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OT: My 19 yr old kid has late stage cancer

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The bad news is it's too big to operate on. More bad news is that it's wrapped around his aorta , or one of them..... More bad news, if they can't get it to shrink via chemo / radiation, they cannot and will not even attempt surgery for removal.

He's dead.

The good news: His cancer is confirmed Sarcoma. It is one of the "best" ones that chemo seems to love to kill. Sarcoma responds positively to chemo in other words. He has now undergone his 2nd round of chemo and we were able to get some hard and fast numbers.

The tumor is responding. It is getting smaller. Because of that news, he is currently undergoing his 3rd round of chemo and will be released from the Hospital tomorrow to come home and recover for 3 weeks.

I decided to post this for 2 reasons. 1) So the people here who hate me can feel better about themselves knowing my kid has cancer. These are truly evil, vile people and I wish to have no association with them at all. Of any kind. - Blind to their own hypocrisy if you will

Falsely accusing me - for nearly an entire season - of being HAPPY that Jake Bentley got hurt. I bet that guy is still here too. Vile people. So there, enjoy my pain. Believe me, it says nothing about me but everything about you.

2) I decided to post it because typically when someone posts something like this, the people say they will pray for you, etc....... I don't need prayers. My son sure does though. I want him to grow old and see life......... and right now, that math is very shaky. But getting better. Thanks in advance.
 
The bad news is it's too big to operate on. More bad news is that it's wrapped around his aorta , or one of them..... More bad news, if they can't get it to shrink via chemo / radiation, they cannot and will not even attempt surgery for removal.

He's dead.

The good news: His cancer is confirmed Sarcoma. It is one of the "best" ones that chemo seems to love to kill. Sarcoma responds positively to chemo in other words. He has now undergone his 2nd round of chemo and we were able to get some hard and fast numbers.

The tumor is responding. It is getting smaller. Because of that news, he is currently undergoing his 3rd round of chemo and will be released from the Hospital tomorrow to come home and recover for 3 weeks.

I decided to post this for 2 reasons. 1) So the people here who hate me can feel better about themselves knowing my kid has cancer. These are truly evil, vile people and I wish to have no association with them at all. Of any kind. - Blind to their own hypocrisy if you will

Falsely accusing me - for nearly an entire season - of being HAPPY that Jake Bentley got hurt. I bet that guy is still here too. Vile people. So there, enjoy my pain. Believe me, it says nothing about me but everything about you.

2) I decided to post it because typically when someone posts something like this, the people say they will pray for you, etc....... I don't need prayers. My son sure does though. I want him to grow old and see life......... and right now, that math is very shaky. But getting better. Thanks in advance.
First of all, I hope for the best outcome. Second, as many posters I enjoy ( agree with them or not) there are many I don’t. But I don’t believe there are those who want bad things to happen to you or yours. If there are don’t let them live in your mind. Again, hoping the best for y’all and anyone else in that position
 
Hoping for the very best outcome for your son and your family. Cancer sucks. I lost a sister to metastatic breast cancer in 1987, she was 36, I am a cancer survivor (prostate), Damn fortunate I have annual blood work, or I would have never known.

Miracles happen everyday, praying your son responds to his treatment, and his cancer goes into remission.

I have three grown 'kids', I can't imagine what you're going through. Selfishly, I don't ever want to know that feeling.

Blessings.
 
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The bad news is it's too big to operate on. More bad news is that it's wrapped around his aorta , or one of them..... More bad news, if they can't get it to shrink via chemo / radiation, they cannot and will not even attempt surgery for removal.

He's dead.

The good news: His cancer is confirmed Sarcoma. It is one of the "best" ones that chemo seems to love to kill. Sarcoma responds positively to chemo in other words. He has now undergone his 2nd round of chemo and we were able to get some hard and fast numbers.

The tumor is responding. It is getting smaller. Because of that news, he is currently undergoing his 3rd round of chemo and will be released from the Hospital tomorrow to come home and recover for 3 weeks.

I decided to post this for 2 reasons. 1) So the people here who hate me can feel better about themselves knowing my kid has cancer. These are truly evil, vile people and I wish to have no association with them at all. Of any kind. - Blind to their own hypocrisy if you will

Falsely accusing me - for nearly an entire season - of being HAPPY that Jake Bentley got hurt. I bet that guy is still here too. Vile people. So there, enjoy my pain. Believe me, it says nothing about me but everything about you.

2) I decided to post it because typically when someone posts something like this, the people say they will pray for you, etc....... I don't need prayers. My son sure does though. I want him to grow old and see life......... and right now, that math is very shaky. But getting better. Thanks in advance.

prayers for your family, my mother has late stage cancer. We pray a lot.
 
The bad news is it's too big to operate on. More bad news is that it's wrapped around his aorta , or one of them..... More bad news, if they can't get it to shrink via chemo / radiation, they cannot and will not even attempt surgery for removal.

He's dead.

The good news: His cancer is confirmed Sarcoma. It is one of the "best" ones that chemo seems to love to kill. Sarcoma responds positively to chemo in other words. He has now undergone his 2nd round of chemo and we were able to get some hard and fast numbers.

The tumor is responding. It is getting smaller. Because of that news, he is currently undergoing his 3rd round of chemo and will be released from the Hospital tomorrow to come home and recover for 3 weeks.

I decided to post this for 2 reasons. 1) So the people here who hate me can feel better about themselves knowing my kid has cancer. These are truly evil, vile people and I wish to have no association with them at all. Of any kind. - Blind to their own hypocrisy if you will

Falsely accusing me - for nearly an entire season - of being HAPPY that Jake Bentley got hurt. I bet that guy is still here too. Vile people. So there, enjoy my pain. Believe me, it says nothing about me but everything about you.

2) I decided to post it because typically when someone posts something like this, the people say they will pray for you, etc....... I don't need prayers. My son sure does though. I want him to grow old and see life......... and right now, that math is very shaky. But getting better. Thanks in advance.
One thing I will say, if you have not done it already, is go get a second opinion at an elite research hospital like Duke.
 
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Thank you for posting this. It is a reminder that there are far more important things in life than the decisions, performance, and results of mostly teenage kids on a football field or basketball court. Gamecock sports held too high of a position on my emotional meter until I faced my own health issues. It was a blessing because I now focus my emotional energy on far more important and lasting things.

I will also echo what another poster said. Although we don't think of it this way, medicine is a business, and because of that the quality of care varies greatly. I would strongly urge you to take your son to Duke, MD Anderson, or Johns Hopkins if you have not already. A family member very close to me sat in the lobby of MD Anderson, unable to get an appointment in reasonable time, until she could be seen by the physician renowned for the work on her type of cancer. She told them she would sleep on the floor there until she could be seen. The week prior she had been told by her specialist in Greenville to go home and enjoy her last few weeks. That visit to MD Anderson occurred 35 years ago and my family member is still with us...
 
I am not a praying man, no clue if I have ever disagreed with you here or not but I hope regardless of that nobody would hate you for message board disagreements to the point of wishing cancer on you or a relative.. Good luck to you and especially to your son!

I am sure most of us have had family members battle cancer. Nasty stuff! My brother had a brain tumor removed about 2 years ago and my Dad is battling pancreatic cancer currently... It is not fun to watch a loved one struggle with something you are helpless against. That is as specific as I can be in empathizing with you or anyone else as none of us can truly “know what you are going through”.
 
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The bad news is it's too big to operate on. More bad news is that it's wrapped around his aorta , or one of them..... More bad news, if they can't get it to shrink via chemo / radiation, they cannot and will not even attempt surgery for removal.

He's dead.

The good news: His cancer is confirmed Sarcoma. It is one of the "best" ones that chemo seems to love to kill. Sarcoma responds positively to chemo in other words. He has now undergone his 2nd round of chemo and we were able to get some hard and fast numbers.

The tumor is responding. It is getting smaller. Because of that news, he is currently undergoing his 3rd round of chemo and will be released from the Hospital tomorrow to come home and recover for 3 weeks.

I decided to post this for 2 reasons. 1) So the people here who hate me can feel better about themselves knowing my kid has cancer. These are truly evil, vile people and I wish to have no association with them at all. Of any kind. - Blind to their own hypocrisy if you will

Falsely accusing me - for nearly an entire season - of being HAPPY that Jake Bentley got hurt. I bet that guy is still here too. Vile people. So there, enjoy my pain. Believe me, it says nothing about me but everything about you.

2) I decided to post it because typically when someone posts something like this, the people say they will pray for you, etc....... I don't need prayers. My son sure does though. I want him to grow old and see life......... and right now, that math is very shaky. But getting better. Thanks in advance.

There is nothing more precious...to you or God ....than a child. I will pray for him, and for you too.
 
The bad news is it's too big to operate on. More bad news is that it's wrapped around his aorta , or one of them..... More bad news, if they can't get it to shrink via chemo / radiation, they cannot and will not even attempt surgery for removal.

He's dead.

The good news: His cancer is confirmed Sarcoma. It is one of the "best" ones that chemo seems to love to kill. Sarcoma responds positively to chemo in other words. He has now undergone his 2nd round of chemo and we were able to get some hard and fast numbers.

The tumor is responding. It is getting smaller. Because of that news, he is currently undergoing his 3rd round of chemo and will be released from the Hospital tomorrow to come home and recover for 3 weeks.

I decided to post this for 2 reasons. 1) So the people here who hate me can feel better about themselves knowing my kid has cancer. These are truly evil, vile people and I wish to have no association with them at all. Of any kind. - Blind to their own hypocrisy if you will

Falsely accusing me - for nearly an entire season - of being HAPPY that Jake Bentley got hurt. I bet that guy is still here too. Vile people. So there, enjoy my pain. Believe me, it says nothing about me but everything about you.

2) I decided to post it because typically when someone posts something like this, the people say they will pray for you, etc....... I don't need prayers. My son sure does though. I want him to grow old and see life......... and right now, that math is very shaky. But getting better. Thanks in advance.

Praying for your son and hoping for the best. I know you’ve said you don’t need the prayers for yourself but I’m praying for you anyway. If it were my kid I would need the prayer.
 
I’ve posted here for about a total of 1 week since the beginning of football season last year. I found I spent way too much time posting on here and had things I needed to focus my attention on. I logged back in during the beginning of this COVID deal because I was bored, realized I spent too much time on here and logged back out. I still lurked from time to time to see some Gamecock-related news and when I read this today and had to login...

ConKrete, you and I have butted heads quite a bit, though I do believe our last few interactions were agreements which we both found weird and humorous. That being said, even before I developed a soft spot for you as a poster, I’d never wish this on my worst enemy. I can’t imagine anyone would want to see you or your 19 year old son going through this, even those posters who disagree with you and might even say bad things to you. This is much bigger than a QB preference of whether or not one supports Muschamp.

I’m with GamecockBen, a damn fine poster by the way, on this one in that I’m praying for you in addition to your son. Please keep us updated.
 
The bad news is it's too big to operate on. More bad news is that it's wrapped around his aorta , or one of them..... More bad news, if they can't get it to shrink via chemo / radiation, they cannot and will not even attempt surgery for removal.

He's dead.

The good news: His cancer is confirmed Sarcoma. It is one of the "best" ones that chemo seems to love to kill. Sarcoma responds positively to chemo in other words. He has now undergone his 2nd round of chemo and we were able to get some hard and fast numbers.

The tumor is responding. It is getting smaller. Because of that news, he is currently undergoing his 3rd round of chemo and will be released from the Hospital tomorrow to come home and recover for 3 weeks.

I decided to post this for 2 reasons. 1) So the people here who hate me can feel better about themselves knowing my kid has cancer. These are truly evil, vile people and I wish to have no association with them at all. Of any kind. - Blind to their own hypocrisy if you will

Falsely accusing me - for nearly an entire season - of being HAPPY that Jake Bentley got hurt. I bet that guy is still here too. Vile people. So there, enjoy my pain. Believe me, it says nothing about me but everything about you.

2) I decided to post it because typically when someone posts something like this, the people say they will pray for you, etc....... I don't need prayers. My son sure does though. I want him to grow old and see life......... and right now, that math is very shaky. But getting better. Thanks in advance.

I'm sorry what you're going through as a parent... No parent should go through something like this...

Hopefully the chemo can shrink it, along with prayers...

Just don't give up... My niece has been going through tumor on her brain stem and spine since she has been 6 and still battling it for 8 years... About 8 operations, chemo and radiation treatment...

Lots of prayers to your child, to you and your family...
 
The bad news is it's too big to operate on. More bad news is that it's wrapped around his aorta , or one of them..... More bad news, if they can't get it to shrink via chemo / radiation, they cannot and will not even attempt surgery for removal.

He's dead.

The good news: His cancer is confirmed Sarcoma. It is one of the "best" ones that chemo seems to love to kill. Sarcoma responds positively to chemo in other words. He has now undergone his 2nd round of chemo and we were able to get some hard and fast numbers.

The tumor is responding. It is getting smaller. Because of that news, he is currently undergoing his 3rd round of chemo and will be released from the Hospital tomorrow to come home and recover for 3 weeks.

I decided to post this for 2 reasons. 1) So the people here who hate me can feel better about themselves knowing my kid has cancer. These are truly evil, vile people and I wish to have no association with them at all. Of any kind. - Blind to their own hypocrisy if you will

Falsely accusing me - for nearly an entire season - of being HAPPY that Jake Bentley got hurt. I bet that guy is still here too. Vile people. So there, enjoy my pain. Believe me, it says nothing about me but everything about you.

2) I decided to post it because typically when someone posts something like this, the people say they will pray for you, etc....... I don't need prayers. My son sure does though. I want him to grow old and see life......... and right now, that math is very shaky. But getting better. Thanks in advance.
Prayers for your son, your family and you that he be completely healed.
 
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The bad news is it's too big to operate on. More bad news is that it's wrapped around his aorta , or one of them..... More bad news, if they can't get it to shrink via chemo / radiation, they cannot and will not even attempt surgery for removal.

He's dead.

The good news: His cancer is confirmed Sarcoma. It is one of the "best" ones that chemo seems to love to kill. Sarcoma responds positively to chemo in other words. He has now undergone his 2nd round of chemo and we were able to get some hard and fast numbers.

The tumor is responding. It is getting smaller. Because of that news, he is currently undergoing his 3rd round of chemo and will be released from the Hospital tomorrow to come home and recover for 3 weeks.

I decided to post this for 2 reasons. 1) So the people here who hate me can feel better about themselves knowing my kid has cancer. These are truly evil, vile people and I wish to have no association with them at all. Of any kind. - Blind to their own hypocrisy if you will

Falsely accusing me - for nearly an entire season - of being HAPPY that Jake Bentley got hurt. I bet that guy is still here too. Vile people. So there, enjoy my pain. Believe me, it says nothing about me but everything about you.

2) I decided to post it because typically when someone posts something like this, the people say they will pray for you, etc....... I don't need prayers. My son sure does though. I want him to grow old and see life......... and right now, that math is very shaky. But getting better. Thanks in advance.
May Saint Peregrine pray for your son.
 
Praying for your son and hoping for the best. I know you’ve said you don’t need the prayers for yourself but I’m praying for you anyway. If it were my kid I would need the prayer.
I agree with Gamecockben1979. I am a big believer in prayers in this situation. ConKreteCock, three years ago I found out I had stage 4 rectal cancer. I went through pill form chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, and finally IV chemotherapy. After all that, I have now been cancer free for 2 years. The treatments were not a "walk in the park", but with the prayers of family , friends, and complete strangers on forums similar to this one, I made it through it.

Your whole family is in my prayers. One thing about cancer is, if you have a fairly close-knit family, when a member of the family gets cancer, everybody in the family is affected.
 
Brother forget about your posts and who disagrees with your opinions and all that jazz. What's most important is family and I send nothing but prayers to your son and all of you all. I will shine a healing light on your son. I can't even imagine. We are all Gamecocks and we are all there for you , forget all the petty bitching we all do on here especially lately.Your son is going to beat this!
 
I agree with Gamecockben1979. I am a big believer in prayers in this situation. ConKreteCock, three years ago I found out I had stage 4 rectal cancer. I went through pill form chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, and finally IV chemotherapy. After all that, I have now been cancer free for 2 years. The treatments were not a "walk in the park", but with the prayers of family , friends, and complete strangers on forums similar to this one, I made it through it.

Your whole family is in my prayers. One thing about cancer is, if you have a fairly close-knit family, when a member of the family gets cancer, everybody in the family is affected.

Congrats! I hope hearing this gives every cancer patient/family on this board some hope. I have a ton of respect for you and all you went through in your battle. Reading your post was the best news I’ve read in a long time. I’m praying for continued health for you and your family!
 
I don’t typically care for your posts, but I will pray for your son and his medical team. And you, whether you like it or not.
 
I have prayed for your son and I can only imagine how horrible this is as a father of four children. I have definitely been guilty of letting sports results control my level of happiness far too often. Our relationship with God and our families are the most important thing we have by far.
 
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