I'm 37 in December, with a 2 year old daughter. Today (Nov 6) is my 10th wedding anniversary. Legitimately the next 6-12 months will be really lousy, after that I should have a mostly normal life. However it's getting through the next year that will be a challenge. My dad died of colon cancer at 65- this may be linked, but that is something we need to keep looking into.

This cancer (Signet Cell carcinoma) is extremely rare in the stomach, and in somebody my age. It's much more typical of somebody after 50.

You don't know me , and I don't know you, but I know someone who knows us both. I'll be praying to Him on your (and your family's) behalf. Get well, Mate.

Yeah tcable. Your positive outlook will go a long way. You're at one of the best locations in the world to get medical attention. I hope for the best and to have a speedy recovery.

Best of luck man. I'm sending some positive vibes your way.

All the best, hang in there.

All the best for a quick recovery from me.

I know how hard such news can be as I was recently told that I could have brain cancer, luckily further diagnosis proved it was actually nothing.

Hang in there!

Regards
warmaker_pp

Here's to your stomache, this just seems to have been a bad year for people's health all around, hopefully the next one makes up for it.

tcable, I work as an Operating Room nurse in my local hospital. Cancer is no longer a "disease of the elderly," we're getting patients as young as 35. What I can tell you is what I tell most, if not all patients who are to undergo surgery --- Better to lose part of yourself and live, than to keep everything and die.

I'm glad you found out about the cancer while it's in the early stages, and good to hear it isn't spreading. I know surgery is scary, but better get that thing out of you and be safe as soon as possible. The longer it is in you, the more likely it is to grow (and impede some other organ) or spread (unlikely, but better safe).

Good luck to you tcable. I'll be praying for you as well.

You'll be in our thoughts and prayers. Keep that positive outlook.
My wife(40) was diagnosed this past April with an inoperable head/neck cancer. It was squamous cell carcinoma that started behind her throat and wrapped around her neck and pressed on her eardrum and was collapsing her juggler vein. They started her immediately with an aggressive regiment of chemo for 9 weeks then followed with 7 weeks of radiation. She was beaten down pretty good and eventually had to get a feeding tube in order to nourish herself. She was loosing 7lbs a week and was only 120lbs to start with. Her positive outlook and the thoughts and prayers and good vibes being sent by everyone we knew and didn't know I believe help pull her through. Last month they did a CT scan and said the cancer is gone. They said there is no sign of cancer ever being there.

Best of luck! You found it early, and modern medicine has advanced leaps and bounds with this stuff. A friend of my parents was saved from liver cancer where even the Chemo didn't bite, but at another hospital they introduced a different operating method and it worked great for him.

Please keep us updated, fingers crossed for you.