Cancer The Word No one Wants To Hear

The main purpose of this article is to discuss cancer and the chance that you have it now. It seems that cancer can arrive in your body at a moments notice,

All of us are born into this world with potential cancer cells just lurking in the back ground just waiting for the right moment to surface and the promote fear of the word itself into every one we know. Most of us have known a family member that has heard these words after visit to a doctor. I am very sorry to have to tell you that you have cancer. The same feeling is still there if you hear it about a friend. The thought flashes though your mind. Thank God it is not me.

My own Story


In the later part of May, 2008 I went to see my primary care doctor because I had some fever. After checking me he said it looks like you have pneumonia. He give me a prescription to take and said I want you to go for a chest X ray. I Went for the X ray and the doctor called me to say the X ray showed pneumonia and I should come to see him in a week, after I had taken the medication.

I went back and he checked again and said it appears to have cleared up but I want you to get another X ray. The new X ray verified that the pneumonia was gone.

On June 9, 2008 we had a granddaughter getting married in a late afternoon ceremony out doors and the reception was outdoors in the same location in Temecula, CA.

One weekend in late July 2008, I was out in a grocery store with my wife and I was freezing while going though the cold sections of the store. When we got home, my wife took my temperature and it was 101. My wife called the doctor after normal hours and he called back a little later. He said to go to emergency at the hospital.

After all the checks they did including another X ray they said I had a reoccurrence of the pneumonia. After another week, the doctor wanted me to come see him again.
Everything appeared to be OK but just to be sure he wanted me to get a C Scan.

The results of the C Scan showed no pneumonia but it did show a small growth in my left lung. So my doctor gave me a referral to see a pulmonary specialist.

The pulmonary Specialist showed me the results of the C Scan and explained just what we were seeing. He said we would have to do some tests to determine if the growth was cancer or not.

The tests he wanted tome to take were as follows:

A needle biopsy, an MRI, and a breathing test. I elected to do the MRI and the breathing test first.
The breathing test was good, and the MRI was good, but the tumor in the lung was called worrisome for cancer.
The next step was the needle biopsy. This said that it was cancer.

The recommendation of the pulmonary specialist was that I should have surgery that would be to remove the lower half of my left lung.

The next step was to get a brain scan, and a bone scan to see if the cancer had spread. These scan results were good.

The next step was to consult with the surgeon to explain what was entailed with the procedure. All of this took some time.

The surgery was scheduled to be done on my 84th birthday which was November 25 2008.

When the surgeon got the camera inside my chest cavity they found that the cancer had spread to the wall of my chest. It was determined that there was no point to completing the operation to remove the lower half of the lung.

When I was awake enough to understand I was told that the cancer had spread to the chest wall, and a oncologist came in later to explain the next steps. The oncologist told me that I had incurable cancer.

At this point I have set up an appointment with a different oncologist to see if they can come up with a better outcome. The appointment is for December 17, 2008

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