Please pray for me...

I had a colonoscopy today based on some symptoms I've been having for a few months...

I'm now diagnosed with rectal cancer.

Next step is to figure out if it's spread. If it hasn't, I'll need surgery to remove the mass. If it has spread, I'll need to start chemotherapy.

I will keep you in my prayers brother

Oh man. I will certainly pray for you.

Thomas you will certainly be in my prayers. I pray for Gods grace and mercy upon you. And I pray that God will give you wisdom and endurance for whatever the future holds for you.

Thank you very much everyone. I'll post my updates here...

Prayers coming brother.

In my prayers Thomas!!! Jesus is a HEALER!!! He will heal you I know it!!!

I know you know this ... but I must say it... HAVE FAITH!!!

I'll be praying for you each day my friend! You can overcome this!!!

Got CT scan results. The short answer as to if the cancer has spread is "unsure" leaning toward "yes". There are enlarged lymph nodes in my lower abdomen area that are suspicious. The good news is, they're in the same area as the mass in my bowels so they would be able to biopsy and remove in the same surgery. Surgery consultation is monday. Oncology appointment Wednesday. 

Please keep me in your prayers.

Praying for your healing, Thomas.

Same :/

Still praying and will continue to do so!

I got this as a Christmas present from my wife's aunt. She picked it up at some random shop and thought it looked like something I'd wear. She couldn't find online what the word on it meant, even after looking... so she just hoped it didn't say anything bad.

I'd never heard of " akoretarevalic" before so while everyone was opening their next gift, I searched to see if I could find it. After 10 minutes, I found it. It's Latin for "in faith, protected". Everyone got chills and a little emotional. I don't think me getting this gift is just a coincidence...

Thanks for the update Thomas. Still praying for Gods mercy and grace.

Praying for you brother.

Been praying for you Thomas.  Thanks for keeping us posted.

Had my surgery consultation today. The plan is 5 weeks of radiation and chemo... 6 weeks of recovery from that, and then surgery end March / early April. I'll need time off work to recover from that, then more chemo....

The doctor said I'll be fighting this for a year.

The idea is that radiation first will shrink the mass to save some of my insides and kill any other dangerous nodes. If they did the surgery now, I'd have to have a poop sack for the rest of my life.

Goal #1 - save my life
Goal #2 - save my insides
Goal #3 - have the least invasive surgery possible.

Please keep me in your prayers.

Still praying!!

Busy week. Got setup (and tattooed) for daily radiation today. (Literal skin ink injections so I can be where I need to be in the machine each time)
Tuesday morning is the PET scan. (A more intense CT scan)
Wednesday is the fertility appointment to bank some swimmers (since there's a chance radiation/chemo will make me sterile)
Thursday is (tentatively) when I'd start my chemo/radiation, but that depends on the doctor's from Wednesday's appointment if they need additional... uh... specimens.
Please pray that radiation/chemo won't make me too sick and that the PET Scan results aren't frightening...

ThomasEversole wrote:Please pray that radiation/chemo won't make me too sick and that the PET Scan results aren't frightening...

I will be praying. I pray God will give you the strength to endure whatever comes your way.

I'm sorry to hear this Thomas. I will most certainly be praying for you. It always seems to be around Christmas when I get a new diagnosis too.

The dye from the Pet scan didn't highlight the lymph nodes that were suspicious before. That means, it looks like the only cancer is the mass and the intestinal wall growths. Even though I never received official staging of the cancer, it would put it from a suspected stage 3 to a suspected stage 2.
That's good news! I start my chemo and radiation tomorrow.

This is very encouraging news indeed!  I'll continue praying regularly for you!

Kerrick wrote:This is very encouraging news indeed!  I'll continue praying regularly for you!

+1

I don't know if it's been the chemo/radiation or I had another one of my "can't stay awake" spells, but I slept until 130pm to 5am yesterday. (Got up that early for work)

I got home from my radiation today at 130pm and slept until 550pm. My wife woke me up as she was leaving for work.

I hope I'm this tired because my treatment is working.... I can't remember ever being this fatigued.