| The Big C 16:42 - Aug 26 with 49205 views | Lord_Bony |
Have nt posted on here for a while...though I still help mod the site in the background.
The reason being I was diagnosed on 23rd June with cancer after a routine blood test. It was a bombshell to say the least.
It was discovered I had a large tumour of the colon...6.5cm
Upon further investigation the final results are in . Unfortunately, it has spread to the lymph nodes and metastasised onto the liver. I have a tennis ball,golf ball and two marble sized tumours of the liver.All this must have happened over a long period without me being aware of it.
So I am at stage 4 advanced cancer...having said that I still have no symptoms and am feeling mostly well and still active....even though the prognosis is not good...for most people with liver tumours it is about 6 to 9 months from being diagnosed.
I am trying many different therapies at the moment including radically changing my diet to mainly vegan and drinking freshly prepared fruit and vegetable juices every hour or so with tons of water and supplements to flush everything out....many have had great success with alternative treatments ...as I said I still feel ok and exercise regularly no problem..Pen y fan mountain being a favourite.
Still got options open due to start chemo therapy soon then maybe surgery if they can shrink the tumour size....but 3 major operations and months of chemo and radiation is a big ask...
The main reason for writing this is get yourself screened...especially over 50s even over 40s these days...insist on a colonoscopy as this kind of cancer is on the increase for both men and women.
You will not get any symptoms most of the time in many cancers..until it s too late..thats why its called the silent killer.If its caught in the early stages you have a great chance of a cure...once it spreads to other parts of the body it is much more difficult. 1 in 3 of us will be affected during our lifetimes with the figure predicted to be 1 in 2 in a few years...
You have been warned...
Up the Swans and good luck to you all for the future.... |  |
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| The Big C on 20:56 - Aug 30 with 6516 views | Flashberryjack |
| The Big C on 21:56 - Aug 29 by Trundle10 |
Another thing i would add is when i was first diagnosed the prognosis was not good. The NHS doctors outlook was that i would have chemo and radio therapy a bag for life and that my anus would have to be removed as the cancer was too low and that things did not look great. My dad who came with me was devastated. He wanted me to have a second opinion privately. Thank God i did. As a strange quirk of fate. One of the most eminent bowel cancer specialist is based in Merthyr Hospital and has private consulting rooms in Cardiff. Proffessor Haray. His prognosis and treatment saved me. Larposcopic surgery so no scars and you would never tell i had been ill. No chemo no radiotherapy. |
Malcolm a very good friend of mine from Durham rang me to tell me to cancel his club membership, and to let me know that he'd been diagnosed with terminal cancer (not bowel).
He was only given to Christmas to live (which was six months away) a bit longer with chemo.
Anyway to cut a long story short, he chose not to have the chemo and not to go through the after affects, which he was told would be very debilitating and the outcome would be the same, his missus and his disabled daughter were actually taking the news far harder than him, so after a few weeks of asking they eventually persuaded him to have a second opinion.
All this happened 4 years ago, he's now completely cancer free .......needless to say I didn't charge him the club rejoining fee.
Hope this very true story helps just a little... |  |
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| The Big C on 13:01 - Aug 31 with 6372 views | swanny |
Love to everyone dealing with this bitch of a disease. Heroes each and everyone of you. Stay strong.
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| The Big C on 15:28 - Aug 31 with 6347 views | r0ckin |
All the best to you mate!
Lost someone to this horrible disease recently, you're absolutely right about awareness. |  |
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| The Big C on 17:06 - Aug 31 with 6321 views | whoflungdung |
Good advice flash
This bastard affects ,seemingly, most of us in some way. Seems more prevalent than ever.
My missus went for her last scan check and looking around the bulging waiting room was a sobering thought that this isn't going away in a hurry.
Surgeon told us it's like a revolving door seeing those who come through the doors |  |
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| The Big C on 09:18 - Sep 1 with 6191 views | JBG |
Sad shocking read,All the best lord B, fight on |  | | |
| The Big C on 19:45 - Sep 1 with 6131 views | fbreath |
I had colonoscopy yesterday. They found one bleeding polyp and some other things not to serious. The polyp was burnt out.
My symptoms were a mixture of bloating, breaking wind often and after about 9 moths of not seeing doctor about it pooing a few hours after eating and poo smelling strong.
I am typical guy leave it and leave it before seeing a doctor
If in doubt get it checked out.
All the best Lord Bony with your fight you sound like a great guy with a superb attitude. |  |
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| The Big C on 21:12 - Sep 1 with 6105 views | Lord_Bony |
| The Big C on 19:45 - Sep 1 by fbreath |
I had colonoscopy yesterday. They found one bleeding polyp and some other things not to serious. The polyp was burnt out.
My symptoms were a mixture of bloating, breaking wind often and after about 9 moths of not seeing doctor about it pooing a few hours after eating and poo smelling strong.
I am typical guy leave it and leave it before seeing a doctor
If in doubt get it checked out.
All the best Lord Bony with your fight you sound like a great guy with a superb attitude. |
Well done my friend for getting yourself checked.
All colon cancers start off as polyps,some are benign,some are malignant or cancerous.
Had you not had it discovered you could well have been another statistic in a few years.
Keep an eye in future though.
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| The Big C on 22:49 - Sep 1 with 6045 views | STID2017 |
That's awful and a warning to us all.
All the best mate. |  |
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| The Big C on 18:05 - Sep 2 with 5932 views | Brynmill_Jack |
Haven't been on this page much recently so very shocked and sad to hear this. All the best Lord B, I wish you all the luck in the world mate. Fight on . |  |
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| The Big C on 09:57 - Sep 3 with 5858 views | derijack |
Just read this. I'm thinking of you mate, keep fighting and never let this horrible b*****d of a disease get you.
To all that read this, some advice. My mother in law had colon cancer 5 years ago. She was lucky enough to catch it early and keyhole surgery and 1 foot of colon removed cured it.
However, she didn't feel right for a year, was anemic, had really bad indigestion and heartburn and generally felt unwell. She went back and fore the doctor who despite the symptoms said she was fine. She eventually asked to pay for a colonoscopy privately at a cost of over £1000 and they discovered a tumour. When she asked for the private colonoscopy the doctor said "It's always good to get it checked".
I have a slightly less serious, but similar story. I bought a doer upper in 2007. I decided to gut the house (it didnt have central heating) and ended up with the old lathe and plaster all over me and as it turned out some nasty mold spores.
For the next 6 months I had all sorts of illnesses, quinzy, bleeding gums, general malaise, constant sore throats. Only being 24 at the time I kept going to the doctor as this wasnt normal, I was usually healthy and playing football. He kept telling me I was fine.
I too asked for a private appointment with an ENT doctor in Sancta Maria. It cost £110 and within 5 minutes he told me I needed an emergency operation as there wasnt a clear path down my throat. The tonsillar tissue on the side of my throat (not the dangly tonsils) had flared up so badly that it need to be laser cut away.
So my advice is, you know your body, you know if something isn't right. Keep persisting. None of us should have to pay for these things, but sometimes it may be worth it.
But finally, Bony, I always think of a Lance Armstrong quote when he had severe cancer.
"Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever."
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| The Big C on 18:24 - Sep 3 with 5804 views | the_gasman |
Paul , I come and visit this forum daily , but only the football forum , rarely this board. Only this morning was I wondering where you've been . I'm shell shocked to hear this. I've met you and been to your house eh those few years back . My thoughts with you and your lovely wife and family. Rooting for you to beat this
Stuart x [Post edited 3 Sep 2017 18:27]
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| The Big C on 00:48 - Sep 4 with 5724 views | Tummer_from_Texas |
Hang in there LB, will keep you in my prayers. |  |
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| The Big C on 00:56 - Sep 5 with 5594 views | latchford |
Good luck skied Bony. Be positive.
May be a stupid question but is there a test you can get to see if you have cancer anywhere? | | | |
| The Big C on 16:58 - Sep 5 with 5513 views | max936 |
| The Big C on 00:56 - Sep 5 by latchford |
Good luck skied Bony. Be positive.
May be a stupid question but is there a test you can get to see if you have cancer anywhere? |
I've had a stomach problem all weekend with dark stool issues as well, so went to see the Doc yesterday and she has put it down to the fact that I've been on two lots of antibiotics for a foot infection and I asked her about the Bowel/colon Cancer tests, but at 56 she says I'm to young  |  |
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| The Big C on 17:04 - Sep 5 with 5509 views | mysonsarejacks |
Appreciate your honesty and transparency - a good message for us all. Thanks for thinking of us when you're going through it.
Thoughts and prayers. |  |
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| The Big C on 22:15 - Sep 5 with 5454 views | exiledclaseboy |
| The Big C on 16:58 - Sep 5 by max936 |
I've had a stomach problem all weekend with dark stool issues as well, so went to see the Doc yesterday and she has put it down to the fact that I've been on two lots of antibiotics for a foot infection and I asked her about the Bowel/colon Cancer tests, but at 56 she says I'm to young |
My Mrs is 47. If you're concerned, insist on a referral. |  |
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| The Big C on 23:37 - Sep 5 with 5434 views | max936 |
| The Big C on 22:15 - Sep 5 by exiledclaseboy |
My Mrs is 47. If you're concerned, insist on a referral. |
Thanks Andrew, its been better today, I'm hoping its just a case of the antibiotics and over indulging in food and drink as I'd let myself go a bit as I was holidays, she told me to wait till I've finished the antibiotics course and if I was still having issues to go back.
I went back to Doc's last Friday as my foot was still very swollen and infected I'd been taking Flucloxacillin Antibiotics, but they weren't doing the job so doc changed them for Co-Amoxiclav which are stronger at one 3 times a day, but I had already taken one of the previous, but wanted to get the 3 doses of the new one down me on the Friday and that may have caused my stomach problem, it seems to have settled down now, but I regularly get bleeding when I use the toilet, but apparently that can be quite normal in some people, in any case they have to give you a rectal examination first before they can decide on a scan, I thought it would be blood tests before any of that stuff, apparently if there's no family history of the disease the odds of getting problems are a lot lot less, that's what the doc said anyway, I'll keep an eye on things anyway and I have recorded things in a note book just in case. | |
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| The Big C on 05:44 - Sep 6 with 5400 views | dameedna |
FYI that test kit is mailed through the letter box by the government free of charge in Australia at age 50. Postie rolls up on a motorbike and says happy birthday. Sample sent back by free post and results back in a week. It is very common and very treatable at 50. |  | | |
| The Big C on 10:23 - Sep 6 with 5365 views | squarebear |
It's a very British thing to not want to bother the doctor.
I thought I had something (shitting every five mins, constantly aggravated guts) and reluctantly went to see the doc. She must have had some doubts too because she was prepared to put her hand up my arse then send me to Morriston for a radiography session.
Further to Max's post above there were a few aggravating factors at play - I'd started taking glucosamine and one or two other supplements, I was stressed to hell about a small claim I was pursuing through the courts, I was out out of work.
The results of the tests came back as me suffering diverticulosis (nowt to worry about. Maybe I'd had it years already). I packed in the supplements, steered clear of some foods that seemed to aggravate my guts, won my court case, found a job and now I'm as right as rain.
My point being, anything you put into your body will cause some sort of reaction, be it garlic, potatoes, sixteen pints of Guinness. So maybe also two lots of antibiotics. Also stress / worry can have a hugely detrimental effect.
If going to the doctor at the very least reduces stress or worry then it's a no-brainer. Isn't it?
(I'm speaking as someone who lost his best mate to cancer at fifty. "It's just an ulcer. It'll go" he told me. I f*cking wish it had been). [Post edited 6 Sep 2017 10:25]
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| The Big C on 12:51 - Sep 6 with 5318 views | max936 |
Reading Lord Bony's sad case, it does focus the mind on your own health and what you've in the past have probably dismissed as one of those things, might not be the case so to speak.
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| The Big C on 14:40 - Sep 6 with 5285 views | max936 |
| The Big C on 10:23 - Sep 6 by squarebear |
It's a very British thing to not want to bother the doctor.
I thought I had something (shitting every five mins, constantly aggravated guts) and reluctantly went to see the doc. She must have had some doubts too because she was prepared to put her hand up my arse then send me to Morriston for a radiography session.
Further to Max's post above there were a few aggravating factors at play - I'd started taking glucosamine and one or two other supplements, I was stressed to hell about a small claim I was pursuing through the courts, I was out out of work.
The results of the tests came back as me suffering diverticulosis (nowt to worry about. Maybe I'd had it years already). I packed in the supplements, steered clear of some foods that seemed to aggravate my guts, won my court case, found a job and now I'm as right as rain.
My point being, anything you put into your body will cause some sort of reaction, be it garlic, potatoes, sixteen pints of Guinness. So maybe also two lots of antibiotics. Also stress / worry can have a hugely detrimental effect.
If going to the doctor at the very least reduces stress or worry then it's a no-brainer. Isn't it?
(I'm speaking as someone who lost his best mate to cancer at fifty. "It's just an ulcer. It'll go" he told me. I f*cking wish it had been). [Post edited 6 Sep 2017 10:25]
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Good post Squarebear, apologies as I've only just read your post, sorry to hear of the loss of your mate. | |
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| The Big C on 20:57 - Sep 6 with 5212 views | bonymine |
| The Big C on 20:13 - Aug 26 by bonymine |
Your incredible post has hit me like nothing else I know tonight Sir ; a most sobering reality check.
We all go about our lives every day carefree without really knowing whether this b*stard of a disease may have infiltrated our bodies at any time and to what extent.
Quite how something so deadly and sinister can devastate lives literally overnight is alarmingly frightening and really should make us all appreciate what we have here and now in the present as we most certainly do not know what is around the corner whatsoever.
I truly hope that you are successful in conquering this silent killer and my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family this evening.
Take care my friend we are ALL on your side ðŸ‘
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10 days on Lord B I was simply wondering how you are feeling Sir ?
I sincerely hope that you are making progress in conquering this disease my FRIEND ....
STID. Together Stronger. 💪💪💪 |  |
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| The Big C on 22:59 - Sep 6 with 5183 views | swanseajack4eva |
Hang in there Lord Bony. |  | | |
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