daren1
Almost 10 years ago my dad was diagnosed with mesothelioma lung cancer, he was treated for almost two years before he died, i believe the treatment did more harm than good.I know this is a very sensitive question but what would you have choosed treatment or none at all ?
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leeroy
Best answer!
I know what you mean, my Step Dad, died in the eighties from colon cancer, my Mom has recently had it, as well as my Dad is going to have a growth removed on Feb. ^6th next month. The treatments can make a patent sicker than the cancer, at least visibly.
I think the alternative is a better one than death. They gave my Mom 3 months to live over 3 and a half years ago and the cancer is completely gone now. If you remember please keep my Dad in your prayers. I think I would choose chemo over death. It does work more times than not.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 21 | |
Ducky
Oh daren1...that is such an impossible question to answer. There are so many variables, so many choices, so much about cancer and treatments that is unknown. I have friends who have had to ask the same questions.....what do I do, if anything?....which treatment should I use?....if I choose to take treatment, when should I start?....chemo, radiation, both, neither, alternative medicine, diet alone? watchful waiting? If the decision seems to have been right or wrong how could we ever really be sure if it was? Sorry...I just don't know. :(
| 12 years ago. Rating: 21 | |
jhharlan
My dad has been cancer free for at least 40 years and he went through chemo. It was terrible for him and if he ever got diagnosed with cancer again, he would forgo the chemo this time around..........
| 12 years ago. Rating: 19 | |
JDB
I'm not sure,, My best friend was diagnosed with colon cancer almost 7 years ago now. after he had 3 foot of colon removed + chemo he was cancer free. that went on four times......He was down to one foot of colon when the cancer jumped to the liver and most the rest of his insides., the last time they opened him up, they washed his insides with radiation. CAN you imagine having your guts taken out and everything else that they can move inside of you cleaned??? He died a few months after that.. 5 1/2 years of hell ..chemo really sucked for him. Sorry tears in my eyes now but he helped me grow up. he was 10 years older that me . best friend, mentor, damn
| 12 years ago. Rating: 19 | |
ROMOS
Been through it twice, clear for 7yrs, waiting on an appointment for similar symptoms test, no way will I be doing the chemo again, I,m not afraid of the consequences of this, I,ve been recommended other alternative treatments and I,ll do them all rather than let the chemicals make me feel like shit, positive thinkings got me past it twice, hopefully don,t need it this time.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 17 | |
pythonlover
mycatsmom
daren1
sunnyB
A friend of mine died from the same cancer in 2007. it's caused by just a small fleck of aspestos, so the doctors said at the time. He didn't have cemo but he only lived for a few months after they diagnosed it. He suffered terrible pain it was awfull to watch him die. Having worked with him in the same job for years I know I have the same risk, I think I would take whatever treatment they offered me in the hope that it would make a difference. But everyone has to make their own choice.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 15 | |
bulletman
I think personally it is better to die with dignity than to prolomg the inevitable with a skelton frame and unbearing pain, so i say no to Chemotherapy. I watched my brother's father in law waste away to nothing with prostate cancer, it was bloody awful-- he had chemotherapy.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 15 | |
dad59
I guess so to speak, I was one of the luckier cancer patients, I lost part of Rt. lung (Worst surgery/pain ever had), had two Drs. ask about chemo but apparently, I didn't need it just had to go through body scans with radioactive dye for 3yrs. and still have yearly x-ray, 5 yrs. clear so far.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 15 | |
lewboy
fjoel
michmar118
Mr.Den
lambshank
Tommyh
The thing with it is,they have to pump enough chemicals into you to kill you without actually killing you. I mate of mine was diagnosed with bowel cancer at age 72.He had chemo & it made him as sick as hell.He is now 83 & still going strong & still works with me as a carpenter from time to time.Now he may be the exception & not the rule.I don't know mate.But it worked for him.I always say "when you've got nothing to lose,you've got nothing to lose". Maybe your dad was just too far advanced for the treatment to be completely successful.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 9 | |
bluesman1951
Serious question ,speaking for myself I dont believe it will be a issue . I have no insurance ,no money ,unless they do this stuff for free its unlikely they will run a huge bill on my behalf . I need to go off the side of a cruise ship with a safe tied to my ankle . Spare my family the expense of a funeral . Leave some money for a party and food . Divide what there is among who ever shows up . And pray that I am safely in Heaven before the devil knows I am gone . Ill never be given the option of choosing
| 12 years ago. Rating: 8 | |
Dollybird
tabber
what a great, but difficult question. everybody has probably given it some thought at one time or another. i can identify with every thing everyone has said on this question. my sister was trying to decide whether to go the Kaiser Hospital route, or the natural route with a health care provider. she was really scared and did not know what to do. the health guy told her not to let them cut on her for any reason. Kaiser wanted to cut on her for every reason. She was torn about what to do. My whole family advised her to go the Kaiser route, and so did her husband. she asked me what would i do. Since i have reactions to medications, i told her i probably would go the 'health guy' route. i would probably die with the first shot of chemo. she tried to do both. she said the chemo nearly killed her. & the surgery got rid of cancer for one year and came back. which the doctors told her the type of cancer she had would probably come back somewhere else in her body, if she had surgery. she did, and it did come back. the suffering i saw her go thur made me feel it might just be better to live til you die. i have not had to face that choice but i am leaning toward the natural path. Be healthy as you can, live every day, 'don't worry, be happy' and die when its your time. my father will not let a doctor near him with a ten foot pole. He's in his 80's and doing fine, driving watching tv, going to the horse races. my mom same thing. even tho she goes to doc more than dad. but she great! i hope i am as lucky as they are for living long. if my dad gets cancer and it does not knock him to the ground, nobody will know about it but him and god. my dad if real funny. he pulled his own teeth.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 7 | |
