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@surftohealth88 - Thanks for the research, surf. Carboplatin combined with Jevtana (cabazitaxel) and prednisone has already been discussed. The question becomes how sick to I want to get to try and not be sick. Side effects are more severe and more difficult to manage. That's why I chose Taxotere first. I think my next step, should current treatment fail, is to let radiation oncology have a whack at it and see how much they can target. At least they should be able to knock out some of this bone pain. I need to do more research into the carbo/jevtana thing before I can agree to it.
My wife spent the last two years of her life fighting lung cancer. Metastatic to eyes, brain, and liver. Wills Eye Clinic and Abramson in Philly, Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. Chemo # 1,2, &3. Gamma knife times 4, liver radiotracer clinical trials and so on and so on. One thing she did not do was enjoy the time she had left. We spent all the time traveling to and from doctors and trials. And she was always fighting treatment side effects. I will not follow that path. At some point the chase ends. There is a line to be drawn. I'm not yet sure where that line is but when I get there, I am sure I will draw it.
On a more positive note, I stopped at the butcher on the way home from chemo and grabbed a really nice 2-inch T-Bone for when I can eat again in 10 days or so. 😁