It was the phone call that we did not want to get. The doctor was just rather blunt about it. It is cancer but I don't know where the mother tumor is. Since the swelling was in my lymph node in my neck, he said that the mother tumor was either in the lungs or somewhere between there and the brain. That kind of puts you in a tail spin.
It was not as much the diagnosis as it was the way the doctor presented it. It just seemed like it was no big deal but to individuals, it is earth shattering. I figured if it was in my lungs, I might have a chance, if it was in the brain, I figured I was a goner. It's hard to explain to anyone that hasn't been there how that feeling is! But then so many other people are diagnosed with depression, diabetes, MS, other disease that these doctors really don't know how to cure. I have such extreme feeling for them also. I guess that is how cancer has changed me so much.
I took a long and determined road to get rid of my cancer including going to Mexico for alternative treatments. I wanted the radiation and chemotherapy to be my last shot. I had a degree of success with the Mexican treatments but the cancer did return two years later and rather aggressive. But during this time we had been given information about a treatment being given in Memphis, Tennessee by a Dr. Sandeep Samant. This treatment was suited for the type of cancer I had. They would simply run tubes from the groin area through arteries and shoot the chemo directly to the cancer area. This eliminated the chemo going all over the body resulting in loss of hair, sickness, etc. This would also include radiation to the area.
So here I go. Wonderful doctors greeted us everywhere and gave us all kinds of hope with the treatment but also explained the side effects. 4 chemo treatments and 30 radiation treatments would be required. I was told that most people can only take two of the chemo treatments because of the effects. Few can go three but if you can go three to four, everything would melt away and of course take the radiation. I was required to be hospitalized for the chemo treatments for three days per week. The first day, they would start IV's for flushing the body, the second day-the treatment, and then continue flushing the body til about noon the next day. On those days of chemo I was actually transported by ambulance to get the radiation treatments.
To make a long story short here, I went four treatments and thirty radiation treatments, had to have a feeding tube to eat, lost about fifity pounds but got rid of the cancer. It has been six years now and no problems. I searched hard for a good nutritional and mineral supplement and finally found one. A product called Vibe. After trying several different lotions, potions, and pills, it is the only supplement that has provided the energy that I was looking for. I am probably healthier than ever!
But cancer changed me and my life forever. And in all respects for the better. I am much more cognizant of the fact of what people endure both in diseases, hardships, etc. I know the feelings these people have. I can cry at the drop of a hat at sad situations. I often wonder if other people have been affected the same way or is it just me. Sunrises and sunsets have a different appeal to me. Maybe because I never stopped to notice them as I do now. Life is just much more appealing, not that it was ever unappealing, I guess I never stopped to smell the roses. Do other people who have experienced cancer feel the same way?
I felt so alone when I left my house. I had a good job in sales but I had to travel. I did not want to leave my wife anymore. I almost felt scared to leave my house. Again I wonder do other people feel the same way.
I left my job, decided life was to short to be away from the one person who carried me through the entire worst nightmare of my life, my wife. I have feelings for her that, while I'm sure they existed, they were totally awakened.
I marketed a few products, sold some telecommunication installations, worked some insurance. But I knew all along that I wanted nothing but a home based business. A place in my home where I could work online and help other people do the same thing. Hopefully help other people who have gone through some type of crises in their lives and unable to work or, like me, do not want to travel to make a living. I just wonder how many other people like me are out there? Because there are people who understand exactly what your feelings are and can help.
Mac Caldwell is an online internet marketer. Mac understands the frustrations of people working in MLM companies and spending more money than they bring in. Mac is also a cancer survivor, he feels the pain that people have with cancer and how home based businesses can sometimes be an outlet of staying close to home and still making an above average income.
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