Cancer Discussions, Cancer Support and Community Connection Forum - December 18th, 2009 - 4 Comments
If you have cancer and you are not doing chemo when or do you start feeling sick?
I am just wondering when people who have cancer that have not done chemo start fell sick. For example, like if some one didn’t know they had cancer would there be certain ways of being sick to tell you have cancer, and when you start to feel ill.
It depends on the type of cancer you have. Many will manifest themselves in different way. When I discovered my breast cancer, I did a self check because I was getting horrible sharp pains. I checked the area the pain was coming from and found a tumor. Long story short. I had 2 tumors and a mastectomy. My sister had brain cancer. She had headaches all her life. Migraines run in our family fiercely. She told me that her headache was different and then passed out at work. Again, long story short, two surgeries later and the tumors were removed. One is still in there because it’s inoperable. She went through the chemo and radiation though. Same with my brother only he wasn’t as lucky. He died of brain and spinal cancer. We all experience different things and no two people will be the same. What one person has, doesn’t mean the other will. My Dr told me pain was not an indication of breast cancer. My reaction to him was, "Oh really, that’s the only reason I checked the area." Come to find out my older sister and 2 of my nieces also felt pain. This is out of the norm. So it depends of where your cancer is that will determine symptoms and getting sick. Hope that makes sense.
You’ll have to come up with the certain cancer or cancers you have a question about. This site isn’t long enough to list all of them.
I didn’t know I had brain cancer. It had been growing for years. It wasn’t until about 1 1/2 yrs ago that my arm was going numb for a few seconds a couple times a day. I thought it was pinched nerve. I had a migraine one day and 2 days later a seizure. Those were basically my symptoms…oh, forgot the aura, which was a strange feeling in the pit of my stomach and the feeling of deja vu a couple times. Yep, that’s about it.
T: "Hey Scott, guess what?"
S: "What?"
!FART!
S: "Uh, I hate you more than ever Terrance and Phillip. I absolutely abhor you both."
Scott is motioning peculiarly at Terrance and Phillip.
P: "What are you doing Scott?"
S: "I’m wishing cancer upon you."
P: "Cancer?"
S: "That’s right, I’m trying to give you cancer with my mind."
T: "Ah, stop that."
Terrance hides behind Phillip.
P: "Hey, don’t give me cancer."
OMFG ARE YOU A COMPLETE RETARD, it’s okay no one with cancer ever feels sick until they start the chemo, fucking hell you’re a retard.