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Laurel · 09-17-2016, 02:26 PM

Amy,

It seems your pneumonia has been a blessing in disguise! I agree with all you have said. If a person wants to fight a multi-front war and has the health and pluck to do so, then why are docs making that arbitrary call without consideration to what a patient wants? It just seems so arrogant. I wonder if when seeing a steady stream of cancer patients oncologists get jaded (and maybe discouraged?) and battle their own demons of despair?

Anyway, Brenda was right. Whack those moles and keep whacking them until YOU have had enough of the game or have won it and clobbered those moles/mets into oblivion. I will pray the radiation whacks the #@%^ out of those moles! Good luck, Amy!

09-17-2016, 02:26 PM	#7
Laurel Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hershey, PA. Live The Sweet Life! Posts: 2,005	Re: Palliative vs. Curative Intent Amy, It seems your pneumonia has been a blessing in disguise! I agree with all you have said. If a person wants to fight a multi-front war and has the health and pluck to do so, then why are docs making that arbitrary call without consideration to what a patient wants? It just seems so arrogant. I wonder if when seeing a steady stream of cancer patients oncologists get jaded (and maybe discouraged?) and battle their own demons of despair? Anyway, Brenda was right. Whack those moles and keep whacking them until YOU have had enough of the game or have won it and clobbered those moles/mets into oblivion. I will pray the radiation whacks the #@%^ out of those moles! Good luck, Amy! __________________ Smile On! Laurel Dx'd w/multifocal DCIS/IDS 3/08 7mm invasive component Partial mast. 5/08 Stage 1b, ER 80%, PR 90%, HER-2 6.9 on FISH 0/5 nodes 4 AC, 4 TH finished 9/08 Herceptin every 3 weeks. Finished 7/09 Tamoxifen 10/08. Switched to Femara 8/09 Bilat SPM w/reconstruction 10/08 Clinical Trial w/Clondronate 12/08 Stopped Clondronate--too hard on my gizzard! Switched back to Tamoxifen due to tendon pain from Femara 15 Years NED I think I just might hang around awhile....