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Mtngrl · 11-12-2016, 09:48 PM

I've had 4 doses of Prednisone now and I feel SO MUCH better. At the rate my overall health was declining, I swear I might be hospitalized by now if I hadn't started treatment. Evidently the rad onc knew it was urgent, because she went to extra effort to get me in to be seen.

Yeah, Tracy, I think I need someone whose view of "palliative care" is more proactive (though I think alleviating pain and suffering fits just about any definition of "palliative.") I want to stay as well as possible, not just keep ricocheting from illness to illness. None of my problems have yet been directly from the cancer itself. It's a complex condition to manage, and my onc seems pretty balkanized.

11-12-2016, 09:48 PM	#10
Mtngrl Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,427	Re: Update on my lung I've had 4 doses of Prednisone now and I feel SO MUCH better. At the rate my overall health was declining, I swear I might be hospitalized by now if I hadn't started treatment. Evidently the rad onc knew it was urgent, because she went to extra effort to get me in to be seen. Yeah, Tracy, I think I need someone whose view of "palliative care" is more proactive (though I think alleviating pain and suffering fits just about any definition of "palliative.") I want to stay as well as possible, not just keep ricocheting from illness to illness. None of my problems have yet been directly from the cancer itself. It's a complex condition to manage, and my onc seems pretty balkanized.