r/cancer

Bad title huh?

this does not come as a frustration, this is not me raging nor blaming the world or whatever. I never ever feel scared about this "mutation" whatsoever since I am a little.

Moderator, forgive my word, but literally FUCK CANCER who cares? It sucks I know.

but I want to tell all of you readers! I have beat it one more time. Yes, I did a hat trick on this. I got cured and was sick again and I beat it for such a long time yet it came back.

but this time, I declare another VICTORY and have always been winning these battles over and over again.

no matter what, I always win this CANCER. I should ask, how many times should I prove it? that I am a winner in this. No more cancer and no more battles, because this time I have won the war.

If it's written in Sun Tzu's Art of War " lose the battle, win the war" I should come up with a new strategy "WIN THE BATTLE WIN THE WAR"

To all of you my fellow team, my fellow warrior, my fellow friends and survivors, go win your war! I know you can! If I can beat this CANCER 3 TIMES, so do you.

YES YOU CAN DO THAT TOO!

I was in stress about financial problem, I was stressing about my future, about my parents, about my friends and family. Especially how should I say good bye to them? Well I don't, I need to keep on winning and I did. A lot of money to pay, but I can get that once I am cured. I still can do that later.

Thank you for my family, my friends, people who helped me, people who don't know me yet still helping me, thank you to the doctors, thank you to the medical team, thanks to all of you. Your help matters, without all of you I can't win this thing. Thank you for letting me fight this thing for the last time.

He is risen, and so are we. Keep on believing people! 💪

I don’t think I can do this anymore. I don’t think I can do anything anymore.

I see pics from 3-4 years ago and I see myself now and I don’t recognise myself anymore.

Fuck cancer. I miss my hair. I miss my face. I miss smile. I miss my body. I miss my confidence. I miss myself. Fuck cancer.

I can’t talk to anyone about this because everybody says stay strong but no I can’t.

Today I found out my mom underwent surgery to remove a carcinoma in her colon. I don’t know any more details about it since she kept it a secret until today. She has been having stomach pain, and she got an emergency CT a few days ago. In the report it says that there is left suprarrenal hiperplasia and a cyst in the liver. What’s the next step? She has an appointment with the endocrinologist in about a month, but IMO I think she should go sooner. Could this be related to her carcinoma?

I was recently diagnosed with a Chondrosarcoma of the skull base, which is a rare slow growing type of bone cancer. When I met with the neurosurgeon, he looked at my MRI from 2020 and the tumor was there. However, no one ever told me or noticed. I also had CT scans in 2022 and 2024 that the tumor can also be seen in, but again no one told me or noticed. In none of the radiology reports did it say anything about a tumor and that everything was fine.

Can anyone help me understand how so many doctors and radiologists could have missed it. Is this common for a rare type of tumor/cancer? Thankfully they caught it before it started to affect my vision or damage my carotid artery. It's just so upsetting.

Hey guys not sure if anyone will read this but I just need to talk to someone. My mom had went to the hospital and they had operated on her small intestine after testing they concluded the tumor found was cancer and it had now spread to the abdominal lining. With this she started at roughly 106 pounds as a 5’2 female has always been thinner but now a few months after surgery and a round of chemo she has dropped to 74 pounds. recently her appetite has increased but she seems to lose weight still which is so weird like i swear three days ago i weighed her it said 79 now it says 74. I contacted her doctor and they wont be in office until tomorrow. Im just worried guys. Any similar experiences? She seems strong and well just her weight is dropping which to me is weirddd just for lack of better word.

Hey everyone,

I’ve just started my chemo high dose methotrexate and I’ve heard about the potential side effects of mucositis. It’s been almost 48 hours since my infusion of my methotrexate and I wanna make sure that I don’t end up developing it, any prevention measures? I’ve also got braces so at the moment just trying to brush twice a day, interdental floss once a day and I’ve also been given a chloryhexidine mouth wash which I’ve been using once a day.

Anything else to help prevent would be amazing! I’ve heard about salt water or baking powder water, how are they?

Thank you!

Hii! I just wanted to rant a bit, and was wondering if some of you had a similar experience with a doctor.

2 weeks ago my grandpa (78) had trouble swallowing and it turned out to be a tumor, with mets to the liver and lymfenodes. However, he did not lose any weight and is still very active and feels very good. He is still able to eat everything (including my grandma’s leftovers). He’s still very full of life and actually does not feel like he has cancer.

So after all the initial CT/PET scans, we had (our first) appointment with a doctor (not an oncologist), and she basically dismissed everything my mom brought up saying it probably was too difficult. The dr. wanted to some palliative chemo only.

My mom asked about immuno, maybe chemo-radiation, studies, since my grandpa still is in very good condition he wants to try everything to stay as long as possible since he really enjoys his life.

And the worst part: she literally started explaining how my grandpa would die basically. She started outlining the full scenario, how he would first lose weight, shortly after he would not be able to walk anymore, after he would only stay in bed and probably lose a lot of weight to the point of malnutrition. And she said if he would get a heart-attack they would not resuscitate him anymore. My grandma & grandpa were really confused and started crying there.

After this, we learned that they are still waiting on 2 pathological results and still had to have a meeting about that. He got another doctor, and he got a referral to a better hospital with more experience. They also told my mom that they put in his files that he really wants to fight this and go for it, so they might view him as a real patient now and give him a chance.

Hey y'all. My parent has stage iv recurrence from an initial stage iii colorectal cancer. He underwent chemo/ radio the first time and ended up getting it surgically removed. In 05/2025 his CEA/ Signaterra started jumping back up and PET scans would still be negative, his last one showed metastasis and recurrence in the original site.

His biopsy is next week, they couldn't get him in earlier. I'm assuming that it'll take about a couple of weeks to start with chemotherapy (again).

The issue is that time is slipping away, cancer does not wait. I'm lost, what should we do? There's a lot of noise around the ivermectin/ fembendazole thing? Is it worth considering? Trying?
What about other 'remedies'???

I am a firm believer in science (scientist myself) but desperation is big here.

Anything would help. Please.

My mom was recently diagnosed with olfactory carcinoma. It’s a rare cancer and I’m having difficult finding information or successful case studies. Any tips, recommendations or hospitals we should visit?

This group has been so helpful to me. Thank you all!

57 M with stage 3 esophageal cancer. After 9 months of immunotherapy, chemo, and proton radiation treatment I talked to oncologist yesterday after resting for 5 weeks. I got a CT scan and a Pet Scan and I am NED! I have adenocarcinoma that has a high rate of coming back and spreading to liver, lungs, ect.

My oncologist is suggesting going on Opdiva for a short period of time to give my body a boast to help fight the cancer coming back.

Anybody do a run of Opdiva and what were your short term/long term side effects and outcome?

Hi there,

I am the full time caregiver for my partner who is a trans woman with stage 4 colorectal cancer. We live in MI and have been through 4 different treatment centers, where we have dealt with discrimination, malpractice, and transphobia.

The treatment centers we have been to were the top recommended ones in the state for our situation, and 3 of them were NCI designated centers. My partner was diagnosed a year and a half ago and was given an estimate of 2 years to live.

I am extremely overwhelmed trying to find somewhere that will treat us with respect, compassion, listen to our concerns, and won’t be transphobic. I apologize if this isn’t worded the best or if I’m leaving out important context but I am just very exhausted and overwhelmed. I am happy to answer any questions or provide more information.

Does anyone have any suggestions for where to go that I could trust won’t be transphobic, even if you suggest we leave the country? I’m willing to try anything at this point, but I just don’t want to put her through more trauma and to have to keep looking for new places.

Thank you.

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hi all just asking for some advice on behalf of my mom

my mom recently got started on a second line of chemo after a recurrence of her bile duct cancer, shes currently on her second cycle of Cisplatin, Gemicitibine and Durvalumab, most of the side effects are managable for now thankfully but shes having alot of issues falling and staying asleep, its difficult for her to get more than 5 hours daily and its really affecting her energy levels and is persisting long after she takes her 2 days of dexamethasone steroid immediately post infusion.

her doctor said yes to her being on Melantonin but it appears that it's not really helping much.

im wondering if theres anything else we could try to help her sleep better?

I am a cancer survivor and have been shocked at the lack of local knowledge and options for patients and survivors navigating care, finance, insurance, employment etc. I’m in Bermuda and there doesn’t seem to be existing advocacy groups.

There is a local cancer charity, but as far as I can tell it mainly focuses on end of life care, and they don’t have the knowledge or scope of survivorship.

I’d love to campaign to improve the support and options for people living with and surviving cancer. Maybe the current gaps are because people used to die of cancer more frequently, so survivorship issues didn’t arise as much? But now I feel it’s time for these things be addressed!

Anyway, my question is how have individuals done public advocacy? How have you made improvements? How have you been heard by people who can enact change?

Eg do you go to the media? To existing charities to ask them to expand their remit? Do you make your own charity to provide services to fill the gaps? How? Do you go to insurance companies? To government ministers? Or to the government civil service departments?

Thanks!

I have extensive-stage small cell lung cancer and am currently in the active dying stage. My sister, however, has written 100 ways I can die (100 novels) on PiXiv! What am I supposed to do?!（Due to my medical condition, I experience intermittent delirium and confusion, which I manage with midazolam and morphine. I apologize that I may not be able to reply to messages promptly. Also, English is not my native language.）

Hello, So I am part of the kidney cancer group as well since my husband was diagnosed with kidney cancer stage 3. So last month they did his 3 month scans and they noticed a tumor on the psoas muscle. They did a biopsy on it and it showed spindle cells and the doctor's diagnosis was spindle cell neoplasm with necrosis. So now they think that his cancer could have started in the muscle and all this time it could be a different cancer and not kidney cancer??? I am so confused. Anyone out there with a similar experience. I am so lost, devastated, and have no hope.

hi! first off I'm sending love and support to everyone 💗

so to preface, my mom is currently going through radiation and chemo for her vulvar cancer that has spread to her lungs. they've moved from her chest to now focusing on her pelvis. I don't have all the details but I think they're gonna do 33 sessions on her pelvis. She's very tired and in pain, and in the hospital for a UTI right now.

I'm 28 and basically every year of my life my mom has made me an Easter basket, even after I moved out, and this year she obviously can't, not that I would ever expect her to with her so sick. but holidays are important to her and so I would like to makecone for her. the thing is that I don't really know what to get her, but I know she can't have a lot of sugar so candy's not a great option and I also want to get her useful things to help and make her feel cared for.

what can I get for her? what has helped you or people you love? any suggestions are appreciated!!

mi pareja con la cual llevo casi un año es la mejor persona que pude pedir. nunca peleamos por cosas tontas, si nos enojamos nos arreglamos con calma, nunca nos ignoramos y nos tenemos en cuenta siempre. naturalmente somos personas solitarias, nuestras familias no son cercanas y son casi totalmente disfuncionales, no tenemos muchos amigos porque siempre sufrimos de bulling y ansiedad social. cuando lo conoci a él se volvio mi mejor amigo casi al instante, saliamos a caminar, a comprar, a pasear, nos la pasabamos en la casa del otro todo el tiempo, jugabamos videojuegos juntos, criticabamos a la gente que nos caia mal. y lo mas loco es que siempre pensabamos igual, siempre nos hacia gracia el mismo chiste, opinabamos o nos indignabamos por las mismas cosas... la vida simplemente era mas simple e increible, siempre salia del trabajo emocionada por verlo. nos fuimos enamorando mientras mas nos conociamos. naturalmente empezamos una relacion afectiva y nos comprometimos.
pero aca esta el problema: tiene cancer y cada dia que pasa siento que lo pierdo mas. estamos fisicamente distanciados porque el vive con su familia, quienes cuidan de el, yo no conozco a su familia. tiene depresion, todo el tiempo esta triste, no sale nunca, cuando estamos en mi casa le propongo hacer cosas o salir pero siempre me dice que no tiene ganas, no quiere, no se siente bien. ahora nuestra relacion se basa en encerrarnos en mi cuarto y socializar con nosotros dos, o jugar juegos, o mirar memes abrazados. pero ya no salimos de ese escenario, podemos estar tres semanas con esas interacciones. se que la esta pasando mal porque ya no tiene cabello, siempre vomita, esta debil, flaco, distinto, cuando estamos chill de la nada tiene preguntas como si yo realmente lo amo, si voy a dejarlo, si el vale la pena como humano. cosas que realmente me lastiman porque yo daria la vida por el, y veo en tiempo real que la persona de la que me enamore esta desapareciendo de tristeza. siento no ser suficiente para el ¿realmente se siente solo cuando esta conmigo, o es la enfermedad consumiendo sus pensamientos? de igual forma temo que se suic7de antes de que la quimioterapia haga que se recupere o muera de manera natural.
yo daria mi vida por el, gastaria toda mi fortuna por el, trabajaria 36 horas diarias solo para que el no tenga que preocuparse de tener que trabajar en esas condiciones fisicas, hago cosas por el para estar mas unidos, como ver sus series favoritas que yo no halla visto por cuenta propia asi podemos pasar una tarde de teorias o debates, un dia pasamos 6 horas hablando de fnaf como dos loquitos de sombrero de aluminio y es estuvo tan feliz. y solo quiero eso, su felicidad, no quiero que llore mas, no quiero que se sienta menos suficiente que los demas, no quiero que piese que no deberiamos estar juntos porque esta enfermo.
si el muere voy a morir con el, no tengo ni tuve jamas las fuerzas suficientes para abandonar este plano de manera voluntaria, pero realmente el es una parte muy importante para mi vida, y si ya no puedo verlo, si ya no puedo oler su perfume, su olor a transpiracion, su aliento a cigarros, el olor de su pelo, siento que yo tambien desapareceria en vida. nunca conoci placer tan grande como cuando lo abrazo despues de no vernos por un tiempo, de cuando lo beso por primera vez en el dia, cuando agarro su mano...

no tengo donde compartir esto porque me da verguenza admitir mi apego emocional

no busco consejos pero si quieres puedes aconsejarme u opinar. si llegaste hasta aca muchas gracias por leer.