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My name is Troy and I am a stronger than my cancer!
I returned from serving in the US Navy in 2014. I went back to school at St. Olaf College to finish my degree in 2016. I also joined the Wrestling team at St. Olaf even though I was much older than everyone else (age 27). My bloodwork since I had been back from military service had consistently shown me as being anemic. I jumped through all the hoops and did all the tests to try to figure out the reason my numbers were low.
It wasn't until 2018 that we finally found out what was wrong. I had just finished my last wrestling tournament before I was scheduled to go into get an endoscopy. I was also a few months away from graduating with a degree in Economics. After the endoscopy in March of 2018, I was told that they found a mass the size of a baseball attached to my stomach. We were in shock. We went in later that month for more appointments and they biopsied the mass.
In April of 2018, I was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer. The mass attached to my stomach is classified as a GIST. The cancer had metastasized to a nearby lymph node making my condition stage 4.
For the next few months I spent time between getting tests done and meeting with doctors and studying for my final semester of college. Through all of the emotions I completed my degree on time and I am currently working thanks to my degree.
In the last year and a half I have been busy living and battling my cancer. I have started my career, I married the love of my life, we moved into our new home and we are most importantly living each day one at a time.
This coming September in 2019, I am going into surgery to have my cancer removed. My wife and I have done everything we can to get my mass to shrink using western and eastern medicine, with little positive result. My doctor says that it is time to get it out of my body. This procedure will change my life forever.
I will have my cancer removed and with it my entire stomach. This means a complete lifestyle change for me and a very long recovery period. I will be missing work for 2-3 months at the least. Most of that will be from my own bed but it will not be an easy road.
From the very start I was stubborn and full of pride and independence and refused to post anything online. My wife has stood by me through all my choices. We have done everything ourselves from the beginning of this journey and it has become time for us to turn to others for help. We have bills that will be piling up during my recovery and lifestyle change after surgery that we cannot handle alone.
We are grateful to any and all of you who wish to donate and help us maintain some level of a normal life while we continue this journey to free me of this cancer.
My wife and I are strong, but we will need some helping hands to hold us up this time.
Thank you for taking the time to read my story.
Sincerely,
Troy Beaman
I returned from serving in the US Navy in 2014. I went back to school at St. Olaf College to finish my degree in 2016. I also joined the Wrestling team at St. Olaf even though I was much older than everyone else (age 27). My bloodwork since I had been back from military service had consistently shown me as being anemic. I jumped through all the hoops and did all the tests to try to figure out the reason my numbers were low.
It wasn't until 2018 that we finally found out what was wrong. I had just finished my last wrestling tournament before I was scheduled to go into get an endoscopy. I was also a few months away from graduating with a degree in Economics. After the endoscopy in March of 2018, I was told that they found a mass the size of a baseball attached to my stomach. We were in shock. We went in later that month for more appointments and they biopsied the mass.
In April of 2018, I was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer. The mass attached to my stomach is classified as a GIST. The cancer had metastasized to a nearby lymph node making my condition stage 4.
For the next few months I spent time between getting tests done and meeting with doctors and studying for my final semester of college. Through all of the emotions I completed my degree on time and I am currently working thanks to my degree.
In the last year and a half I have been busy living and battling my cancer. I have started my career, I married the love of my life, we moved into our new home and we are most importantly living each day one at a time.
This coming September in 2019, I am going into surgery to have my cancer removed. My wife and I have done everything we can to get my mass to shrink using western and eastern medicine, with little positive result. My doctor says that it is time to get it out of my body. This procedure will change my life forever.
I will have my cancer removed and with it my entire stomach. This means a complete lifestyle change for me and a very long recovery period. I will be missing work for 2-3 months at the least. Most of that will be from my own bed but it will not be an easy road.
From the very start I was stubborn and full of pride and independence and refused to post anything online. My wife has stood by me through all my choices. We have done everything ourselves from the beginning of this journey and it has become time for us to turn to others for help. We have bills that will be piling up during my recovery and lifestyle change after surgery that we cannot handle alone.
We are grateful to any and all of you who wish to donate and help us maintain some level of a normal life while we continue this journey to free me of this cancer.
My wife and I are strong, but we will need some helping hands to hold us up this time.
Thank you for taking the time to read my story.
Sincerely,
Troy Beaman