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. De började behandlingen, men efter en månad började han känna sig svag, så på grund av svaghet slutade läkarna hans cellgifter och började stråla.

Efter en tid började han må bättre och hans rapport visade inga tecken på cancer. Så läkarna sa till honom att hans cancer var över och att han kunde börja sin vardag. Han började gå på college, men dag för dag började han bli svag igen, så medan han levde ett vardagsliv tog han ibland strålning emellan. När han blev svagare igen gjordes testet, och det var nu positivt för cancer. Chemo 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.

On the other hand, a 50-year-old uncle was my neighbor:

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.

Avskedsmeddelande:

I båda fallen hade båda patienterna samma cancer, och båda tog samma behandling för det, och ingen av dem hade några ekonomiska kriser, men den ena överlevde i två år och den andra bara i 4-5 månader när till och med läkare sa att han kunde överleva i 18 månader. Det är bara på grund av familjens stöd; en hade positiva vibbar och stöd från sin familj medan andra hade negativa vibbar, vilket är anledningen till att jag och till och med alla säger att familjestöd är viktigt.

Ge dina nära och kära positiva vibbar, stöd dem mentalt och gör dem mentalt starka.