 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Sophia,
You started your post with " i decided to give myself a last chance to fight this terrible disease." so it sounds like that's the way you want to proceed. This is a tough issue that none of us want to be faced with and Nelie and Markus have given you good questions to ask your doctors. Ask them to speak slowly and take notes and ask them to repeat their answers if necessary. Take a friend or a tape recorder. Then listen to them in private. The rest has to be up to you.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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