Community› The Bump Message Boards› Success after IF
Success after IF
New Discussion

epphd

pria2004pria2004
in Success after IF

i am in shock. I have been off the boards and i just noticed your "bionic" post. I thought you wree just trying to be your funny-nerdy self and then realized its about you getting chemo. WTF?? what happened? I totally miss being there for you. I am so sorry, but I know you kicked infertility's butt and now you will kick cancer in its face!!! Good luck!! and you will be in my thoughts and prayers.

 

Report Reply to Post

Re: epphd

  • epphdepphd member

    Thanks!  Yeah, almost three weeks ago I ended up in the ER with intractable GI pain and vomiting.  I'd been having chronic, lower level pain for months - I (and my GI doc) figured it was IBS.  Turns out I had a tumor the size of a stick of butter in my colon.  I had ~10 inches of colon removed along with the tumor, and it's colon cancer.  Two of 18 lymph nodes were also positive, so I need to have chemo - six months of it!  It's a very standard regimen and my oncologist says that I'm "in good standing to be cured" (though there are no guarantees).  It sucks.  BIG time.  But... I can't really opt out of this so I guess it is what it is. We're running tests to see if I have a genetic condition that predisposes me to colon (and uterine and ovarian) cancers called HNPCC.  I don't have any other risk factors - the median age of colon cancer diagnosis is 70; I'm 36, don't eat much red meat, and have a BMI of under 21 and I run.  So... yeah, didn't see that coming!!

    Thanks so much for including me in your thoughts and prayers - I really, really appreciate that!

     

    image
    image

    I am a runner, knitter, scientist, DE-IVF veteran, and stage III colon cancer survivor.
    Report Reply
  • Loading the player...
  • pria2004pria2004

    oh man. Cancer misdiagnosed as IBS. Good lord!!! I am so proud of your positive being. What a great attitude you have!! Yo go girl!! you will always be in my thoughts and prayers, for good and bad times

     

    Report Reply
  • epphdepphd member
    Well, while I guess technically was a misdiagnosis, there really was no reason for anyone to suspect cancer.  My gastro had only seen one patient with colon cancer who was younger than me.  Fewer than 7% of patients are under 40 so it's kind of a zebra, if you know what I mean (when you hear hoofbeats, don't look for zebras - the old med school axiom).  I wish I had thought that it was something more serious, but it really did just seem like IBS.  Ugh.  Oh well...  Thanks again for the Ts&Ps!
    image
    image

    I am a runner, knitter, scientist, DE-IVF veteran, and stage III colon cancer survivor.
    Report Reply
This discussion has been closed.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards
"
"