My Cancer Diagnosis Led to Crippling Depression & Anxiety | Trevor’s Stage 4 Colon Cancer Story
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- čas přidán 5. 07. 2024
- This “Cancer Friends” episode with Andrew and Esther Schorr, focuses on Trevor Maxwell who diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in 2018. He shares how his diagnosis led to crippling depression and anxiety. To help dig himself out of his depression, he knew he needed help and realized he couldn’t do it by himself. He then started to get counseling and it helped him get better. But that’s when he realized, there aren’t many support spaces for men with cancer and that’s when he started “Man Up To Cancer,” and found his purpose once again.
The interview has only been edited for clarity.
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Contents of this video:
00:00 - Intro
1:44 - Describe your first symptoms
7:38 - Processing your diagnosis
8:59 - Finding your purpose after a cancer diagnosis
17:30 - What inspired the philosophy of Man Up To Cancer?
25:15 - How has this changed you?
27:54 - How do you view the future now?
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Hi Andrew,
I've been following you and your wonderful interviews of amazing patient stories! Please please tell Trevor THANM YOU so much for sharing... really empowering ! What a wonderful story. Woman do not want to be perceived as week either.♡ I can really understand how he FEELS and I WISH him the BEST and hope he is doing well! ♡ love and light to Trevor! Hugs !
I have stage4 that spread to my brain, I had 2 major brain surgeries, awoke in ICU with 55 staples in my head and drain tubes everywhere. With ICU delirium and then to come around to my BIG reality I felt so alone and hopeless. Then to learn I was Terminally ill . I too, was in a seriously DARK DARK place at the bottom of a PIT. I had nightmares that were in COLOR of RED, vidid and loud. in my dreams I was crawling out of a PIT, with my hands bleeding, my nails and finvers ripping off, digging into the side of a cliff trying to pulling myself up n out, there were dragons with huge wings flying around me, the wings flapping loud , my ringing ears was so intense. Scary dreams. I
Through these stories of OTHERS surviving through the toughest ,darkest places, made me turn around a little at a time, if it were NOT for my ICU nurses and Dr's, Mental help, Pysical help from family, pain management team, Therapy, Therapist, Psychotherapy and others..., I seriously do not believe I would of survived, I believe POSITIVITY ( the here and now) is the biggest support for ourselves.
THANK YOU
Love and light♡
Take care
Mary
Wonderful group you've created. I'm also currently dealing with mood disorders from hormonal breast cancer. Man or woman, doctors are amazing and so knowledgeable with treatments, but they never tell you how to mentally get through this. I don't believe for a minute that men are supposed to handle this alone. Nobody should. God bless you
What a wonderful interview Andrew, I am so glad you interviewed this remarkable man, I wish men who were going through a mental or physical challenge could watch and hear Trevor Maxwell’s empowering message, he has the power to relieve much suffering and is a gift to all, but particularly to his beautiful girls. What a loving and present father who has modeled to them what living truly is, in the moment.
I log off here with bittersweet tears in my eyes, but will share Trevor’s message with my husband who has most recently had successful treatment for a couple of different cancers. I was the one who sought out support for him because he would not ask for it, which is no surprise t anyone who just watched Trevor’s interview.
I love all that Trevor has shared & how he's offering hope for men.
Andrew, you are a beautiful human being,possessing the qualities that count. Trevor, kudos to you for your great work to help others and can only imagine how proud your three beautiful girls are, of you. Thanks to both if you super men ❤
So inspirational. I will get that book and keep it handy. Best of luck to you Trevor with your Man up to Cancer groups and with your treatments. May God bless you and your beautiful family.
I am in tears watching this I just stared my cancer journey it does take you 2 a dark place the overwhelming sadness watching other people injoying there healthy life
What a brave, intelligent, compassionate, helpful man, husband and father. Love the idea of the book. Wishing You the Best Health, Best with your book and the Best in life, Trevor!
What a great group! Thank you for sharing~ I will be keeping you in deep prayer for complete healing!
Wow! Talk about turning lemons into lemonade!! He has made a positive difference in his life and in the lives of his wolf pack.
Way to go!
Thank you for your honest sharing.
Good luck Trevor!
Hy dear ❤️ don't were be happy
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He says men are afraid of being burdens to their families. Is this why men leave when it's their wives/girlfriends who get cancer? Because they don't want to be burdened by caring for them? Women almost always look after men im sickness, not so much the other way round.