I am not a cancer survivor or caregiver, but I have closely seen the cancer journey. I have had two different journey experiences; one was as a youngster, while the other was as an above 50-year-old person. That Youngster was my senior in school and was a good friend. In a fight with his sibling, he got hurt in the area where he had some lump. It started raining, so the family took him to the hospital, where doctors scanned him and suggested having surgery so that they could test what kind of tumor it was. His family decided to have surgery within 4-5 days. When the surgery was done, and the tumor was tested, it was the 4th stage of Lung Cancer. તેઓએ સારવાર શરૂ કરી, પરંતુ એક મહિના પછી, તે નબળાઇ અનુભવવા લાગ્યો, તેથી નબળાઇને કારણે, ડૉક્ટરોએ તેનો કીમો બંધ કર્યો અને રેડિયેશન શરૂ કર્યું.

થોડા સમય પછી, તેને સારું લાગવા લાગ્યું, અને તેના રિપોર્ટમાં કેન્સરનો કોઈ પુરાવો જોવા મળ્યો ન હતો. તેથી ડોકટરોએ તેને કહ્યું કે તેનું કેન્સર સમાપ્ત થઈ ગયું છે, અને તે તેની રોજિંદા જીવનની શરૂઆત કરી શકે છે. તેણે કોલેજ જવાનું શરૂ કર્યું, પરંતુ દિવસેને દિવસે તે ફરીથી કમજોર થવા લાગ્યો, તેથી રોજિંદા જીવન જીવતી વખતે તેણે ક્યારેક વચ્ચે રેડિયેશન લીધું. જ્યારે તે ફરીથી નબળો પડ્યો, ત્યારે પરીક્ષણ કરવામાં આવ્યું, અને તે હવે કેન્સર માટે પોઝિટિવ હતું. કીમો and radiotherapy were started again, but this time he got mentally tired; he was tired of feeling weak and taking medicines. He started giving up and told his family he didn't want to get hospitalized; he wanted treatment from home. The family understood his mental condition, took him home, and started ayurvedic treatment. This went on for two years, but after that, ayurvedic medicines started affecting his kidneys, and he used to have severe fever and pains; he would be in bed all day and could not even stretch his body. His condition worsened daily, and then he left his body and moved to heaven.

બીજી બાજુ, 50 વર્ષના કાકા મારા પાડોશી હતા:

He had been suffering from a cough and cold for some time, so doctors suggested having an X-ray. When X-ray reports came, it was an infection in his lungs. Doctors gave antibiotics, but that too didn't work, and the cough was still there, so doctors got confused and thought it might be TB and started providing treatment for TB. He took TB medicines for two months, but his condition remained the same, so his family thought to have a CT scan. When reports came, there were lots of black dots, which the doctor doubted could be an infection, so he again gave antibiotic injections, which made him weak, and he became entirely dependent on his family.

After seeing his condition worsen, his family stopped giving him antibiotics and took him home. He started feeling better and started walking again. He soon joined his job back and got an infection back. A CT scan was done, and doctors said he would survive only for 18 months.

Doctors started his chemo, and he was hospitalized for a week, but then his family was discharged and took him home, telling the doctors that they would bring him to the hospital on his chemotherapy days. After taking him home, his family was not taking much care of him, and he was not getting enough comfort to recover, so he started getting many complications and left for his heavenly abode.

વિદાય સંદેશ:

બંને કિસ્સાઓમાં, બંને દર્દીઓને એક જ કેન્સર હતું, અને બંનેએ તેના માટે એકસરખી સારવાર લીધી હતી, અને બંનેમાંથી કોઈને પણ કોઈ આર્થિક તંગી નહોતી, પરંતુ એક બે વર્ષ અને બીજો માત્ર 4-5 મહિના માટે બચ્યો હતો જ્યારે ડૉક્ટરોએ પણ કહ્યું હતું કે તે 18 મહિના સુધી જીવી શકે છે. તે ફક્ત કુટુંબના સમર્થનને કારણે છે; એકને તેના પરિવાર તરફથી સકારાત્મક વાઇબ્સ અને ટેકો હતો જ્યારે અન્યને નકારાત્મક વાઇબ્સ હતા, તેથી જ હું અને બધા કહું છું કે પરિવારના સમર્થનની બાબત છે.

તમારા પ્રિયજનોને હકારાત્મક વાઇબ આપો, તેમને માનસિક રીતે ટેકો આપો અને તેમને માનસિક રીતે મજબૂત બનાવો.