 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Ina, Im not sure why she would have been given chemo. But being in a another country where medical care is different, its hard to understand the why behind what is being done. Sorry but I really dont have any idea why she is being treated like she is. Chemo alone wont get rid of cancer if its present. All it will do is to keep her stable and to help stop cancer from growing. That is if she has cancer, it may have been completely removed during her major surgery a few months ago.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
