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Add to my post, and I apologize for the length. My friends aunt was diagnosed with stomach cancer at age 80. She was told that she needed an operation, chemo and radiation. She said No!
They told her it was her only hope or she would die soon. She lived 12 more years. A friend had breast cancer. She did it all, lost her hair, and spent the last year of her life in doc office, hospital, etc. until she died. She like many others I know ended up saying, if they could do it over again, she would not have gone that route.
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@lindy9
We all have to do what we think is best for you.
What works and is best for one person is based on their own decisions not someone elses.
I know for me I go to Mayo Jacksonville. All the doctors who care for me do so as a team. So my experience with medical institutions is different from yours. That does not change your experience and your feelings.
I have had probably 6 basal cells and on squamous cell cancers removed. They do a MOHS surgery which takes the minimal amount of tissue out and then pathologist looks at margins. If the margins are free of cancer then nothing further if does show more tissue taken and then again back to pathologist.
Out of the six only one required additional tissue taken. How much have I paid for this outstanding service, 0$. Now I say not paid but I do pay for Medicare insurance and a secondary insurance.
If you read my post I only post my experience and will always say you have to do what is best for you both mentally and physically.
Your decisions are your decisions and what is best for you.