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Stage 4 Colon Cancer

Colorectal Cancer | Last Active: May 8, 2023 | Replies (19)

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@paul28

I read so much about so many people having chemo after a cancer discovery or a surgery such as a colon resection.
And after months of chemo, more cancer is found or returns in other areas and organs resulting in (Surprise Surprise !!) more chemo !
So how do you justify all of this ?
The chemo was not effective or the cancer was way too aggressive ?
And to add more misery to this scenario, you are also dealing with the chemo side effects that can be severe.
I am not seeing where the suffering of more cancer =equals more chemo =equals sacrificing quality of life can be a good decision.
Maybe we are choosing more pain and suffering to prolong life and where death is inevitable anyway ?
I think that my day of saying yes or no to chemo is coming and I know that I am reluctant to say yes.

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I have been thinking the same. Thank you for sharing.

You a4 correct the ca already Metastisized. PET scans need to be implemented way sooner than insurance allows. These show cellular level cells changing.not yet abnormal but a change.
In diagnostics not considered abnormal. But, any deviating portion of cellular growth that is starting to reproduce in a manner that is not strictly norm. This is an underserved use of a diagnostic tool in becoming / aggressive, aggressive cancers that becomes quick growing can make difference in treatment and planning.