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"treatable but not curable"

Kmbak
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Joined: Dec 2011
Dec 23, 2011 - 6:09 am

Last month I was diagnosed with osteosarcoma. At first I was told I'd get chemo and surgery, but after more scans I was told that my case was likely not curable, but it was treatable. Is it normal for an oncologist to give such hopeless news? And has anyone out there been given similar news?
I'm only 24 and I'm otherwise very healthy and fit. It's hard for me to believe that even after it's metastisized, I am I uncurable. I hear stories of people with cancer in many places at once, including lungs or their liver, and they survive! My lungs are clear, but the cancer is in my left knee, a little higher on my left leg, my left pelvis, and my lower back.
This prognosis just seems too grim and too determined for SO early in the game. I'm in my first round of chemo now and don't see why I can't beat this. Are they just not allowed to tell me I'll be fixed?

ebett
Posts: 1
 Joined: Dec 2011
Dec 31, 2011 - 7:15 pm
treatable but not curable

I am constantly furious at doctors who decide your fate in prognosis and time. No one can do that. There are a million people out there who have beaten odds given by doctors.
Think Lance Armstrong. The power of your mind over your body is amazing. Incurable means it will always be with you, that's all. Please take a look at http://www.tamiboehmer.com/ for inspiration. You are strong, you are healthy and you are fit. You logged into Cancer SURVIVOR'S Network. so you are already on your way to being a true survivor and I'm going to be one too.
ROBu1234
Posts: 1
 Joined: Jan 2012
Jan 03, 2012 - 12:54 pm
to be honest with you

to be honest with you doctors will give the run around for as long as they can .. my family was introduced to cancer when my sister passed away from it when she was only 11.
its the will to live .. you can beat it and its gunna be tough.. im currently watching my mom go thru cancer her second time around,my moms bone cancer is every where just like yours. im 17, lived in the hospital with her all thru x-mas way to start off 2012 right?.. whats helped me alot is discussing death with my mother and being as open as possible. dont be scared :/ youll make it through. i just made this account today ... have alot on my mind these days and i figure its bestt