Bethel Bull, Almost Didn't Happen!

[fishseeker]

Drew the Any Bull MF tag after years of putting in for it. I was pumped. Maybe my last hunt. But life took a left when I went right(again)!Something is going on in my  throat. I had throat cancer in 10. Having a REAL hard time swallowing, eating has become a chore. Of to the Docs I go, lots of visits Latter I got sent to Swedish experts that decided a Biopsy was in order. Had that done on 9/26. Now the wait. On 10/3 I got the results. Good news/Bad news kinda thing. Good news no cancer in the place it was earlier, Bad news there maybe something in a gland under my jaw but we won't know till it is removed and tested. He wants to do it soon, I told him about my up coming hunt and he told me surgery could wait till after the hunt. Going in to have Surgery on 11/4 at 6:00am. Hunt will happen

[SniperDanWA]

Go get em, fish seeker.  My prayers also that your upcoming doc visit result in a positive way.

[CampCoffee]

Just prayed for you fishseeker that God will heal you and give you a great hunt.

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Good luck!

[Bulldozer77]

Go get em, fish seeker.  My prayers also that your upcoming doc visit result in a positive way.

Best of luck to you!

[jeffro]

Brother, don't wait on this sh@@.
Elk hunting is for fun, this is about life.
The longer you wait the worse it could be,
My wife is a nurse for SCCA (Seattle Cancer Care Alliance) and says this could be bad (Lymphatic)
Have them do to biopsy today!
My prayers and heart go out to you.

[fishseeker]

They already did the biopsy but it may have been conamanated so they could not tell for sure. Doc says it won't make no deferese to wait. I'm going huntin.

[FordGuy]

Best of luck to you on your hunt and your illness.

[Fullabull]

Good luck to you on both counts!

[Hunterman]

Brother, don't wait on this sh@@.
Elk hunting is for fun, this is about life.
The longer you wait the worse it could be,
My wife is a nurse for SCCA (Seattle Cancer Care Alliance) and says this could be bad (Lymphatic)
Have them do to biopsy today!
My prayers and heart go out to you.

   Maybe,,just maybe if our nephew would of had his throat looked at and taken care of when he started having problems instead of when it suited him, just maybe he might be with us today.

An elk ain't worth it. Your health and life are..

Hunterman(Tony)

[et1702]

Brother, don't wait on this sh@@.
Elk hunting is for fun, this is about life.
The longer you wait the worse it could be,
My wife is a nurse for SCCA (Seattle Cancer Care Alliance) and says this could be bad (Lymphatic)
Have them do to biopsy today!
My prayers and heart go out to you.

I agree w/Jeffro.  My wife was diagnosed w/Ovarian cancer in Oct 2010.  If they had caught it earlier, chances of survival are greatly increased.  Stage I or II and survival rate is up to 80%.  However, it was Stage IIIc when they finally found it, after months of symptoms and several visits to ER.  Went thru surgery and chemo first time with 30% to 40% chance of Survival.  Cancer came back in March of this year; Stage IV now (i.e., spread throughout abdominal cavity and other organs involved) so surgery was not an option.  Started Chemo again in late March and now survival odds are 5% to 10% that she will make it five years.  Dr.'s prognosis is actually 12 to 24 months.  She's still on maintenance chemo, but we just got news last week that CA-125 (blood test) was starting to rise again.  If it keeps going up, there isn't much else they can do at this point, as she just completed six cycles of chemo in late August.

If your Dr. is telling you it doesn't matter, GET A NEW DR.!!!  One thing we've learned is that YOU need to be your own best advocate in this fight.

BTW, Jeffro, the nurses at SCCA's Evergreen facility are all AWESOME!  We know them all.  If your wife works there, please tell her thanks!!!

ET

[fishseeker]

I HAVE been seeing Dr.s since June. Had MRI's Catscans Biopsy's that are not showing anything that stands out and that is why he said it is said to delay. He is the expert(Swedish), knows what he's doing I'll take his word.
>et702, I lost my oldest sister to Ovarian cancer in 1984, she was 38.  My wife also has terminal Breast cancer. Her cancer was found in 2006and they said they took care of it, found it had returned undetected in 2010. It had spread to her rt. lung, rt. kidney and pelvic bones. It will take her from me sometime in the future, just don't know when. We live one day at a time. That's hard to say the least. Thought we would grow old together. Guess its not to be. Her disease is stable for now, but who knows when it won't be.
>Hunterman, I went through the treatment in 10, 7weeks of chemo.(cisplatnem), about the strongest they give for anything, 7 weeks of radiation 5 days a week. Was swallowing ok till spring that's why I went in. I'm not taking it lightly. Swedish was the 3rd opinion. But thanks guys for your concern.

[Turner89]

Good luck on your hunt fishseeker. I'll be over there also. My brother drew the same tag.

[carpsniperg2]

Good luck.

[FordGuy]

Fishseeker we have three tags up there as well!  If you need anything and see a 2001 gold f250 crew cab up there don't hesitate come say hi and would be glad to help out in any way!