I am so sorry, what a terrible situation. People are sometimes well-meaning by trying to make you feel better, but I believe people deserve the best information possible whether it be good or bad. I’m sorry to say many people do not survive this situation.
It is very rare that they do. His oncologist has all the information needed to give you the best answer, but from 50 years of keeping cancer data we know the 5 year survival rate for stage 4 colon cancer is 5%. How well your husband does will depend on how well he responds to treatment.
Best wishes to you both.
I'm so sorry that your husband is so sick. My family is going through a similar scenario. My brother found out he had cancer 2 weeks before Xmas.
He was deer hunting in Nov. And today all he can do is go to the bathroom and go to bed. He has cancer in his lungs, brain, spine, and lymphatics.
He went through 10 treatments of radiation and will be starting chemo pretty soon. You will have to ask your husbands oncologist if you want to know his true prognosis. Some people don't want to know.
Two oncologists told my brother's wife that they expect he has 3 months left. She won't tell him since I don't think he wants to know. He never asks.
He thinks he is going to beat it and we let him think that. If you do a search on cancer, I'm sure you can find a ton of information on it. I would start by looking on Wikipedia.
My father died from stomach cancer. My prayers go out for your husband. I hope the treatments really work for him.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.