On Feb 27, 8:40 pm, "Chas" wrote:
Knowing you both navigated the tunnel and came out well is good reassuring
news indeed to me. Thanks for your thoughts and good wishes, and thanks to
others who responded with helpful info.

Don't let stats scare you, is the main thing. At my stage, stats said
only a 1 in 5 chance of making it past a few years. Heck, I was only
given four months at first diagnosis. However, I intend to be on the
good side of the equations :-) I have to be, I've got a four year
old little girl, and that's the main reason I put up with so much.

I have a great set of docs and a well known cancer center on my side. Its
still a scary thing. Mental attitude swings from the mostly coolly
analytical to occasional bouts of real fear.

Understood fully. One good thing that happened because of this for
me, though, was that I finally took care of a lot of paperwork (will,
etc). While that should've been really depressing, in the end it
helped that I knew much was ready.

Google has become my new best friend as I attempt to understand all I can
about the beast. Drinking from a fire hose comes to mind.

Yes, you'll read a ton. Yet it's astonishing to me how little data
has been collated in a useful way. For example, why isn't there a
definitive set of data on what diet helps for each kind of
carcinoma? Etc.

I'm glad that hearing from other survivors helps. It really is
amazing how treatment results have progressed, even though much of it
is still Dark Ages stuff (poisons both chemical and radiological).

You'll be fine. Hang in there and thanks also from my side, for
making me work a little bit more towards getting back into the sky.
I'm still weak much of the time, but getting better too. It just
takes time.

Regards, Kev