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Originally Posted by Barefoot
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You know I respect you mightily Seniior but....Your last sentence jumped out at me. Yes it sure is toxic to the system and to healthy cells, but it is all we have now. Believe me when I say they are wrong to encourage people to NOT take chemo and or radiation. Very strange to hear that any medical person would say they wouldn't choose to live.
At this time, it is ALL we have in many cases in the war against cancer and it is a life saver, hard as it is on you. It saved my life, Helene's life and seven of our family members. There will be coming a way to handle that awful disease that is not as ugly someday, probably connected to genetics but for now, a person should not make these decisions on their own . The best thing you can do if you suspect cancer is to go to a large encology group like the Moffitt center in Tampa, and take their advice.
I had to say that. It is VERY close to my heart. We are alive and kicking today because of those caustic cures.
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You and yours were most definitely among the fortunate survivors.
God Bless you both. I was just quoting the oft repeated sentiments of local doctors and nurses (R.N.'s) who perhaps see the unfortunate outcomes as well......and the toll it takes on the patients and their families. Again, you were the lucky ones. These health care providers see it all, sad to say.....and that was their personal opinions for themselves and their families. These things were told in private conversation. I'm sure they are following their hospital's policy as far as treatment. We have a great oncology staff at our hospital........and I don't want to be negative here but we know many YOUNG women with little children who had the aggressive form of breast cancer that were not cured..........and these were all treated at Darmouth in N.H. Our daughter's best friend recently passed at age 42.......and others we know, also young.......after aggressive chemo, radiation, etc. As you've said before, there are all different types of cancers. The information is out there that for some people, the treatment is worse than the disease itself. I'm not including your personal treatment in that comment.
We also know folks who were treated at Duke University but it just "bought time". These were aggressive cancers, caught early, but not with favorable outcomes. The doctors we know are internists and the nurses are registered nurses. It's just their personal opinions; not what they practice in real life. They were referring to their own bodies should they get cancer.
We've also lost a lot of friends who had the full gamut of strong chemotherapy and radiation........their quality of life was awful for the next two years. They lost all their ability to walk, to feel things (neuropathy, etc.), got blood clots from the "ports" in their shoulder or whatever, had to constantly have blood transfusions. Just a downhill slide.
Right now my prayers are with Robin Roberts from Good Morning America who survived breast cancer/chemo and radiation five years ago only to have now a "pre leukemia" for which she needs a bone marrow transplant. However, the other day, she excused herself from the morning show as she didn't feel well and said she thinks she was going to take her vacation "early"......all along during this treatment before the bone marrow transplant, she's been coming into work.......her sister is a perfect match, so my prayers are that she will do well........however, her own doctors told her that her condition NOW was definitely CAUSED by the aggressive chemo and radiation from her breast cancer treatment five years ago.
We also have friends whose husband and father had hodgkins lymphoma when the children were little, he was treated and supposedly cured.
Not too long later, the treatment caused leukemia.......his widow was told that by his oncologist. They know the drugs are poison to the healthy cells. It's all a personal choice.
My husband's mom passed away of cancer before chemo was ever available.........she had no pain at all at the end......just kind of slipped away. Her last year was not chock full of chemo and radiation sickness. That was a long time ago obviously.....however, a world of difference from what our friends have gone through in recent years.