64-72%
That’s the prognosis for stage three colorectal cancer.
Meaning that for a female of my wife’s age and with her diagnosis, about 64-72% of patients remain alive five years after surgery. The eight-point range allows for various other health and environmental factors.
64-72% is so clinical.
But if it’s your loved one who dies, the prognosis goes to zero and statistics can go to hell.
Last year I wrote about one of Michelle’s bad days. And now we know. We have the news just before her 49th birthday and just before our 29th wedding anniversary.
We also have a plan of action:
We have a gastroenterologist, a surgeon, a radiation oncologist, and a chemotherapy oncologist, who concur — and who all coordinate for the best possible outcome … And I’m now making plans for a combined 50th birthday / 30th anniversary getaway.
Stage 3 is better than Stage 4.
64-72% is better than 50%.
I’ll take what I can get right now, and we’ll cross every bridge together because she won’t be fighting cancer alone.
[Article 0006 of Samuel Said]
