Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 309 | stats are based on other people not your wife that is what you need to remember. none of us are promised tomorrow with or without cancer and doctors have given people a clean bill of health only for them to walk out of the office and drop dead. these are what i remind myself of.
regardless of the odds and stats, we fight with all our might and then trust the one above to make it all work. my doc said he felt the odds of reoccurence for mine are lower than the stats show, because of where it is, how soon it was caught etc ... radiation oncologist said with surgery only my odds were 50-50 of it coming back - and with radiation about 15-20% chance of it coming back ... my thought is only God knows and I trust in Him to see me through both the here and now, and what lies ahead.
We have to remain diligent but not worry until there is need to worry. Worry only robs you of what joy the here and now can bring which is what is important.
Your wife is young which helps her prognosis and the status of her overall health is much more important than her size and weight. Have faith and trust all will go well and handle the bumps as they come but don't use your energy in fear. Use that time and energy to love on each other and enjoy the time you have been given to share. I wish you both the very very best. You are a great hubby who shows how much you care. I am sure she is grateful to have you by her side through this.
Rita - Age 44 wife, mother of 4 - ages 3,16,21,24 & grandma to 1 (R upper) Maxillectomy 8/8/08 - UW / Seattle, WA.
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"Those who think by the inch and speak by the yard, should be kicked by the foot."
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