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Just diagnosed with metastatic stomach cancer: What happens next?
Cancer | Last Active: Sep 8, 2022 | Replies (10)Comment receiving replies
He is fortunate to have appt today at the Mayo Clinic with an oncologist. I have nothing but positive experience with this hospital. This appt. should determine course of treatment and confirm suspected diagnosis. Hoping there is a course of treatment for his type of cancer. He is reluctant to do chemotherapy at this point and wants to review his options.
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Please encourage him to listen to all that the doctor have to say and ask all the questions he has. My mother was at a stage where they could only offer her palliative care and I was very skeptical of palliative chemo. She chose to get it anyway and it was exactly as the doctor told her. She felt bad a couple days but much better for like ten days. Then she would get the chemo again. It did help us have quite a few more months together with quite a few good times. I hope he does not automatically rule out chemo and that he asks things like how will I feel, how long might it extend my life, etc
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Sending all positive thoughts and wishes ...