Who has came back from colon cancer?

6555_Katella wrote:

Exaliburbmx, In October of 2015, I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Colorectal Cancer (Adenocarcinoma) with metathesis to the liver. Being a 36 y/o and relatively healthy...

Exaliburbmx,

In October of 2015, I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Colorectal Cancer (Adenocarcinoma) with metathesis to the liver. Being a 36 y/o and relatively healthy I never expected such a thing to happen to me, no one does (I do not have lynch syndrome (Colon cancer - precursor)). My outlook was not good, I was given some odds that would make you fall to your knees. It took about a month before the doctors even starting treating my cancer which began with chemotherapy (5-fluorouracil w/avastin). I would do 3-day treatments once every two weeks. This started a cycle of treatments, surgeries, rest, treatments, surgeries, etc. for the next two years. I'll spare you the colon details but you can imagine - they took a piece that said "You have plenty of time" and hooked it up to the end piece that said, "It's beyond way too late". They removed everything from the exit on up (About 2') along with a 1/3 of my liver.

Now, here's the good part - I'm writing this. I was able to start riding again in 2017. The chemo was a pain to remove from my system and it took a long time (still suffer side effects). You'll be able to ride again and you'll know when. Test the waters when your feeling good. The hardest part about coming back is the effects of chemo and the physical changes to your body. I relate it to trying to heal from a concussion and suffering from PCS, I would get loopy when my heart rate got above a certain rate.

I have some good friends and an amazing wife (SN) who got me through very dark times during my treatments. Keep your head up and PM me if you or anyone has any questions that they don't want to ask in public.

In 2016, I had my first major surgery (of many) at UCI. My room overlooked Anaheim stadium. It was (I think) the week of A2 and to my shock, the Musquin's and RD and LD came and visited me while I was recovering. Very cool to say the least. I was in too much pain and pretty high to even be concerned with attending the supercross but I was able to watch the race on my IPad. Then this happened (Listen to the video);