Doctors are giving up?
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Hi Akersr27,
I am sorry
Hi Akersr27,
I am sorry about your friend. I am glad that she is going for a second opinion. I find it strange that they did not do a lymph node disection at her initial surgery for staging. That is standard practice. It is good that the radiation was effective on her lymph nodes. Did she do brachytherapy? What chemo combo has she been on? I assume cisplatin with the radiation, but what has followed? She is so young and I hope that you find a team of doctors that are willing to fight this aggressively to the end, and I hope the end is remission for a long long time. There is always hope and a new set of eyes on the problem will do good I believe. What type of cervical cancer did she have? Squamous? Adenocarcioma? Small cell? Neoendocrin? Sometimes specific cell types respond to particular treatments better than others. I will pray for your friend and her family and her darling children that deserve a healthy mom to raise them. Please feel free to ask questions and vent here. Cancer sucks.0 -
Hi ccfighter, thank you forccfighter said:Hi Akersr27,
I am sorry
Hi Akersr27,
I am sorry about your friend. I am glad that she is going for a second opinion. I find it strange that they did not do a lymph node disection at her initial surgery for staging. That is standard practice. It is good that the radiation was effective on her lymph nodes. Did she do brachytherapy? What chemo combo has she been on? I assume cisplatin with the radiation, but what has followed? She is so young and I hope that you find a team of doctors that are willing to fight this aggressively to the end, and I hope the end is remission for a long long time. There is always hope and a new set of eyes on the problem will do good I believe. What type of cervical cancer did she have? Squamous? Adenocarcioma? Small cell? Neoendocrin? Sometimes specific cell types respond to particular treatments better than others. I will pray for your friend and her family and her darling children that deserve a healthy mom to raise them. Please feel free to ask questions and vent here. Cancer sucks.
Hi ccfighter, thank you for your response and prayer. I am not sure of all the details as far as types of treatment or cancer, I will get that info from her. I read some of the posts here and was able to give her a list of research topics to discuss with her doctors tomorrow at Sloan Kettering. I am hoping the new set of eyes on the cancer will help get her some new answers that are more positive!!0
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