Hi Shadowpuppet! I hope the fierce warriors here on this site have given you good council. Myself, I have not had cancer, merely a caregiver to my wife. Looking back on things, knowing what I know now, we would have been alot more aggressive with treatments. Please understand, I'm not trying to cause you any more worry, because I know you have plenty, but honestly, you don't want to wind up in that 10 percent group. You gotta hit the cancer from all angles-chemo, rads. if appropriate, exercise, proper diet, prayer, meditation, visualizing yourself as cured, healthy and NED, and whatever else you can do. The only thing you have control over is how you react to your situation, and what you do to fight it. If you don't fight it head on and God forbid, it doesn't work out well, you can't undo time and play the "woulda, shoulda, coulda" game. Like a chaplain told me once, "Your life is different now, and it doesn't matter what you think,but it is. Just look at it as a new, different life and commit yourself to doing the best you can at every given step, and that's all you can do."
You gotta do all you can. Prayers and Love, Bill
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