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Severe side effects from chemo and choosing to continue or not
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Oct 20 8:43am | Replies (9)Comment receiving replies
@mcharlesfrancis
Thanks so very much for taking the time to thoughtfully respond! Our oncologist did answer these questions. His opinion was that there would be little to no benefit to continue treatment. It could possibly be detrimental rather than helpful. He also said that my husband probably got most of the benefit in the first 7.And less reduced strength or longer time in-between was not beneficial in effect. My husband needed to hear it from somewhere else as well. I know it was prompted by fear to do 1 more. I showed him your respond and after more thought, he said that he decided to stop chemo, like he needed permission to make that decision. I thank God for you caring for your fellow partners in pancreatic cancer. 💞
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@djfone My husband had a Distal Pancreatomy . It took him 6 Months to recover from the surgery due to many complications afterwards. He never recovered the weight he lost nor his strength. We talked many times about whether it was the right decision to have the Surgery but we both agreed that the surgery gave him an extra two years and after those first 6 months, we had a wonderful year spending lots of time with Family and Friends and creating lasting memories for our Grandchildren.
Our Oncologist recommended that we not do Chemo because he was so weak that she was afraid the Chemo would kill him. That was definitely the right decision for us. We wanted Quality of Life over Quantity . The decision is a personal decision for everyone and dependent on so many things .
The only advice that I can offer is to Love much and get as much enjoyment out of every day you have. We all need to do this because none of us is promised tomorrow.