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Unanswered questions: immunotherapy for lung cancer
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Jan 27 9:42pm | Replies (41)Comment receiving replies
Hi Lisa,
I did change doctors but they are all in the same group and I got basically the same responses with respect. I’m still having some bad days even though it’s been a month since my treatment ended. I think it’s more from the radiation and the internal radiation burns.
My lack of trust in the doctors and what I read and heard about the med they have to use for the immunotherapy, I won’t do it. If I went through it for the two years they want, it will give me 56+ months/approx. three years (maybe more) and I’m already 70 and it’s very difficult to get around.
I have to make a definite decision within the next few days.
Thank you very much for the info and feedback.
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@frandy, These decisions regarding treatments are difficult and often scary. We all start from a different baseline of overall health, and we tend to know what our body may or may not tolerate. Also, we all have different tolerances for risk; the risk of taking the treatment and the risk of not taking the treatment. If you decline the durvalumab/Imfinzi, would there be other treatments available that you are interested in, or is this truly your only treatment option at this time?
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PS. Lisa
Yes I had seen that first doctor several times before he acted up. A woman who had been a nurse for 33 years told me she witnessed this doctor yelling at a 75 year old woman because she decided against chemo. But he’s a high rated doctor in his field.