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Tomorrow starts a new chapter for me
Weds having a port installed in my chest and Thurs I start Chemo for 6 weeks and maybe adding Radiation along the way before a surgery date last jan or first part of feb.
Here the last of 100 blade baits I just got done The best thing is no more pics for a while.

Your journey sounds familiar. I strongly suggest you go on Youtube/web and look into alternative ways to treat this just in case.

All the best to you

Good luck in your journey Jiggin. I was diagnosed with cancer and got rid of it with chemo 23 years ago, and it hasn’t returned. The doctor told me if it comes back they can knock it out with pills. Modern medicine is amazing.

Break a leg!

Good luck to u

Here's hoping for the best, Mark !! Keep in touch !

Get well my friend
Tom

12/12/24 my first chemo treatment 9:00 am
Here i go.

Fight, fight, fight life is worth fighting for
Tom

WRB
My first chemo treatment was 7 hours with and hour anti nausea meds the first hour then the chemo for 5 hours then repeated the anti nausea meds again. Then sent me home with a over night buzz bomb of chemo hookup to my port. I carry it in a fanny pack. They removed it on friday morning. The good thing is only side effects is the cold its not great for you.
Everything cold I cant drink it has to be room temp and no direct cold air either. I bundle up
I can go out.
Next treatment the 26th of dec. Im staying strong and its one fight im going to beat.

You got this Jiggin, think of all the things you still want to do. Two years ago I had throat cancer and had to be tube fed for 9 months. After my hospitalization/surgeries I was very weak and had to use a wheelchair and then a walker but I slowly learned to walk again and started to exercise. All I thought about was being able to eat real food once again, get that stupid tube removed, and then get back on the lake again. Two year later I'm cancer free, eating whatever I want, and fishing every week. Take it day by day and beat this, eye on the prize. I will be rooting for you, everyone here on Western Bass is!

Ill be having major surgery after chemo and it looks like a short stint of radiation at the end of chemo. Then off to stanford medical center
I have esophageal cancer there plan is to remove my esophagus move my stomach up cut and reattach my intestine to my stomach.i also have thyroid cancer but that contained so thats and easy fix thats after my other surgery. Then very thing through a blender for food. Im looking forward to milk shakes jello pudding
My wife said Gerber baby food I said ho heck no. And yes im missing my fishing with my wife. But I hoping by spring ill be strong enough to get out and start again.

Good luck Jiggin. I never once got sick during my chemo and it would have been really easy if not for the steroid that gave me splitting headaches and made me want to eat. I actually gained weight during the process. Hang in there man. Once on the other side of it you’ll really appreciate good health.

It seems this happens during the During Holidays. Try to enjoy your time with your family and focus on getting over this, your fishing family is praying for Mark.
Tom

Thanks Tom my hole family will be here for the holidays. Im going to keep my chin up and take it one day at a time. Happy holidays.