I had a diagnosis of FAP at the age of 24 and have had three surgeries for Polyps that turned cancerous first was removal of part of my colone at age 25 second was 25 years later when I again was diagnosed with Cancer this op consisted of removing all of my large intestines and a resectioning small intestine into a J pouch, thought this was the end of the problem, but alas at the age of 67 I was again dignosed this time with Pancreatic Cancer which was stage three. I had the whipple operation to remove the cancer this involved removing the head of the Pancreas, the bile ducts, gall bladder and part of my stomache. And to top it all I was operated on three days before the covid lockdown March 2020. Why am I writing this? well to be honest I Just want to encourage anyone who is going through a cancer to always think positively and keep your spirits up and as an older Gentleman I can say that being possitive about your condition will help you heal both mentally and physically.
Jus as a foot note I was given a genetics test and was found also to have the Lynch syndrome well that in my mind completed the reasons for having so much cancer over the years. So if you are reading this and are going through a cancer please take heart there is light at the end of the tunnel if you remain positive and secondly have great trust in your care team nurses and surgeon/consultant and like me look to the future and no matter what My hope for you is to have a long life after cancer, I am now three years post op and living my life to the full.:happy:
