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I'm 80 years old. Radiation?

Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: 2 days ago | Replies (21)

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@hrhwilliam

Eventually it will be more than just your voice affected as cancer continues to grow and spread. At age 80 the question is what to do as a quality of life issue. There are alternatives to standard cancer treatments which can be explored such as a shorter radiation regimen and/or drugs such as Keytruda. Ask your Oncologist and at the same time, ask your Oncologist what they would do at your age.
For me, that's ten years out yet. Would I go through what I went through twenty plus years ago at that age, or even at my age now? I can honestly say that I doubt I would go down the same road. Doing nothing of course will kill me, and not likely gently. I would try a lighter sentence. Certainly I would insist on proton radiation as opposed to photon.
No one here of course can tell you what to do, only suggest. But I think when we are actually in your shoes, we will only then know the path you are on.

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Hi
A friend's mother finally decided on Keytruda as an alternative to her leg off. She had 3 operations on her leg but the cancer returned each time.

She last 7 months on Keytruda, had a fall and a heart attack.

In a rest home she lived for a further 2 years. She passed earlier this month.

Dear sole. She was in her 80s.

She was determined not to lose her leg so she passed.

She is at rest with her loved ones.

So sad.

cheri JOY. 76. (NZ)