Cancer Returns: Coping with the Struggle

Same thing happened to me. I’m now 3b grade 4 just keeping an eye on a paraspinal mass after 5 rounds of radiation therapy. This was found when chest xray showed the mass for heart attack and then triple bypass

I’m in this club too. I was 3b when diagnosed and after treatment and surgery I was NED for almost two years. Now I have Mets in my iliac crest and around my right adrenal gland and inferior vena cava. I’m back in treatment but struggling with side effects. I’m also stage 4 now.

I'm stage one, but I just had left kidney removed 8/14/25, i feel better, but it's hard to stay still. Went home day after surgery. That's so different. I had open heart surgery at 25 it was a piece of cake.I'm 64 still doing .

Facing a recurrence after believing cancer was behind you brings tremendous emotional weight, and those feelings of struggle are completely understandable. This community has many members who have walked similar paths and found strength in sharing their experiences and supporting each other through the most challenging times.