 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Monica,
Are you assuming your Dad's cancer is advanced because your mom passed away with breast cancer?
There is absolutly no correlation between the two. That's one of the many questions you can ask the Rad Oncologist (RO) and the Medical Oncologist (MO) next week.
Like Gary said above, there are many of us that had Stage IV cancers that are still on this side of the grass so calm down and get all the facts from the cancer docs.
After you meet with the RO post again and let us know what was said. Take a list of questions and take notes on their answers and if necessary tell the docs to SLOW down.
Really, calm down and get the facts fron the experts. You are not doing anyone, inluding yourself, any good by being upset.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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