I Just want to find hope and hear hopeful stories on here of people who have known family members or friends - who managed to recover from "terminal" cancer.
My father has recovered from stage 4 prostate cancer that has spread to his spine, damaged his spine and nerve and got him paralysed from chest down.
He was given very little chance to ever walk again. He had a surgery on his spine, and received radiotherapy and hormone therapy. 4 weeks later he started to recover slowly slowly and went to a rehab. ( didn't receive any other therapy after this) a year later today he is walking on his own for short distance, relearning to drive, and 100% cancer free.
I'm 19. I have very, very bad anxiety issues. Any little bump I go crazy thinking about it. Were there any telltale signs for that stage of cancer? I've had a swollen lymph node under my armpit for about two months now causing pain down my arm and now my neck has started to swell up.
Everywhere I look on the internet points to cancer. I guess the internet isn't the best place to look for someone with anxiety issues like me. Anyways, would the symptoms be pretty obvious at stage 4? If so what symptoms would arise?
My father said he had no symtoms at all until he started to feel pins and needles in his legs. He went to the doctor with this, and then he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. The cancer has spread to the spine pushing on a nerve which has caused the tingling sensation in legs.Originally he had prostate cancer, but that didnt have any symptoms. I dont know if you have cancer or not, but if you think you might, you should go to a doctor. Its best asap, and if you dont have cancer its not healty thinking you do especially with anxiety, so just go to a test, so your mind can calm down instead of worrying about it and not knowing.
Also I understand you have anxiety, but if you keep thinking about bad things will happen, then eventually they will !
Please talk to your GP about your anxiety problem.
Meanwhile try to look at things logically.
Cancer is predominantly a disease associated with old age, you are 19.
Teenage cancers do exist, but these are very very rare.
Swollen lymph nodes are common, cancerous lymph nodes in teenagers are very very rare.
When people are diagnosed with cancer, most of them are diagnosed at an early stage. I was a rarity and was diagnosed at stage 4. Every cancer case is different, some people diagnosed at an early stage have obvious symptoms, some of us diagnosed at a late stage have no symptoms or very insignificant symptoms.
Health anxiety is a real condition and can be debiliitating - the symptoms are amplified by inexpert and uncritical search engine research.
I hope you soon find the help you need to overcome your anxiety.
Please talk to your GP about your anxiety problem.
Meanwhile try to look at things logically.
Cancer is predominantly a disease associated with old age, you are 19.
Teenage cancers do exist, but these are very very rare.
Swollen lymph nodes are common, cancerous lymph nodes in teenagers are very very rare.
When people are diagnosed with cancer, most of them are diagnosed at an early stage. I was a rarity and was diagnosed at stage 4. Every cancer case is different, some people diagnosed at an early stage have obvious symptoms, some of us diagnosed at a late stage have no symptoms or very insignificant symptoms.
Health anxiety is a real condition and can be debiliitating - the symptoms are amplified by inexpert and uncritical search engine research.
I hope you soon find the help you need to overcome your anxiety.
