Daniel
2019 Story
I was diagnosed with incurable Stage IV Gleason 9 prostate cancer de novo in 2015. I had a RALRP and later went on ADT, but, last year became refractory. Now, on top of dealing with that, I’ve been diagnosed with Medication-Related OsteoNecrosis of the Jaw because of the bone strengthener I was given for only two years.
I’m grateful to have the opportunity to put my affairs in order and to spend time with my new granddaughters, and other loved ones. I have read so much information on prostate cancer that has zero relevance to my situation. Luckily, I’m conversant with medical terms and, most of the time, can decipher what doesn’t apply to me. Cancer writers need to be more aware to avoid making sweeping generalizations.
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I have been in treatment since 2013. In 2012, I had cervical cancer and had a total Hysterectomy. I was misdiagnosed and told the lump in my breast was calcium and the size of a pea. In 2013, it was taken out. It was the size of a baseball - stage 3.
I was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic transitional cell collecting duct cancer (renal) in 2013. I have been forced to continue working for employers with adverse cultures and aspirations to my own as a result of the fear of being left without continued choice of treatment which comes with insurance only offered by group plans, and being able to seek treatment at the facilities of my choosing.
Life isn't easy by any means. I used to be a girl that would run constantly, have so much energy, but that has changed!
It's so strange how time can go so slowly and fly by at the same time. I got my metastatic breast cancer diagnosis in December of 2009, almost 12 years ago. I have had no evidence of disease for ten years.
The word metastatic first came into my vernacular June 18, 2013. Well actually, I was told at that moment I would be lucky if it wasn't at least stage two. A month later I found out after scans it was stage 4 from the very beginning.
My husband was diagnosed with colon cancer initially in 2019, had surgery in January 2020, went through chemo and was in remission. Then, when he had a routine CAT scan, they told us he had a spot in his liver. He had the PET scan and it showed stage 4 liver cancer.
For me, it has taken a team of amazing doctors, each with different specialties. Primary Physician (Internal Medicine) who detected my elevated PSA at 141.
In 2020, my warrior husband, Jerry Kester, was diagnosed with Small Cell Lung Cancer.
At the age of 28 in 2018, I was given the unthinkable news.