Senior Member (100+ posts) Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 111 | hi tony. youre faced with a difficult decision but your first priority should be to get a 2nd opinion. my mom was told shed had a year or 2 to live and we didnt even make it 2 months. i think the chemo was too much for her, after everything shed already been through (radiation 70 times, 3 big surgeries). If you find you receive the same opinion I would choose quality of life over the awful barbaric treatments. I wish you the best of luck
my mom, age 59.
12/08 surgery & 33x rad 4/09 recurrence 5/09 surgery & 35x rad 12/09 recurrence 1/10 surgery. peg tube, trach, fibula free flap 6/10 recurrence. double chemo treatments. 8/10/10 finally at peace in heaven |