That is so awesome!!! Your story gives all of us hope. How long ago did your brother decide to stop taking treatments?

My doc diagnosed me with terminal lung cancer. The cancer spread from my lungs to my lymph nodes, left kidney and brain. I had 10 days in a row of radiation on my brain and felt like a million bucks when I was done and then COVID hit the very next day. Ugg!! I also had my first chemo treatment at the same time as radiation. My oncologist was shocked at how well my first round of chemo went. My tumors shrunk by half and some disappeared all together. I had to do 4 rounds of that medicine and by the 4th treatment I pretty much felt like I was going to die but it worked so it was worth it. Then he put me on a 'maintenance treatment' of Keytruda only and tumors started growing again so now I'm on another strong chemo regiment until I either go in remission or reach max toxicity level. This treatment I'm on now really eats up my white blood cells and side effects aren't pleasant but I have to keep fighting. My husband and kids can't bare the idea of my passing so young so I'm channeling my inner hippie to keep a positive attitude and reading my bible for strength to do all I can to preserve life until I can't anymore. I like your brothers idea of just stopping treatment and see what happens. I felt much better before I filled my body with God knows what.

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