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Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,275 Likes: 7 | If you ask an oncologist, you will probably get the answer that Don gave above. I had such a conversation with our MO and she said the chemo John is receiving is palliative, so was the trial medication he was on. Where I stand, it does not matter what the word is, palliative or curative, if the medication manages the cancer and slows it down, then I will take it.
Whether John is sick or not, with every passing day, we will have one day less together. This gives me the impetus to live every single day well and with no regret.
Gloria
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails... Elizabeth Edwards
Wife to John,dx 10/2012, BOT, HPV+, T3N2MO, RAD 70 gy,Cisplatinx2 , PEG in Dec 6, 2012, dx dvt in both legs after second chemo session, Apr 03/13 NED, July 2013 met to lungs, Phase 1 immunotherapy trial Jan 18/14 to July/14. Taxol/carboplatin July/14. Esophagus re-opened Oct 14. PEG out April 8, 2015. Phase 2 trial of Selinexor April to July 2015. At peace Jan 15, 2016.
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