Hello and Thank you to all,
My Mom was dx in November. She had a malignant tumor, stage 2, removed from her mouth 3 weeks later. Squamous cell. 11 lymph nodes came back clear. We were told no further treatment.
In January we went back for a checkup and 2 biopsies were taken (sores in her mouth on both sides). Both came back cancerous.
We are having a feeding tube put in this week and she is giong to begin 7 weeks of radiation and 7 chemo treatments. It was suggested to have the Ethyol drug but now I have doubts due to the horror stories that I have read.
My Mom is 76, 5'2 and 120lbs. She is a 9 year breast cancer survivor (lumpectomy, 30 rad. treatments).
I want to help her make the right decisions. She is very afraid, so am I.
She really dosen't want chemo.