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One of my patients who had cancer of pancreas . I operated him around two years back. He is an ex army. Very vocal and very strong. He recovered well from a major surgery.He has recieved chemotherapy after surgery. Distinctly remember he had some complications after chemotherapy for which he was in intensive care for few weeks. Recovered well with intensive care.
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ASURVIVORorAWARRIOR,Stomachcancer treatmentinDelhi, India|Dr.Neeraj Goel ASURVIVORorA WARRIOR IAlwaysread,listen,see and use wordCANCERWARRIOR. Isacancer patient-ASURVIVORor is heaWARRIOR? One of my patients who had cancer of pancreas . I operated him around two years back.Heis anex army.Veryvocal and verystrong.Herecovered well fromamajorsurgery.Hehas recievedchemotherapyaftersurgery.Distinctly rememberhehadsomecomplicationsafterchemotherapyforwhichhewas in intensivecare for fewweeks.Recoveredwellwithintensivecare. It’salwaysa delighttosee your patientstandingtallin frontofyouand surviving twoyearswithout diseaserecurrence. Heissamestrong,vocaland happyman thathe wastwoyearsago.Igreeted him andhe reciprocated the same. I wasgoingthroughhisreports, whichwereperfectlyfine. InstinctivelyI
told himyouare doinggood. Please come toour cancersurvivormeeting on thisdateas youwillbea bigmotivationforother patients. Before Icould complete my sentence he interrupted and said” Doctor I am not a survivor , I amawarrior.Idon’tsurvive,IwinwarsandIhavewonmywaragainst cancer andmultipledeathscares. Pleasedon’tmake the wordcancer that big thatweare atit’smercy tosurvive”. Iwastaken alittleaback but realised thathe issayingthe truth. Theseslines ofhisare stillechoing inmymind. Yeswe havemade the wordCANCERso bigthatweare strivingforsurvival. Butitisone’sspiritwhichis at warwith thisdisease and only a warriorspirit conquers.Theproblemsincreasesin sizeaccording to yourthoughts.You canmake itbig or smallyourself. Tocalla patient survivorisdemeaning the spiritof hisfight and making the diseasebigger.They are the realwarriorsThereis no cancersurvivorbut therearecancerwarriorswho conquerthe adversaryincancer.