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re: To fight or not to fight: Treatment w/ lower quality or none w/ shorter life
Posted on 9/4/14 at 5:07 pm to rebeloke
Posted on 9/4/14 at 5:07 pm to rebeloke
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She was healthy and just found out she has stage 4 ovarian cancer. She is in her 40s
Prayers. My wifes best and oldest friend is fighting cancer for the third time. We went to visit her last weekend and she's a strong woman but she looks so tiny and frail right now.
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Posted on 9/4/14 at 5:09 pm to rebeloke
I'd rather just live the shorter time period while doing everything I can
Posted on 9/4/14 at 5:10 pm to rebeloke
My uncle found out he had it bad just a few months ago. He is damn near 70 and has chosen to fight it. They told him he wont be very sick during the treatments but still give him about 2 years unless something crazy happens. That is what we are hoping for.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 5:41 pm to rebeloke
Chemo treats everyone differently, from my experience.
My grandpa was diagnosed with lung cancer around March 2006, decided to take chemo, and he was gone by August.
My mom was diagnosed with colon cancer around 2 months ago and she is over halfway finished with her chemo treatments. She looks and feels as healthy as a horse.
However, my grandpa was a smoker his entire life and my mom has lived a relatively healthy lifestyle for as long as I can remember. She is still in her 40s, also.
My grandpa was diagnosed with lung cancer around March 2006, decided to take chemo, and he was gone by August.
My mom was diagnosed with colon cancer around 2 months ago and she is over halfway finished with her chemo treatments. She looks and feels as healthy as a horse.
However, my grandpa was a smoker his entire life and my mom has lived a relatively healthy lifestyle for as long as I can remember. She is still in her 40s, also.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 5:43 pm to rebeloke
Depends on the type of cancer.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 6:26 pm to Ed Osteen
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From my understanding, it goes much further than just finding a single cure for the cancer gene. I could be wrong but I'm under the impression the cure wouldn't be some one size fits all dose.
Right- because "cancer" is not a disease but a word used to group together a whole bunch of diseases that may be similar in the way they appear but can be very different genetically. There will never be "a" cure for cancer. There may be genetic techniques that cover a large swath of malignancies, but there will always be the need for multiple treatments.
I hope for the day I can be unemployed due to the effective and safe treatments available.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 6:43 pm to rebeloke
I guess I am lucky I was told I had three months to live in 2003. Did chemo which is pain and bone marrow transplant and very very lucky.
It's a hard decision to make when you are told you have a few months left.
It's a hard decision to make when you are told you have a few months left.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 6:44 pm to rebeloke
I would not opt for a horrible quality of life. Not worth it to me.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 6:48 pm to rebeloke
My mother-in-law was diagnosed with ovarian cancer when she was in her 70s. She decided to fight it with chemo, probably mostly for my father-in-law's sake as I don't think he was ready to let her go. She lived for 2 years, long enough to see her youngest grandchild (our daughter) born and have her 1st birthday. The joy on Mom's face at the hospital when the baby was born basically said it was worth it to her. I can't really say how badly the chemo made her feel, because she was always a trooper, but she still was able to do a lot of things before she passed.
Towards the end, I think the docs said she could do another round and maybe buy a few more months. But she said she'd had enough and died peacefully at home.
As others have said, you can't really say unless/until you're faced with that decision yourself. Family and whether you and they are ready to say goodbye can be a big influence on things too.
Towards the end, I think the docs said she could do another round and maybe buy a few more months. But she said she'd had enough and died peacefully at home.
As others have said, you can't really say unless/until you're faced with that decision yourself. Family and whether you and they are ready to say goodbye can be a big influence on things too.
This post was edited on 9/4/14 at 6:49 pm
Posted on 9/4/14 at 6:49 pm to rebeloke
A good friend of mine in high school - her father is now battling throat cancer.
Very good man, strong individual and well liked and known in the Baton Rouge community needs our prayers.
Many of you have seen him on TV commercials and he has been the topic of conversation once or twice on here.
I remember seeing him just a few months ago and he looked fantastic. Now, I'm learning as of a couple of days ago, he is on life-support.
Fcuk Cancer.
Very good man, strong individual and well liked and known in the Baton Rouge community needs our prayers.
Many of you have seen him on TV commercials and he has been the topic of conversation once or twice on here.
I remember seeing him just a few months ago and he looked fantastic. Now, I'm learning as of a couple of days ago, he is on life-support.
Fcuk Cancer.
This post was edited on 9/4/14 at 6:50 pm
Posted on 9/4/14 at 6:52 pm to johnnyrocket
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I guess I am lucky I was told I had three months to live in 2003. Did chemo which is pain and bone marrow transplant and very very lucky. It's a hard decision to make when you are told you have a few months left
WOW................
Glad you are still here............ 
Posted on 9/4/14 at 6:54 pm to dukke v
What about your own personal battle with cancer?
Tell us about it. What stage? Did you ever consider not treating? How did they cure you? Were the treatments awful?
Tell us about it. What stage? Did you ever consider not treating? How did they cure you? Were the treatments awful?
Posted on 9/4/14 at 7:07 pm to Will Cover
Are his initials MD? Good guy.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 7:09 pm to RedRifle
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Are his initials MD? Good guy.
No, different person.
RL are his initials.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 7:18 pm to rebeloke
IMO the treatment was almost worse than the cancer for my dad. Probably the hardest thing he's ever gone through, even though he had a very tough life, but just once we thought he might be getting better, things turned for the worst and he passed. None of the doctors were much help, one was 6 months late on diagnosing him, the others all had different opinions and overall just seemed lazy.
I read a ton on the subject, including natural methods of treatment. It's really encouraging to know that their might be hope for better treatment one day. Radiation and chemo don't work for the majority of people and the cancer usually comes back. Cancer has become a huge industry and it's sad to say that profit maximization doesn't have much room for a cure.
I don't even donate money for cancer foundations, because only a small amount goes towards the study of metastasis, which is the most dangerous part of cancer.
I read a ton on the subject, including natural methods of treatment. It's really encouraging to know that their might be hope for better treatment one day. Radiation and chemo don't work for the majority of people and the cancer usually comes back. Cancer has become a huge industry and it's sad to say that profit maximization doesn't have much room for a cure.
I don't even donate money for cancer foundations, because only a small amount goes towards the study of metastasis, which is the most dangerous part of cancer.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 7:20 pm to rebeloke
My grandfather had lung cancer and went with the treatment. He was in his 80's and the first treatment of chemo caused a stroke the day he was supposed to go home. He lived for two more weeks.
But he also beat cancer 25 years prior with treatment but the doctor thought the treatment caused the lung cancer later.
The first gave him 25 years of good quality life and the last was too much on him because of his age.
But he also beat cancer 25 years prior with treatment but the doctor thought the treatment caused the lung cancer later.
The first gave him 25 years of good quality life and the last was too much on him because of his age.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 7:22 pm to oldcharlie8
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fight on.
I would go thru hell and back for more time with my child.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 7:25 pm to whodidthat
Interesting you say that. Scientists believe there is an over diagnosis of cancer that can lead to harmful procedures.
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Posted on 9/4/14 at 7:29 pm to rebeloke
After watching my dad take the slow path, I would take the fast one. No steroids. Just medicine for the pain. Prolonging this process makes 0 sense.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 8:09 pm to rickyh
I have stage 4 prostate cancer and just started on a clinical trial. But I still feel good and can work. Been fighting it 3 years. I had surgery, radiation, hormone therapy, and now the clinical trial meds. We are hoping to slow it down or manage it into remission. No cure they tell me. Every day is a good day .
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