r/cancer • u/Enough-Scholar7153 • 6d ago

Patient 👋 Who here is going through terminal?

Hello everyone, I didn’t want to feel alone in this situation but I wanted to know who is going through terminal stage and how are you coping? Thank you 🙏

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u/ant_clip 5d ago

Sounds like you had the terminal conversation with your oncologist. What is your diagnosis’s and prognosis? Mine was metastatic adenocarcinoma unknown primary (CUP). I just wake up and live the day.

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u/Best_Cantaloupe556 5d ago

Commenting on 👋 Who here is going through terminal?... Currently, Stage 4 NSCLC - 20 years ago I was diagnosed with metastatic adenocarcinoma unknown primary (CUP) - my oncologist refused to stage my prognosis and I let it go.

Point is - you never know. Just trying to make it thru today.

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u/ant_clip 5d ago

I was diagnosed in 2020. After my liver resection for metastatic tumor I was told less than a year without treatment and 2-3 with. I am older with other health issues so I elected no treatment. For 5 years I have been waking up and making coffee. My last scan early August is a bit suspect, we will see.

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u/Obvious-Worth-4469 5d ago

I had that conversation with him day one. I was told without treatment I had 6 months. With treatment 18 to 24 months. So we started treatment. A Glioblastoma is always terminal. The best I can hope for is to slow its growth. But I know eventually treatment might not be enough and I might have to go back into surgery. That is not fun having them dig around my brain. Been there done that have the scar to prove it.