New patient

[trumpd]

At last all the tests are over for the time being! Diagnosis - T3,N1,M0 so not as bad as it could be. THe medics rekon it is curable with several cycles of chemo [probably 3]

followed by surgery. Expecting the worst and hoping for the best!

[Amycaz]

All the best to you. You can do this if you are prepared both mentally and physically. It's a tough slog, but it's do able!

My Dad is coming to the end of all of the above treatment, plus some.

Feel free to ask away

Xx

[hunsdon]

Hi it's a hard road but it will be worth just keep digging down deep in those strength pockets, I am 5 years post op so take one day at a time and listen to your body, wish you well and take care.

[quince]

I am 5 years on now

As others have said it's a long road

But it does the job and you need to stay with it .

I had chemo then the operation and then more chemo

Good luck !

[Mick]

Hi, I`m another one that is 5 years post op. So as others have said it can be a long slog but take each day as it comes the good days and the bad. We have all been through it and come out the other side. Since my op we have been on 4 cruises, family holiday, moved house, still work part time and keep busy in the garden.

[Aussiepete]

Hey. Wishing you all the best.

I was T1bN0M0 pre-operation but after surgery they concluded I was T3N0M0.

I'm 2.5 years post op.... First few weeks post-op are not much fun. The Chemotherapy is rough (perhaps rougher than the op itself).

The good news is you'll get through it.

Good luck ! Let us know if you have more questions.

[haward]

The chemo is different for everyone. I had five cycles and twenty three radiotherapy sessions over a four and a half week period. I was fine. I slept through the chemo and all it did was make me tired. My white blood cell count went down a bit towards the end but that didn't stop me flying home, from Kuala Lumpur, where I did the chemo/rad, to the UK, a couple of weeks later.

I'm four years on, travelling extensively, finishing another law degree, and normal ish. You're never the same after this surgery but you can get back to something like normal

Good luck and stay in touch

Haward