> From a cancer that had been misdiagnosed as an infection, an iron deficiency, and a benign tumor for four months prior
Someone close to the family had cancer, got it removed and treated. A year or two later they complained about pain the back, also it was getting harder to breathe.
He got multiple checkups and got sent to a physio to help him with the back pain, and some asthma medication for his breathing. Went on for half a year with little improvement.
Then, entirely unrelated, he had to take an x-ray of his shoulder. The x-ray tech noticed something and flagged it immediately. Off to take more scans. Turns out he had tumors in his spine and lots of small ones in his lungs...
The thing that blew me away was this: when he got informed that the tumor had spread, they said "the original tumor you had predominantly spreads to the lungs and skeleton"... Of course he had not been told this before, and sadly he had not inquired about it either.
I'm still at a loss of words for how they thought asthma medication and some back massages would help.
I learned then, and tell everyone I can, that if you get cancer and survive the initial one, you _have_ to ask about where it might spread to. Then be very observant of any changes in those areas.
Someone close to the family had cancer, got it removed and treated. A year or two later they complained about pain the back, also it was getting harder to breathe.
He got multiple checkups and got sent to a physio to help him with the back pain, and some asthma medication for his breathing. Went on for half a year with little improvement.
Then, entirely unrelated, he had to take an x-ray of his shoulder. The x-ray tech noticed something and flagged it immediately. Off to take more scans. Turns out he had tumors in his spine and lots of small ones in his lungs...
The thing that blew me away was this: when he got informed that the tumor had spread, they said "the original tumor you had predominantly spreads to the lungs and skeleton"... Of course he had not been told this before, and sadly he had not inquired about it either.
I'm still at a loss of words for how they thought asthma medication and some back massages would help.
I learned then, and tell everyone I can, that if you get cancer and survive the initial one, you _have_ to ask about where it might spread to. Then be very observant of any changes in those areas.