hello Laura and welcome,

It is a tough decision, i also went to Hopkins and I remember that while i was waiting to see what the tumor board would recommend my surgeon asked me one question, "How aggresssive do you want to be"? He went on to say, "You are young and otherwise healthy i know you can take aggressive treatment if that's what you want to do? Well I thought about it for about 5 seconds, my decision was to be aggressive, I didn't want to think back later that i could have done more and i didn't. I don't know if i needed to be so aggressive, but i was comfortable with my decision, it was the best for me.

I had surgery, radiation and chemo it's been one year since everything ended and so far it hasn't come back. I love the doctors and nurses at Hopkins, they make you think you are the only one they are treating. You are in good hands, I wish you the best. Feel free to write me anytime.

Gina