Sacred

After reading these messages I am more scared than ever. Our Drs. have given us a great deal of hope because the cancer was caught so early. Does anyone survive this dreaded beast?

I don't know. I would like to know the answer myself. My mother was diagnosed in Dec '06. I am very scared also. We have to keep on 1 day at a time. I am sorry you are in this situation. It is a living nightmare. I hope you get some answers soon. Best wishes and I will pray for you and your family. Pat

Hi,

Whilst I cannot know exactly what your feeling I was in a very similar position last April - only days after my beautiful ma's diagnosis with T3N1MO.  It's easy to feel completely disolutioned. but don't people do survive. I stumbled accross Cathy's EC Cafe early on in my search and it really helped me feel positive about the battle ahead. there you will find various accounts written by esophageal cancer survivors, including som every in depth accounts of their treatment. 

 

I'm not going to pretend its easy, or common. but nobody is a statistic. keep fighting. One day at a time.

 

 

Trying hard to walk in balance,

 

Han x

 

Ps try googling 'cathy's EC cafe' 

 

My husband was diagnosed in June, so I have been reading everything I could to understand and be prepared.  As much as I don't want to believe it, the lousy truth is very few survive if it is not caught in stage 1 or early stage 2.  Yes, there may be some good times, but I have been told and read that the years are not in our favor,  I have not given up and I told my husband he needs to be okay because I haven't finished making his life miserable enough yet.  I still have alot of offensive word removed in me.  He laughs and is fighting.  I truly believe that a good spirit and wanting to survive is very powerful in this disease.  Its okay to be scaired, but be smart and never give in and just maybe it will be okay. 

My prayers will now include you and your husband, Thanks for the response. I was having a bad day yesterday.

Your Mum is now in my prayers. It is good to know I can come here for a little bit of comfort. Thank you.

Your Mum is now in my prayers. It is good to know I can come here for a little bit of comfort. Thank you.

One day at a time. I will pray for your mom while I am praying for my husband and others on this board.  Thanks for the response.

Thank you too for your prayers. I am afraid we all have those bad days. There are days I cannot stop crying like last Sat when my mom was in the hospital and then yesterday I got to bring her home and that made me happy. My house feels normal again (she lives with me). This is a good web site. We get to give and get support from people who know exactly how we feel. I did check out Cathys Cafe. It has some great stories on it. Hang in there and lets keep praying. Pat

Hi Patty,

 

Glad you found Cathy's Cafe - Whilst it doesn't offer the interactive support - it has quite a refreshing and upbeat feel to it. Less sterile, in a manner, than  many other cancer sites. I really did feel like I'd stumbled into a little cafe. but then again, perhaps that's because I wanted it to.

Belief and attitude are incredibly powerful tools. You are all in my thoughts. Keep going but never forget it's okay to fall and more often than not good. Being strong means allowing yourself to acknowledge you're feeling weak. At Least I think so.

 Mum's cancer has spread to her stomach and un untreated haitus hernia now means that half her stomach is in her esophageous too. doctor's have said there is nothing left they can do.

 But she's home, i've taken time out and we need more courage and strength now than we ever have before.

 I'm coping through one day mantras.

What if there is no past, no future, only now?

I can cope now. today.

all I have to do it get through today.

I feel stronger

 

xxx