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I know someone who just found out they had colon cancer and i know it is a deadly disease i just don’t know how deadly.

Noone can accurately predict how long someone has until the true signs of death are approaching. Stage IV means that it has moved beyond the original "site", and even beyond the immediate area. There are different factors that go into how long a person has to survive, the will to fight, diet, treatement (palliative chemo, etc..) I’ve heard of people that even go into remission from stage IV, it’s very rare but it happens. My soon to be mother in law got diagnosed with cervical cancer last year and unfortunately it has spread, and she is now in stage IVb and is now in palliative care at a local health center. But she’s fighting and trying to stay positive, and I know she’ll be here for our wedding in October. Please visit www.cancer.gov for information, they have alot of resources. I wish the person that you know all the luck in the world, and please stay positive!
Edit: I’m sorry, I had forgotten to add that alot of the time, if a doctor deems a patient uncurable, he may reccommend Hospice care. Alot of the time this occurs when it’s determined that the patient has six months or less to live.

My aunt was recently diagnosed with Colon Cancer. I really don’t know too much about it. What is the survival rate? Is it usually treatable as far as cancer goes? I welcome any comments from surivors or people with relatives with cancer or anyone really. Thanks in advance.

If the tumor is confined to the colon, it’s actually very easy to deal with nowadays. A surgeon can simply remove the affected length of colon (it’s just a big tube) and sew the ends together, and your aunt will be good as new! (almost).

The prognosis is not so good if it has spread to other places, but cancer has become much more of a treatable disease in the last few years.

My best wishes to your aunt. I hope she doesn’t smoke, and is improving her diet.

I am 20 years old and I feel something is wrong with my colon and I have all the symptoms that arise from colon cancer. I read that colonoscopys are given to people over 50 because people my age arent at risk or it’s rare to have colon cancer. And I was just wondering what other things are there that have the same symptoms as colon cancer?

Younger populations do not have a high risk for colorectal cancer (although it does occur, rarely). Certain things which may cause colonic symptoms in younger people are ulcerative colitis, celiac disease, crohn’s disease, irritable bowel syndrome, anal fissure, and lactose intolerance.

Keeping a log of your symptoms and seeing a GP will help sort out what the cause is.

I know this sounds a bit strange, but hear me out…
A few days ago I used a Mystic Eye (something like an oujii board) and I asked how I would die. It said of "Cancer Colon" and in my 70′s.
I’m a bit of a hypochondriac and this got me thinking. Since then I have had stomach pains (not from being worried) most of the time during the past 3 days. Today I had a pain in the lower part of my chest/upper part of my stomach that later moved to around my right kidney.
My body is achey which it has been for the past few months (the doctor said it was from over-using my muscles from playing bass) today it’s been a bit worse but I’ve been walking around town all day.
The only people in my family to have Cancer are my aunt on my mother’s side who had ovarian cancer and my grandma on my father’s side who had lung cancer (and smoked for many years.) I’m 15 years old.
What are the odds of me getting Colon Cancer?
I also have shortness of breath which I’ve had on and off since my muscles/joints started hurting in the beginning of the summer.
I’m a white male who doesn’t smoke, drink or do any drugs. I don’t eat much meat other than Mcdonalds hamburgers, and occasionally hamburgers off the grill at home.

Colon cancer is asymptomatic until the very late stages. It is not a common cancer for a 15 year old at all. Certain age groups tend to have different types of cancer, not always, but enough to think that age is a factor when determining the types of cancer you can get. Colon cancer is bascially a disease of older people, you hear alot about it because there is educational material teaching the public about the disease (just like smoking and breast cancer receive a great deal of media). This is all good for older people who need this information, but it does little good for people your age.

The types of cancer that teenagers commonly get are often related to growing (growth spurts) and hormones thus you should be looking out for any unusual lumps or bumps located anywhere on the body. Be especially suspicious of any bump that seems to be growing. The types of cancer common to adolescents are:

1. Leukemia – cancer of the blood
2. Osteosarcoma – a type of bone cancer
3. Ewing’s sarcoma – a type of bone cancer
4. Hodgkin’s disease – lymphatic system (lymph nodes, thymus, spleen, adenoids, tonsils, and bone marrow)
5. non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma -lymphatic system (lymph nodes, thymus, spleen, adenoids, tonsils, and bone marrow)
6. Germ cell cancers – Testicular cancer
7. Soft tissue sarcoma – cancer of connective tissue or muscles, example is Rhabdomyosarcoma
8. Brain tumors – not generally common in teens but two forms to watch for include Astrocytomas (from cells in the brain called astrocytes) and Ependymomas (begin in the lining of brain ventricles).
9. Melanoma – skin cancer
10. Thyroid cancer

http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/cancer/cancer.html

It is possible to have other types of very rare cancer as a teen too, but the above diseases are the most common and the ones that all teens should become aware of. Each age group should become familiar with the types of cancer common for their age . . it narrows the field of over 200 different kinds of cancer down considerably.

Still, if you have any doubts please go seek out medical advice. Get a complete physical and discuss any concerns with your doctor.

Best.

so, i heard obesity could cause prostate cancer. but how so?
please help me.
thank you.
=)

Yes that is correct. Obesity is a major risk factor for prostate cancer. This is because prostate cancer is caused partly by high levels of hormones like testosterone, leptin and insulin. Among obese people, it is found that they have unusually high concentration of leptin and insulin in their bodies.

Obesity is also a major risk factor for breast cancer, endometrial cancer, colon cancer, esophageal and kidney cancers. For more information, please check out http://www.your-cancer-prevention-guide.com/cancer-and-obesity.html

Has there been a breakthrough in prostate cancer treatment?

This is the free alternative for cancer patients.Do it and you will know from the future test results.You can also do it alongside any medical treatment.It is very natural and works like chemotherapy – destroys only the cancer cells.
Cancer hates oxygen and cannot live in a high-oxygen environment.If you want to supplement the medical treatment you receive(or not receive) with some alternative therapy then this is for you. You need to help your body to build up your immune system.The breathing exercises – pranayam is a holistic approach creating extra oxygen supply in the body and will slowly help with the health problem.Do the pranayam to see the benefits.Build up your timing slowly and after four weeks at the suggested maximum duration you will start to notice benefits gradually.If you feel tired or dizzy,stop and resume later.
What is known: pranayam helps the body heal itself. How it works in the body is not known – but people may build their own theory. You have to do it yourself for your benefit.
The small print: Keep doing pranayam after you are better for minimum 30 minutes a day for rest of life to maintain health.

People who have been treated successfully, should do pranayam as well, as there is a chance of recurrence.

The pranayam techniques:
Bhastrika – Take a long deep breath into the lungs(chest not tummy) via the nose and then completely breathe out through the nose.Duration upto 5 minutes.

Kapalbhati -(Do it before eating) Push air forcefully out through the nose about once per second. Stomach will itself go in(contract in). The breathing in(through the nose) will happen automatically. Establish a rhythm and do for 20 to 30 minutes twice a day.(Max 60 min/day) Not for pregnant women. Seriously ill people do it gently.

Anulom Vilom – Close your right nostril with thumb and deep breath-in through left nostril
then – close left nostril with two fingers and breath-out through right nostril
then -keeping the left nostril closed deep breath-in through right nostril
then – close your right nostril with thumb and breath-out through left nostril.
This is one cycle of anulom vilom.
Repeat this cycle for 20 to 30 minutes twice a day(maximum 60 minutes in one day).
You can do this before breakfast/lunch/dinner or before bedtime or in bed.Remember to take deep long breaths into the lungs.You can do this while sitting on floor or chair or lying in bed.

Bhramri Pranayam -Close eyes. Close ears with thumb, index finger on forehead, and rest three fingers on base of nose touching eyes. Breathe in through nose. And now breathe out through nose while humming like a bee.
Duration : 5 to 10 times

Only by doing you will benefit and will feel good that you can do something to help the body.Copy and print this to improve your technique and stay focused.This is simplified pranayam for everyone and you do not have to go to classes to learn. This is for life, unlike short term classes where you do it in the class then stop when classes are over.

For Prostate cancer follow the pranayam and you can notice the benefits in 3 months.

This argument makes no sense! I am sure that if I got neutered that I wouldn’t get testicular cancer either.

I think that if someone uses this as an argument to have a dog neutered that they should have their brain removed to avoid brain cancer.

I’ve never heard this proposed as a reason for neutering dogs. I suppose technically it is true, but I am not aware that dogs tend to be especially susceptible to testicular cancer more so than other kinds of cancers, or even to cancers in general. As such, it is a very weak argument.

EDIT: Nick:

I did not say anything false. I did not say dogs never got testicular cancer. I said that I was not aware that dogs were especially susceptible to testicular cancer as compared to other kinds of cancers, or that dogs were especially susceptible to cancers in general as compared to other canine diseases.

While I am sorry that you have lost your dog to this illness, in the future I would advise you to carefully read other people’s words before you start flaming them.

I’m walking in the Relay for Life this year for the American Cancer Society. I want to do it for my Dad who had prostate cancer. He just finished treatments last week and has an excellent prognosis. He won’t know everything for sure though until June. The walk is next month and I’m trying to come up with a letter to ask for donations. Can you help me? Thanks!!!

I would open with the first two sentences you used above, then a paragraph on both organisations (RFL and ACS) then explain that while your dad has an excellent prognosis after treatment many others don’t, and you’d like to do something for them- and suggest that companies or whoever youre sending the letter to might like to do something for them too- in the form of a donation (of an amount of their choosing).

So it would go something like:

Dear ——-
My name is ———– and I’m walking in the . . . . . ..ACS.
I want to do it for my Dad . . .. . ..Prostate cancer.

The event is run by RFL which is a non profit organisation . . .has been running for …… years, and has helped raise money for . . .. ..people.
I am walking on behalf of the ACS because of my Dads illness, and that of many others.

While my Dad’s prognosis is now good (after several rounds of treatment,) many other people do not get such great results and struggle with the disease every day. It is reported that . . . . . . . . people are diagnosed with cancer every year and I’d like to do something to help them.

I would really appreciate any help you may be able to give and asking for donations on behalf of this worthy cause. . . . . .

Kind Regards,
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Dr. Stephen Cohen of Chesapeake Urology Associates talks about his personal experience with testicular cancer and not hesitating seeking professional help.

To learn more about Chesapeake Urology, please call toll-free at 866-955-0002 or visit our website at www.chesapeakeurology.com

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I feel like i’m going to freak out and end up in the psych ward. I found out today that he has prostate cancer. The prognosis is unknown at this point. Also, one of my kids is coming down with a virus so we will not be able to spend Thanksgiving with my family which upsets me even more because I can’t be with my Dad. I don’t know what to do. I went on a shopping spree today because I was upset. Then when my husband was driving I freaked out and made him stop the car so I could get out and walk home. I am totally losing it and I can see this turning into a disaster. I tried to commit suicide and almost died 2 months ago. I’m afraid of myself. Help….
I take 600mg Seroquel, 450 mg Lithium, 4 mg Klonopin and 150 Wellbutrin a day

Hi. I have bipolar, too.

First, most all prostrate cancer is treatable. Even in the cases were it is not, it is a very slow cancer and people usually live years – and that’s the worse case scenario.

You sound like you are both hypomanic and depressed at the same time. True? It’s a mixed state. In any case, call your doctor tomorrow morning. There are meds (antipsychotics in particular) that can knock that down pretty fast.

If you feel like you are a threat to yourself or others, have your husband drive you to the ER. If it’s not that bad, call your doc first thing tomorrow morning.