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06-07-2011, 04:58 PM

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carolynbb

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Yes. I've know several people who did just that.

06-07-2011, 05:29 PM

#12

mamaw

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Yes, cancer is so very silent. I am living proof of that, because I look perfectly normal; yet I live with an incurable form of leukemia. Found out by accident during routine bloodwork. I just get tired easier than I used to. I know of 3 dear people who found out they had cancer and died in a matter of weeks after the diagnosis...the most recent being a 2nd. cousin who found out he had cancer on Monday and died on Thursday at the hospital where he had arrived for his first chemo treatment.

06-07-2011, 07:36 PM

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Dolphyngyrl

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Furza Flyin

Bottom line...yes. Some cancers grow very quickly. Some cancers are very slow growing. Some people ignore the warning signs and by the time they go to the Dr. they are stage 4. Some people with stage 4 cancer can live years.

Cancer has no rules.

I am a 18 month survivor of breast cancer.

Yes it is possible, my bosses husband went to the doctors for stomach pain, they gave him 2 weeks to live, he died in 3 days, never knew he had cancer, guess he thought he just had a little stomach upset, so it is possible if the signs are minor people might ignore them

06-07-2011, 08:03 PM

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Tropical

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My DH's cancer was at stage II when it was discovered. Within one month after surgery to remove his left kidney and the giant sized tumor on and in it, the cancer went to a stage IV having invaded his lungs. So I believe the answer would be, yes it can.

06-07-2011, 11:05 PM

#15

LoriEl

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Yes. My dad's bladder cancer was at stage 4 when discovered.

06-07-2011, 11:20 PM

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Darlene loves Chocolates

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this is why....we must be kind and live everyday like tomorrow will not come....I am so glad....I found this board.

There is peace here.....and friendship.

And....even answers.

06-08-2011, 03:37 AM

#17

christina d

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My brother had no sign but went to the doctor with what he thought was a bladder infection and he ended up having a kidney removed from cancer he was only 34 at the time he has been cancer free for a long time now

06-08-2011, 03:44 AM

#18

kateyb

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A friend's husband recently died of cancer. Six months before there was no sign of it. So stage 4 can come very quickly for some types.

06-08-2011, 06:13 AM

#19

Joanne

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Yes, my daughter had stage 4 malignant melanoma-which was INTERNAL in her abdomen-no skin lesions at all-when she was diagnosed, and died five months to the day of diagnoses! It had already spread throughout her brain and other organs. Cancer does not follow any rules-every case is different.