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Tom · 12-08-2005, 07:55 PM

That's a very good point Al, and well taken here. I guess what I wanted to remind everyone of, is that we are often so caught up in the "cancer of the moment", that we might not be vigilant about the others out there that might normally be lurking in all of us. As an example, my Father was being treated for a cancer of the bladder that just would not stop recurring. He had minor out-patient surgery about every three months, to try and get the upper hand on it, and prevent it from spreading through the bladder wall and killing him. On his last visit to the urologist, we were ecstatic to learn that for once it had not returned so quickly. Upon pressing the doctor very hard about a lingering pain in the area, he agreed to order a CT of the pelvis. When the CT was examined, we discovered that a colorectal cancer that was surgically removed seventeen years earlier, had come back with a vengeance, and it subsequently took him from me in a horrifying and rapid course. It made me wonder how much the stress of being treated for the bladder tumors and prostate cancer, had influenced the recurrence of a cancer that was considered cured so long ago. I guess my message is "don't get blind-sided by something in the rear view mirror.

12-08-2005, 07:55 PM	#4
Tom Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 290	Good Point That's a very good point Al, and well taken here. I guess what I wanted to remind everyone of, is that we are often so caught up in the "cancer of the moment", that we might not be vigilant about the others out there that might normally be lurking in all of us. As an example, my Father was being treated for a cancer of the bladder that just would not stop recurring. He had minor out-patient surgery about every three months, to try and get the upper hand on it, and prevent it from spreading through the bladder wall and killing him. On his last visit to the urologist, we were ecstatic to learn that for once it had not returned so quickly. Upon pressing the doctor very hard about a lingering pain in the area, he agreed to order a CT of the pelvis. When the CT was examined, we discovered that a colorectal cancer that was surgically removed seventeen years earlier, had come back with a vengeance, and it subsequently took him from me in a horrifying and rapid course. It made me wonder how much the stress of being treated for the bladder tumors and prostate cancer, had influenced the recurrence of a cancer that was considered cured so long ago. I guess my message is "don't get blind-sided by something in the rear view mirror.