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Laurel · 11-24-2009, 07:25 PM

1. Who says they intend to continue to treat Stage IV cancer?

According to the latest guidelines Stage IV cancer is a terminal illness so therefore treatment is denied....

Too far fetched? Why?

2. These guidelines were updated in 'o8. I did not hear a peep about them until last spring when they were floated in the media for a few weeks and not picked up much. I noted them and commented to friends that the handwriting was on the wall.

You know the old adage: if it quacks like a duck, craps all over everything like a duck, waddles like a duck...well, dang it all, IT'S A DUCK! Now that's science! Country science! But, seriously, sometimes your gut is right. Go with your gut. Something stinks in Denmark....

11-24-2009, 07:25 PM	#20
Laurel Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hershey, PA. Live The Sweet Life! Posts: 2,005	Re: Does Anyone Know Why We Are No Longer to Do Self Exams? 1. Who says they intend to continue to treat Stage IV cancer? According to the latest guidelines Stage IV cancer is a terminal illness so therefore treatment is denied.... Too far fetched? Why? 2. These guidelines were updated in 'o8. I did not hear a peep about them until last spring when they were floated in the media for a few weeks and not picked up much. I noted them and commented to friends that the handwriting was on the wall. You know the old adage: if it quacks like a duck, craps all over everything like a duck, waddles like a duck...well, dang it all, IT'S A DUCK! Now that's science! Country science! But, seriously, sometimes your gut is right. Go with your gut. Something stinks in Denmark.... __________________ 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....