tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459761343386068193.post7403764154700304670..comments2023-08-25T05:41:48.833-07:00Comments on Roses and Ribbons: CONFUSION OVER CONTINUED CHEMODebbie Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10042965500172248825noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459761343386068193.post-53065143944219630702011-02-04T00:34:58.285-08:002011-02-04T00:34:58.285-08:00do not relinquish control to your docs 100%. Ask p...do not relinquish control to your docs 100%. Ask plenty of questions and continue thinking and reading and researching. And trust your gut. re chemo, if your cancer is gone or in remission, why continue chemo [when there are no cancer cells present}? Chemo DAMAGES your immune system, which is what you need to get rid of cancer. Why have chemo and dangerous and fatiguing side effects if there is nothing there, or if you know that chemo loses its effectiveness over time. I'd rather save it in my arsenal. I had TNBC and was cancer free after 2 rounds of Taxol and Avastin (thank's God), and have been cancer free for 6 months.<br />They wanted me to have 2-3 more rounds of chemo and radiation -- but I said "on what"? If there is indeed nothing there. It also takes 90 days for cancer cells to multiply. And I am told that CT and PET scans cannot detect cancer when it is microscopic or until it has actually formed into a recognizable mass. Thermograms which strangely are not normally offered, detect heat / inflammation of pre-cancer blood vessel formation months --- and in fact many years -- sooner than a CT/PET would. That sounds more reasonable to me. It is hard to believe that cancer is so fast growing that women seem to get grade 3 or 4 or mestateses out of nowhere, with no prior indicators. Too weird to believe.ponderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04270662514949990384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459761343386068193.post-5824903128884943512011-02-03T17:04:17.468-08:002011-02-03T17:04:17.468-08:00Hi Debbie,
Thank you for coming to visit me and I...Hi Debbie,<br /><br />Thank you for coming to visit me and I will come back and visit you. I enjoy writing about my own experience, but I also enjoy reading other peoples struggles and thoughts as well. We have different cancers and that still makes perspectives different and unique, plus you have banked lots of experiences that I can now learn upon. 24 seems like such a big number to me... thank you for sharing!Kevin Renzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15628703691708625465noreply@blogger.com