2. The symptoms, diagnosis in May 1992 and August 1992
The complaints
In May 1992, he has just become 67, you chose the first symptoms. Fatigue, nausea and unexplained aches and pains, especially in the abdomen. Koos late June, the doctor who referred him to the hospital. It is considered an inguinal hernia. It follows blood, pictures, scans, anything that belongs to a routine medical examination if the doctors do not know where the complaints come from. Koos get rashes and Adrie, his wife, and Koos does not still but for the umpteenth time the Marches of Nijmegen. Finally he did that for more than thirty-five years and walking was his passion and his life. Marches this cost him, however much effort and Koos tells me now that he just does not know how the marches has failed. Much effort it took time.
The diagnosis
August 2, 1992, and it becomes clear why this blow. Has chosen an advanced stomach cancer with metastases in the liver. And the impact is even harder when doctors told him that a treatment is useless. Healing is not there anymore. However, it is still suggested to make taxol treatment (experimental chemo), but Koos realizes that this treatment only purpose of the science of what to bring, for hope of recovery, even with taxol does not exist. Treatment with taxol is only palliative (soothing) and as a scientific experiment / research intended.
