Thanks for your reply and I guess you are correct that the bottom line is "recovery" and life expectancy overall. It is just that I was not fully informed by my Dr's and it seems almost like the "cure" is worse or even with the cancer. When you are going along with no symptoms at all and now in a matter of a few months you are experiencing all the horrible SE, it's hard to accept. Hopefully you are correct that the SE will get better over a very long time.
Thanks & take care