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cloudscudding

Treatment Choices

Mar 09, 2011 20:07

Tonight Mom gets to make the decision: second-line chemo, or an experimental trial ( Read more... )

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susanofstohelit March 10 2011, 02:53:46 UTC

I'm so sorry - thinking of you and your family.

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cloudscudding March 10 2011, 15:39:20 UTC

That doesn't make sense, though. Why would they spend to test a cancer cure that hasn't had promising effectiveness?

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cloudscudding March 10 2011, 23:25:50 UTC

Interesting. For something like cancer, I would assume it would need to promise effectiveness similar to the treatments already out there in order for it to be worth spending the money on, but medical trials are a huge mystery to me.

And don't feel bad--I'm approaching this from an intellectual perspective.

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thoughtdancer March 10 2011, 10:42:18 UTC

I can't even begin to know what to say, other than my usual.

Please excuse the vulgarity, but

FUCK CANCER!

I've lost too many people to it. I hope your Mom does well with whatever she chooses. (Someone beat that damn disease. Now.)

lollygirlie1 March 10 2011, 13:38:50 UTC

Thinking of you and your family. I have to agree with thoughdancer's statement. F*CK CANCER!

birdfigment March 10 2011, 13:59:49 UTC

That sounds so very difficult. I hope for the best for your mom, you, and the rest of your family.