I understand why the doctors stage cancer but it’s not something we should think about. I’ve been treated twice for stage 1 lung cancer in the last two years and felt I was in a reasonable good place. A few days before my treatment the surgeon kept saying that another nodule is going to turn malignant so I said take it out but he said no without explanation. I could reasonably guess my lungs are not in good shape with the added problem of COPD. So if I have more reoccurrences I won’t get surgery anymore. What really upsets me is that he said we’re trying to get you to 73, I’m turning 72 soon. People have consistently shown that these numbers are not definitive, look how many people live well past their projections. All I can add to this is that his comments had a very bad effect on me, it’s in God’s hands amen.

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