I have to rant, and I'm not cutting so hah!
My uncle got diagnosed with cancer somewhere last year, they gave him meds and told him everything was alright. That it was still a very early stage, and that they would have to do some more tests to find out what exactly was wrong. A little while later, the docs claimed it wasn't cancer at all. He had Crohn's disease, nothing serious enough to kill him (it basically means that your intestines get blocked because of inflammation, and it's treated with meds and nutrition supplements and maybe even surgery).
A month or 2 later, everything went terribly wrong, and the latest test results had shown that it was in fact cancer in his liver. He got chemo and all sorts of drugs and eventually had to a large part of his intestines and liver surgically removed.
After his surgery, he underwent more chemo and had to take even more drugs but the docs said everything was fine, and that he was very likely to survive. Yesterday he got his latest test results back, the one saying whether someone is officially cancer free or not, and it turned out that they had misjudged the seriousness of the type of cancer he had. It had spread further onto his liver and lungs and that they have given up on him, because it's not treatable. He has approximately 18 more months to live with chemo, and he won't make it till Christmas without.
I can't seem to figure out how in the world they can claim that well over 50% of the people with cancer get better, when I've lost 2 people already, and a third with a life expectancy of 18 months. I have *never* met a 'surviver', and though I don't deny that there are people who get better, I really do think that the percentage of survivers is less than what they like us to believe.
Call me a hypocrite or a fucking idiot if you want, but from what I've seen, heard and been through, I have my reasons to doubt.
Yeah, I'm pissed and dumbfounded. My uncle tried to tell his doctor that something was wrong, but he wouldn't listen. It was always 'it's not all that serious', 'Here, some new medication', and 'it's not cancer, I promise.' Had he listened to my uncle, they would have given him chemo sooner, done more tests and they would have known it was cancer, rather than not knowing and claiming it was Crohn's disease. They waisted time, valuable time. Time in which they might have been able to save him.
So, there you go. Don't ever trust people when they say something and you know it isn't true. DEMAND a second opinion, more tests and whatever you think is needed. I know I will next time something is wrong.
A month or 2 later, everything went terribly wrong, and the latest test results had shown that it was in fact cancer in his liver. He got chemo and all sorts of drugs and eventually had to a large part of his intestines and liver surgically removed.
After his surgery, he underwent more chemo and had to take even more drugs but the docs said everything was fine, and that he was very likely to survive. Yesterday he got his latest test results back, the one saying whether someone is officially cancer free or not, and it turned out that they had misjudged the seriousness of the type of cancer he had. It had spread further onto his liver and lungs and that they have given up on him, because it's not treatable. He has approximately 18 more months to live with chemo, and he won't make it till Christmas without.
I can't seem to figure out how in the world they can claim that well over 50% of the people with cancer get better, when I've lost 2 people already, and a third with a life expectancy of 18 months. I have *never* met a 'surviver', and though I don't deny that there are people who get better, I really do think that the percentage of survivers is less than what they like us to believe.
Call me a hypocrite or a fucking idiot if you want, but from what I've seen, heard and been through, I have my reasons to doubt.
Yeah, I'm pissed and dumbfounded. My uncle tried to tell his doctor that something was wrong, but he wouldn't listen. It was always 'it's not all that serious', 'Here, some new medication', and 'it's not cancer, I promise.' Had he listened to my uncle, they would have given him chemo sooner, done more tests and they would have known it was cancer, rather than not knowing and claiming it was Crohn's disease. They waisted time, valuable time. Time in which they might have been able to save him.
So, there you go. Don't ever trust people when they say something and you know it isn't true. DEMAND a second opinion, more tests and whatever you think is needed. I know I will next time something is wrong.