Dear June,
I have been wanting to talk to you about the sterotactic radiosurgery.
Was it sucessful? Did you have any tumor shrinkage? I am very
eager to find out how it went since this is also something Angelo and
I have discussed doing. Please let me know if you think it is worth
the trip!
Thankyou, Mary
>
> Hi Mary: I had the doctor tell me the same thing. The chemo would
> extend my life by possibly 6 months. I went thru 1 set consisting of
> seven times. I almost ended up dead after my 7th IV, last treatment.
> I then decided I would rather die without being sick all the time and
> at the mercy of a toxic drug. My original diagnosis was 9/97 at which
> time they said surgery was really the only option. Surgery didn't
> work out because of lymph node involement. Then Sloan said chemo was
> the only option, which I just told you about. My chemo was completed
> in 1/97 and I am still here and working, going to excercise and living
> my life. I'm sure you know that I just completed the Stereotacic Body
> Radiosurgery, so.....to get back to the topic. Chemo is a poision.
>
> Have a nice day. Your friend June A.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sylvia Boehme [SMTP:sboehme@hondo.k12.tx.us]
> Sent: Friday, September 25, 1998 9:13 AM
> To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
> Subject: Re: [MOL] Seminar
>
> Mary,
> As someone who is watching a person go through this and her
> quality of life
> is absolutely deteriorating, it is an interesting point...a few
> months ago we
> were thrilled to hear that her tumors were shrinking and now she
> is so
> dysfunctional and sad and miserable because of the chemo...you
> have to wonder!
> love, sylvia-Lizabeth's friend
>
> Mary Furfaro wrote:
>
> > Went to a Cancer seminar last night on our anniversary. Some
> of the
> > things the Oncologist had to say were unnerving. He said that
> even
> > if you get tumor shrinkage that does not necessarily mean your
> life
> > will be extended. He said that in the case of incurable
> cancers tumor
> > shrinkage does not mean that they have killed all of the other
> cancer
> > cells which are traveling throughout the rest of the body. So
> my
> > question is why go through all of the chemo and radiation
> treatments
> > if your life is not going to be extended? Is it merely for
> pallative
> > treatment to improve the quality of life and if so would you
> have
> > better quality of life without the effects of the treatment?
> Any
> > thoughts?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mary
> >
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