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debbied30

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Colon Cancer In 33yrold Male Have Questions
Posted: 11-07-04 14:00pm

Last april my 33yrold ( at the time 32) non smoking , non drinking hard working husband , started developing severe lower abdominal pain that would literally double him upon waking.
They would last 10-15 minutes and then disappear , finally made him go to the docs and they treated him for everything from a stomach infection = antibiotics, spasmatic colon=antispasmatic meds, pain killers etc. , ran blood tests , did fecal test , prostrate test , but no other tests where performed.
This went on for a few weeks with no relief.
In fact the pain was now occuring periodically throughout the day, no matter what he ate, didnt eat , did , didnt do etc.
Finally the doc set him up to have a colonoscopy, unfortunately he couldnt get in to be seen for 6weeks.
In the mean time the pain got so severe one night that the doc told him to go to the hospital asap.
After waiting around the hospital for hours finally got back to be seen , they asked for a urine sample which they never touched it was still sitting there when we left.
The doc pushed and prodded on husbands stomach and then said he wasnt real sure what was going on and gave him a pepcid for heartburn , husbands pain was no where near his upper stomach , was in the very lower abdomen right above the pubic area.
When he told the doc he didnt have heartburn the doc said and I quote " well it wont hurt you to take it "
grrrrrrrrrrr

finally the day came for the colonoscopy , the doctor and joe were back within 20minutes with the doctor telling us that he couldnt do the scope because the colon was blocked off with cancer.
Normal colon is the size of an egg , his was smaller than a pea

next day husband went to the surgeon , operated on the 27th of sept,
they removed his sigmoid colon , and did a resection,
they also removed 50 lymphnodes of which 3 showed cancer , and he also had cancer seeds in the abdominal wall lining of his stomach which made his cancer a stage 4

joe is scheduled tomorrow to have a port put in for chemo , and to start chemo on friday with the "cookbook" method?
We are looking for another oncologist however , since this one gives us the impression , that he isnt with us in this , ( he was rushing us on our first consultation last friday because he had another appointment , this is what the doc himself said)

the moral of this story is I do not care how old you are if you have anyyyyyyyyy symptoms that just arent normal for your body go now and get a colonoscopy done , especially if your parent(s) had polyps.


My question is this since doc was in to big of a hurry to answer it ,
does anyone know of the statistics of cure for this type of cancer in a 33yrold healthy male

the cancer is
adenocarcinoma signet ring cell type poorly differentiated
colorectal cancer


thank you very much
deb
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pattyp

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Posted: 11-08-04 15:18pm

Hi debbie - your husband's case sounds the same as my husband's (although he is 20 years older). My husband was diagnosed 3 years ago and the prognosis was not good. He participated in a clinical trial for avastin, which I believe is why he is still alive today. Avastin was approved by the fda last feb. And is taken in conjunction with chemotherapy. With the newer chemos, they give antinausea drugs and the side effects are minimal. My husband was able to return to work and took off on afternoons when he received treatment. I have learned a lot in the past 3 years about cancer and the kindness of others, and I would highly recommend that you find an oncologist in whom you can have faith that he/she will be giving you undivided attention.
Good luck to you and your family. I will pray for you.
Pattyp
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bluejeanangel

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Location: Ohio
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Posted: 01-13-05 01:51am

I am so glad you have shared your stories about your husbands, hopefully the more who share, may help someone who comes here searching to realize they need help asap!!!!!!!!
I would love to know how your husbands are doing.
Thank you ladies,
jeannie
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