Stage 4 Colon Cancer

January 2003, I noticed my husband was loosing a LOT of weight, he was looking fantastic! Tall dark and handsome, that was my Myles!

Jump to May 2003.
Myles was STILL loosing weight, but now he didn't look so good, he had that gaunt look about him. I begged daily for him to go to a doctor, and he didn't. Finally I called his father, (Dad could make him do anything LOL) Finally he gave in and made the appointment.

Monday: Day of the appointment he choose to go alone, I respected that knowing he would tell me how it went anyway. He called, the doctor has scheduled him for a CatScan the following morning. We still had NO idea where this was all leading.

Tuesday: Next day came, Myles went to his CatScan, he was told the results would be sent to the doctor in the morning, so he went back to work. We were blissfully unaware how our world would fall apart in a few hours...

I was dressing to go to work at 1pm, sitter was here playing with the baby so I was doing my thing when the phone rang. It was Myles' doctor he needed to see us BOTH in his office as soon as possible, it was a matter of grave importance, okkkk, hung up. I wasn't sure what to think, but the called scared me a LOT, I called Myles at work and told him, he was coming home for me. I called into work sick, I had to go to this meeting no way around it. Fire me if you must, I was going!

Doctors office, we were took straight into the back at the doctors office (that NEVER happens) the doctor came right in (I knew something was very wrong now) All the doctor said to us was he was very sorry but the results of the CatScan showed what he believed was colon cancer. He couldn't tell us what stage at this point, but it looked bad on the scan.

Wednesday: Gastro Doctor appointment, they schedule him for an immediate colonoscopy the next morning. (Can't be same day you have to do major body clean out first, can you say yuck?!)

Thursday: Colonoscopy, now scared out of our minds, we have had time to research colon cancer, and it wasn't good! The procedure was about 2 hours long start to finish. Waiting was so hard, I paced, I walked, I called people, anything to help pass the time. Finally I was called back, it was over, the doctor wanted to speak with us both about the results. They took me into the recovery room and over to where Myles was laying on a stretcher. He was still a little out of it, but I could see it was fading pretty fast. 1o minutes inside Myles was getting pretty clear headed, so they called the doctor and let him know Myles was ready and that I had arrived.

In comes the doctor, now this is where I KNEW he was giving us bad news, he stood beside me and as he talked to us, he reached out to took hold of my hand and squeezed it. Yep, news was bad....stage 4 colon cancer, the worse stage it could have been. The doctor gave Myles 6 months. WOW in the blink of an eye a death sentence for a 43 year old man. The doctor went and called the surgeon to schedule Myles in as soon as possible. Surgeon appointment was the next day Friday.

Friday: Surgeon appointment in the afternoon, by this time I wasn't working anymore, I had to be with Myles no matter what. In to see the surgeon, surgery had to be done immediately, so it was scheduled for first thing the next morning (Saturday). Home we went to try to prepare (Ya right) for the next day. Family called, and coming in, sitter called, we spent the evening the three of us playing games, whatever just spend time together.

Saturday: Colon surgery, our time came and went, seems we had been pushed aside for late starting surgery before ours. Finally 10am they came for Myles, we hugged, we kissed, said our I love you's and they took him away.

3 Loooong hours later the surgeon came in, surgery was over, Myles was doing well in recovery, bad news was, his liver was 80% covered in cancer too, we had prayed, but worse case senerio they had told us about before surgery, well happened. After a month in the hospital recovering from everything that could have went wrong, Myles finally came home to recover.

And then there was chemo......