@azmn Hi Denise, You have been through so much over the past 10+ years that you know best on what chemotherapy does to your body and your quality of life. I have not had chemotherapy but I did have radiation therapy a year ago. So far there is no evidence of disease for which I am very grateful. I hope the radiation oncologist takes the time to have a good discussion with you on whether or not that's a treatment for you to pursue so you can make your decision.

A week before I found that my mother-in-law had metastatic cancer (she was 90-years-old and very active up to that point) we talked about quality of life. She told me and I agreed that we wanted the life we preferred which included activities we enjoyed over extending our lives with treatments that made us sicker. She already knew at that point about the cancer. She had a gorgeous garden that she worked on up until about a month before she died. I have a few of her garden ornaments in my garden and these remind me of just what you wrote. Enjoy your life that you have while exploring options available that will allow you to do just that.

You are an inspiration, Denise.