need some help on deciding to rego more chemo, please read

shackie
shackie Member Posts: 20
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
hi there, here for my brother, who is 57, had colon surgery and the bag put on 8 yrs ago, no chemo at that time, came back in sacrum and stomach oct 2009, did lotsa chemo and radiation, he got a major hit of chemo in june 2010 almost killed him. its a miricle he survived it, anyway he bounced back and decided no more chemo, right now he is feeling good and putting on weight, but cancer scores are coming up, oct score 12 dec score 19. i kno the scores can go really high and still very individual. anyway after being so sick for so long and now feeling good and has his taste and strength back, hes having a hard time deciding to start with the cancer pill. onc told him it was up to him but the cancer wud b back. hes trying to decide if he wants quality or quantity, i kno no1 can tell a person what to do, his cancer is terminal, from all teh research iv done, i have figured out that doctors cant even guess how much time, aslo wanted to mention he had 2 heart attacks and a stroke during the chemo, not sure if im wording this right, any input wud b helpful, thanks, tina

also want to add that he feels the marijuana pill is what picked him back up, weight wise and stress wise. thot others might want to kno that.

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  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
    #2
    Treatment
    Only your brother can decide on treatment for himself. He has to make the decision whether his information given to him from the doctors is what he wants to pursue. You, nor anyone can make that decision. But rest assured, there are many chemo cocktails out there to help your brother and if one makes him sick then there is a drug to counteract it. If one drug doesn't work, there is another one that might. Don't look at this as a black/white situation as now even the most desperate situations can be helped. Hope he gets the best possible treatment for his situation. Also John23 always has helpful info and many others on this board. More are more knowledegable than me by a long measure.

    Kim
  • John23
    John23 Member Posts: 2,122 Member
    #3
    It's a tough choice.
    You can read about some of the alternatives, and print the data
    out for your brother to read. There are many alternatives to
    choose from; some work, some might, and some....??

    I have used Traditional Chinese Medicine, in the form of
    medicinal strength imported Chinese herbs that I had to make
    into a broth. That was about four years ago.

    I won't try to tell you,. or anyone else, that it is why I am still here,
    but if I had taken Chemo, the physician would be telling you and
    everyone else, that it was thanks to the chemo for my existence.

    Your brother has time to read and study the alternatives, and he should
    take that time to do so. He'll have to question everything, and be as
    critical and cynical as possible, to sort the good from the not-so-good.

    Click on my name, and read the "blog" section. Print out what you
    feel like (if at all), and give it to your brother.

    Cancer is an elusive malady. It's probably the simplest of life-forms,
    yet all the newest medical science seems to manage to miss finding
    a "cure" for it.

    My personal opinion?

    Poisons are not the answer. It's a resolve of sorts, but it won't
    cure the real problem; only your own body can do that.

    Help him get all the information he might need, it's worth his time
    to read it all.

    Best of health to you both.

    John
  • shackie
    shackie Member Posts: 20
    #4
    John23 said:

    It's a tough choice.
    You can read about some of the alternatives, and print the data
    out for your brother to read. There are many alternatives to
    choose from; some work, some might, and some....??

    I have used Traditional Chinese Medicine, in the form of
    medicinal strength imported Chinese herbs that I had to make
    into a broth. That was about four years ago.

    I won't try to tell you,. or anyone else, that it is why I am still here,
    but if I had taken Chemo, the physician would be telling you and
    everyone else, that it was thanks to the chemo for my existence.

    Your brother has time to read and study the alternatives, and he should
    take that time to do so. He'll have to question everything, and be as
    critical and cynical as possible, to sort the good from the not-so-good.

    Click on my name, and read the "blog" section. Print out what you
    feel like (if at all), and give it to your brother.

    Cancer is an elusive malady. It's probably the simplest of life-forms,
    yet all the newest medical science seems to manage to miss finding
    a "cure" for it.

    My personal opinion?

    Poisons are not the answer. It's a resolve of sorts, but it won't
    cure the real problem; only your own body can do that.

    Help him get all the information he might need, it's worth his time
    to read it all.

    Best of health to you both.

    John

    thanks for your response
    so greatful for this site, will pass on all info to my brother. thank you so much
  • pepebcn
    pepebcn Member Posts: 6,331 Member
    #5
    shackie said:

    thanks for your response
    so greatful for this site, will pass on all info to my brother. thank you so much

    I up an interesting post where you see what many of us have done
    concerning chemo!
    Hope it helps!
  • pepebcn
    pepebcn Member Posts: 6,331 Member
    #6
    pepebcn said:

    I up an interesting post where you see what many of us have done
    concerning chemo!
    Hope it helps!

    the name of the post:
    People operated and currently NED...

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