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In reply to the discussion: 24 hours after diagnosis [View all]

mopinko

(72,076 posts)
9. i'm in a similar sitch, only a few wks ahead of u.
Tue Jan 30, 2024, 12:41 PM
Jan 2024

similar cancer- melanoma caught in situ. removed. cancer free for now, but will have a full body exam every 3 mos for the foreseeable future. unlike u, there’s 1 prostate but yards of skin. this 1 is gone, but the chance of recurrence is 90%. at least it’s easy to detect.

but yeah, the word cancer is rattling around in my brain. now every time i fill out a health screening, i have to check the box that says cancer. that bothers me greatly. not sure y.
i have a pic a chunk of my shoulder in a plastic jar. i have a 3” scar. surgery was minor, but in a bad spot. i’m weight limited for 2 wks. no strenuous activity. no walking my problem dog. no yoga. no hot sex, which is not a problem, but…

even if u have a ‘good kind’, cancer is cancer and cancer sucks golf balls through garden hoses.

best of luck. this is a great group.

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24 hours after diagnosis [View all] Wiscodoug Jan 2024 OP
I don't know anything that would really help, but I am sending HOPE Drum Jan 2024 #1
Wow. Hard to imagine a doctor telling you that without definitive lab results. mobeau69 Jan 2024 #2
prostate cancer is highly treatable if caught early. nocoincidences Jan 2024 #3
Thank you. Wiscodoug Jan 2024 #8
You might also google Proton Therapy virgdem Jan 2024 #12
Be calm, elleng Jan 2024 #4
Check out this board: barbtries Jan 2024 #5
Stuff: Botany Jan 2024 #6
Prostate cancer is very common, especially as men age. Freethinker65 Jan 2024 #7
i'm in a similar sitch, only a few wks ahead of u. mopinko Jan 2024 #9
We're here for you woodsprite Jan 2024 #10
Yep Wiscodoug Jan 2024 #11
Don't put the cart ahead of the horse just yet. al_liberal Jan 2024 #13
You're in my thoughts XanaDUer2 Jan 2024 #14
Find support Daylily Jan 2024 #15
Try not to freak out until you know more. TNNurse Jan 2024 #16
My brother was dxed with it years ago Lifeafter70 Feb 2024 #17
Been there too Nac Mac Feegle Feb 2024 #18
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