat anything or drink anything, I'm recieving all of my fats, carbohydrates, vitamines etc through my arm until my mouth heals. [QUOTE=Meller Yeller;34441993]I haven't really read up to this point so sorry if it's been asked, but what were your warning signs before you found out you had it?[/QUOTE] Chronic intestinal cramping, chronic nausea, unable to have bowel movements or pass gas. I had to endure over a month of this before we found out what it was and I never could have dreamed it to be a malignant tumor
what color are your socks
[QUOTE=Checkers;34442802]what color are your socks[/QUOTE] White, I'm wearing brown non-slip hospital covers over them though
Has this changed you as a person much? Also, how did you initially react to the news?
Do you have the cancer gene?
What does it feel like to have a chemo?
what's up?
Does throwing a tennis ball against a wall make you forget about your cancer?
How did people who know you react?
What thing makes you happy right now? I mean there must be something that cheer you up... :smile:
Happy (late) birthday! What did you get? How do other people respond to you saying that you have cancer?
[QUOTE=Cone;34442895]Has this changed you as a person much? Also, how did you initially react to the news?[/QUOTE] I'm not sure, I don't think it has. Well I had been sitting in a hospital bed for several days waiting for the lead surgeon to report to me the results of the biopsy, so I was already extremely anxious and tired. But when he did break the news I just listened closely and cried. I've cried gallons over the past month. [QUOTE=Kirbyfactor;34446007]What does it feel like to have a chemo?[/QUOTE] When it's being injected into your bloodstream, assuming they gave you all necessary counter drugs like anti nausea etc. you won't feel much of anything, you only feel the effects it leaves on your fast dividing cells, (mainly mouth). Your hair falls off but you don't feel it. [QUOTE=Kaelazun;34446796]How did people who know you react?[/QUOTE] Very concerned, shocked, crushed, yet relieved because my particular cancer is HIGHLY treatable and is very fast growing so it responds very well to chemo and my oncologists specialize in burkitt's lemphoma. [QUOTE=Arty Coniels;34447685]What thing makes you happy right now? I mean there must be something that cheer you up... :smile:[/QUOTE] I've been playing crush the castle and diablo II, I made a Barbarian and named him Vincristine :v: [QUOTE=tratzzz;34451035]Happy (late) birthday! What did you get? How do other people respond to you saying that you have cancer?[/QUOTE] Thanks, and I got a couple of CDs from a friend at the hospital, my family plans to hold my birthday celebration after I'm cured. Everyone that knows who I am knows I have it so I guess FP is the other people responding :)
If you could eat/drink one thing (without any pain or medical consequences) right now, what would it be?
[QUOTE=Mesiter;34455393]If you could eat/drink one thing (without any pain or medical consequences) right now, what would it be?[/QUOTE] to drink: water to eat: Pizza
[QUOTE=RudeMcRude;34438693]Do you have cancer?[/QUOTE] Cancer within a cancer
Will this form of cancer disfigure you? Reading about it on wikipedia scared me a lot.
I hope the chemo works and you feel better soon!
I feel really bad for you, but I wanna ask you something. Since you have cancer, how do people around threat you? (Family, friends, etc)
What made you go get it checked out?
[QUOTE=Folgergeist;34438958]It pinched off my colon completely for a few weeks, so chronic extreme cramping, not able to poop at all, and once my tract filled up which only took a few days, I was backing up and throwing up green intestinal bile[/QUOTE] That just sounds lovely :c
Do you drink protein shakes?
How did you discover it / what made you suspicious?
Are you bitter?
Do you have regrets about this whole experience, or do you see it as building to your character and making you stronger? Most people I've met who have experienced cancer in their lifetime seem to be very optimistic people who live life to the fullest, go to a lot of concerts, and smoke a lot of weed.
Do you get to communicate with other cancer patients at the hospital? I have heard from friends that have had cancer that they became good friends with other patients with similar diagnoses.
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