New to forum diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer

I was diagnosed in October 2016 with stage 4 bowel cancer which is  inoperable and I have  secondary cancer throughout liver, lungs and testine linings.  Offer of agressive chemo with little prospect of any improvement or shrinkage of main tumour. After discussion with family I took decision to not have chemo but to try and have quality time with family and friends, with prospects of only a few weeks extension of life I wanted to enjoy my time being as strong as I could without dealing with after effects of the chemo. I am 64 years old and desperate to see my 65th birthday in March. I'm married with 2 children and have 4 grandchildren. I have been reading the forum for some time and now just feel ready to talk about it, I would love to hear from anyone at a similar stage, just for genral chat or support.

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  • i  started pallitive chemo for stage four colon cancer in june 2014, continued with breaks till 2016 when treeatment started to give me nasty side effects, when i was told further treatment would only extend expected life for six months, i deciced to end treatment there and then, .from the very start i had ruled out surgery and signed a do not resuccitate  form., since 2016 i have felt normal and no pain, and as i never had any scans since, i have no idea whats happening to the cancer, but as i have no pain, i dont want to know. i was aged 72 when i got the cancer and   am now 77. .

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  • i  started pallitive chemo for stage four colon cancer in june 2014, continued with breaks till 2016 when treeatment started to give me nasty side effects, when i was told further treatment would only extend expected life for six months, i deciced to end treatment there and then, .from the very start i had ruled out surgery and signed a do not resuccitate  form., since 2016 i have felt normal and no pain, and as i never had any scans since, i have no idea whats happening to the cancer, but as i have no pain, i dont want to know. i was aged 72 when i got the cancer and   am now 77. .

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