 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 | Hello Jenka, I am no expert with chemo (I had none) but a couple of other things you might consider asking the docs about:
Since you are young, you will have about 40 + years to live with the side effects of the chemo. Many of the chemo drugs are not studied well at this length of time.
The potential effects on reproductive health and what that means to you.
The potential for other significant health problems.
If I were you I'd get all the reasons for not doing chemo from the one doc and then present those to the ones that think you should. Ask them bluntly for justification. Chemo is not without it's own set of risks.
Mark, 21 Year survivor, SCC right tonsil, 3 nodes positive, one with extra-capsular spread. I never asked what stage (would have scared me anyway) Right side tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection right side, maximum radiation to both sides, no chemo, no PEG, age 40 when diagnosed.
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