Malka,

Your right, at any age its very overwhelming .. its something being the oldest of 3, i feel i need to do... of course i respect her wishes, but thought theres no harm in getting a second opinion. I just feel the doctors are giving up by telling me the drugs are not working .. giving up is not something ive been taught..

As for talking to others about this, ive stopped, everyone has an opinion, i just personally dont feel like talking about it ..

i dont know if its the 6 months that bothers me .. or the fact they can actually sit there and say 6 months, i personally know one person who was given 1 year for lung cancer and lived almost 3 years .. but I do plan on consulting all the doctors at the current hospital before deciding what to do

thanks!

the world brought me to my knees...
Update: Feb 10/08: Mom passed away on Jan 31,08 - infection (unknown) in her lungs with her weakened immune system resulted in cardiac arrest - T2NO SCC of tongue surgery 6/30/06, SCC left neck and lungs detected Sept 07, 7 weeks rad/3 rounds chemo had no effect.