Roger Canales Stage 3 Colon Cancer- We Fight!

Roger was diagnosed with Adenocarcinoma- Colon Cancer- Stage 3.

On

December 26th, Roger went to the ER because he was having pain in the

lower right side of his abdomen on and off since mid November.
He had

gone to a doctor earlier that week and was told that he had

appendicitis, but it had not yet burst. He waited until after Christmas,

and then returned to the hospital without insurance. They then did a CT

scan that revealed it had burst, so he was admitted for an

appendectomy.

Since it had burst, it was a messy surgery. His

abdomen was full of infection and and mucous. It took 5 days in the

hospital to get his white blood cell count to normal.

A week

after returning home, Pete received a call from the surgeon stating

that the pathology report came back that showed his appendix tested

positive for cancer, Adenocarcinoma.
Th oncologist reviewed the

report, and advised Pete to schedule another surgery as soon as

possible, since the cancer in his appendix may have spread throughout

his body and since he was given an official diagnosis of colon cancer.

His

colonoscopy after the appendectomy came back immaculate, which gave us

hope that the cancer did not spread. However, after talking to the

surgeon, we found that he has true appendix cancer, which is far more

aggressive than colon cancer, and very rare.

Last Tuesday, he

was admitted for surgery to check his lymph nodes and clean out anything

that might have been left behind from his appendectomy.

During surgery, another tumor was found pressed against his bowels, which required removal of half of his small intestine

and part of his colon. They advised him that there was an enormous

amount of cancer found in his body, and labeled him as having Stage 3

Colon cancer.

In two weeks, Pete will start chemotherapy. Both

intravenously and through pill form to try to kill microscopic cancer

cells that could not be removed, as well as a small mass that was found

on his lung that hasn’t been tested yet. We are hoping that with

treatment, he will be completely cancer free. They gave him a 40%

chance of the cancer returning.

Roger was advised to stay on bed

rest for 3 weeks following this surgery. Anyone that knows him, knows

that he can't stop, won't stop.

We started this fundraiser

against his will, since we knew he wouldn't want to ask anyone for any

type of help. The facts are that his insurance doesn't kick in for

another month, so he's going to have crazy medical bills from multiple

surgeries. He also needs time off of work while he's going though chemo,

whether he believes it or not, and his bills still have to get paid

through this tough time. I am going to link the funds directly to him.

Roger

is our family for life, and we would do just about anything to make

sure he's ok and taken care of. Im asking for donations to allow him to

relax and recover on his journey to cancer-free.

Thank you to every donor!

Love,
Erika, Pete, Desi, and Krista. <3