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Patient Story: Uterine Cancer and Pancreatic Cancer

Share Your Story: How Has Cancer Changed Your Life?

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Created October 10, 2010

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Patient Story: Uterine Cancer and Pancreatic Cancer

KEEP STRONG AND THINK POSITIVE

How Has Having Cancer Changed Your Life?

I HAVE HAD CANCER FOR AWHILE NOW. I HAVE HAD 2 OPERATIONS ON MY STOMACH AND IT IS STILL ACTIVE.I HAVE GONE THROUGH 8 TREATMENTS OF CHEMO AND 25 TREATMENTS RADIATION. THE RADIATION HELPED SOME BY SHRINKING THE CANCER TO HALF THE SIZE IT WAS ,BUT NOW I HAVE A NEW SECTION IN THE LEFT SIDE .

What Type of Cancer Did You Have?

I HAD UTERINE CANCER BACK IN 1997 AND HAD A COMPLETE HYSTERECTOMY AND NOW I HAVE PANCREATIC CANCER AND HAVE HAD HALF OF MY STOMACH REMOVED .

How long did you undergo treatment?

I WENT UNDER *TREATMENTS OF CHEMO AND THE CANCER WAS BACK 3 MONTHS LATER ,THAN I HAD 25 TREATMENTS OF RADIATION AND IT TOOK CARE OF HALF OF THE CANCER ,BUT NOW I HAVE ANOTHER SMALL SECTION ONTHELEFT OF MY STOMACH.I AM NOW TAKING CANCER PILLS CALLED ARIMADIC'S

Advice

  • I HAVE ALWAYS TRIED TO THINK POSITIVE ,AND OFTEN TALK TO OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE SAME HEALTH PROBLEM,I WANT TO FIGHT THIS SO I WILL BE ABLE TO BE AROUND FOR MY FAMILY ,SINCE I HAVE LOST 3 OF MY FAMILY TO CANCER .

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