Hiro | Pancreatic cancer. Live through with a smile

Nov. 2024 : Mount Takao, gathering of pancreatic cancer patients and their families, onion cultivation, Mount Kintoki

I hiked Mt. Takao and Mt. Kintoki. After hiking, I had pain in my legs due to the numbness caused by the side effects of the anti-cancer drugs, but the pain disappeared when I warmed them up in a hot spring. The day after receiving an anti-cancer drug drip, I made furrows for onion seedlings. The shadow of my liver had gotten smaller, but there was still a small shadow on my lungs.

2024.12.23

After surgery, cancer recurred and metastasized

Cancer, death and survival rates

If you get cancer, you have to face death. However, many cancer survivors say that rather than being afraid of death, it is important to live each day with a positive attitude and a smile, without being afraid of death, in order to survive long term. The survival rate can have a different meaning depending on how you look at the numbers. You should look at the numbers in a way that makes you feel positive.

2024.12.09

癌と癌治療の情報

Cancer’s Gift: What cancer has made me realize.

Cancer's gifts. The realizations, new encounters, and wonderful experiences you have gained from having cancer. I think I have received several Cancer's gifts from having cancer.

2024.11.18

Cancer and Cancer Treatment Information

Oct 2024: Lake Juniko, Kamikochi, soccer, trip to U.S.

Despite undergoing anticancer drugs, October was a busy month. We went trekking at Lake Juniko and Kamikochi, and went to U.S. to see our grandchildren. After returning from U.S., my tumor markers dropped back to normal. I really felt the healing power of my grandchildren, and the importance of life with smile.

2024.11.14

After surgery, cancer recurred and metastasized

Sep 2024: Massage, numbness in the legs, soccer, travel

In preparation for the long-term battle against cancer, I started getting weekly massages. I started to experience numbness in my legs as a side effect of the anti-cancer drugs, but it was not affecting my daily life. With the cooler weather of autumn now, I started to enjoy playing soccer and traveling with my wife.

2024.11.14

After surgery, cancer recurred and metastasized

Aug – Sep 2024: Start of long-term chemotherapy treatment, reunion with friends on trip to Singapore

I started anticancer drugs after the surgery. I was reunited in Singapore with my old friends who had sent me messages of support during my fight against cancer.

2024.11.14

After surgery, cancer recurred and metastasized

Aug 2024: Post-surgery recurrence and metastasis. I decided to live through with a smile.

Five months after her pancreatic cancer surgery, it was confirmed that the cancer had recurred and metastasized to the liver. Although it was said to be incurable with modern medicine, I decided to live through with smile.

2024.11.14

After surgery, cancer recurred and metastasized

７. I thought I was completely cured of pancreatic cancer… Jul – Aug 2024

Four months after my surgery for pancreatic cancer, I was feeling well and had recovered enough to play a full game of soccer without any problems, but a blood test showed that my tumor marker levels had risen. Three weeks later, a repeat blood test showed that the levels had worsened further. A CT scan revealed recurrent metastasis to the liver.

2024.11.14

From cancer detection to surgery

６. Recovery after being discharged from hospital, struggling with food and stomach pain. Mar to Jun 2024

After undergoing surgery for pancreatic cancer, I returned home, but for a while I suffered from stomach pains every time I ate. However, when I changed my lifestyle to go to the gym in the morning to train, the stomach pains decreased and I recovered rapidly.

2024.11.14

From cancer detection to surgery

５. Pancreatic cancer surgery and discharge from hospital. Feb to Mar 2024

I underwent surgery for my pancreatic cancer, and after a 10-hour operation, the cancer was successfully removed. As I had heard, the pain after the operation was as excruciating as I had been told, making it difficult for me to turn over in bed and causing excruciating pain whenever I coughed, but I made a rapid recovery as a result of rehabilitation.

2024.11.14

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