of course waiting till the patient is 99% dead before they get their treatments prolly has nothing to do with it...The takeaway is obvious - seek the best medical cancer treatment you can afford where they have outstanding success for patient cancer survival rates. Avoid mediocre care at all costs with treatment that may be imminently more deadly than the disease. Your life may depend on it.
My mother had chemo for her pancreatic cancer. The chemo she was taking had a complete drug facts insert. Part of the information was a chart detailing the mortality rate of users.
By 14 months the mortality rate was 100%
Cancer sucks. Chemo prolongs the suck.
When I was diagnosed with lung cancer, I went through a period of obsessing over “how long do I have?” I scoured the Internet for information about prognosis. Over and over, I turned up stories about people dying from their first dose of chemo. And every time I was able to discover where this happened, it was in the UK. I don’t think they know how to properly administer the drugs. They seem to still be in the trial and error phase.
Cancer treatment is very complicated. If you’re diagnosed, do your homework and find professionals who know what they’re doing.
Aren’t these cancer patients in the UK system put on hold for months if not years before treatment is even approved and can be started?
of course waiting till the patient is 99% dead before they get their treatments prolly has nothing to do with it...My wife’s good friend was having back pain, she was “diagnosed” with cancer of the spine. She was put on chemo and died two weeks later. An autopsy was performed and it was found that she didn’t have cancer at all. Some silicone had leaked from her breast implants and settled near her spine. It most likely had nothing to do with her back pain, but caused her x-rays to look like cancer had metastasized to her spine. Apparently some of her blood work came back with unusual results as well, but there was no cancer found in her body. The chemo was determined to have killed her.
ultimately you have the decision to either take no treatment, and probably die a painful miserable death OR try a treatment, which may still give you a painful miserable death but also the chance to actually LIVE....
It may pertain to me if I could afford treatment.
If or when I have a diagnosed cancer... I don’t care.
They can TAKE EVERYTHING that the EX left me with and it might cover the initial treatment but I would have no place to live, nothing to eat ... what is the point/reason.
We all are gonna go, some can afford to extend their stay others embrace the journey.
I’m not surprised. My mom had lung cancer and she passed away last October, right after her last chemo treatment. She collapsed in the bathroom, and it turns out her heart just gave out. Miss her everyday, but if it wasn’t the chemo it was going to be the cancer.. can’t dwell on that anymore.
Maybe they died because they had terminal cancer and 30 days was not long enough for the chemo to work.
and no, I am not fond of chemo.
Said that type of cancer did not respond to Chemo or Radiation, so only solution was remove and move forward. Was back on my feet and at work in less than a month with no ill effects.
I thank God every day for early detection and the miracle of life.
BFL.
I have lots to say about this.
My best friend with 3 months to live was talked into a pointless “clinical trial” and had his last conscious moment the day after to the chagrin of his wife and teenage children. Instead of putting his affairs in order and making peace with his family, he was gone before anyone could even say goodbye. Thanks NHS.
My husband had lung cancer and we were told he had great chance to be cured or at least have 5 to 10 years more. We chose chemotherapy because we didn’t know what else to do. He had chemo nine times and it destroyed his breathing capacity....the cancer never changed. It was 4 tiny dots on the screen, before and after the chemo. He died from a heart attack, caused by the lack of oxygen. How I wish we had never done the chemo!
Be aware, my friends. Seek other options, if you can.
Yeah we kind of already knew that. Chemo is a last ditch treatment, it is really just trying to kill the “bad” part of you (cancer) before it manages to kill all of you. Trying to fix it when part of your body has turned against you is tough.
All this tells me is the next time I need Chemotherapy, it isn’t happening in Great Britain.
I’ve gone through Chemotherapy four times over the last ten years. I’m still here. If I hadn’t done what I did, I wouldn’t be here typing this.
Another factor may be the waiting time to get treatments. Or even worse finding out when it is too late and chemo is the last option available.
My stage 3 lemon-sized adenocarcinoma tumor had 7 lymph nodes wrapped up in it. The surgery and 6 months of chemo was really rough. We knew that the avastin was damaging my liver, and we kept dosing it. 6 weeks after finishing chemo, I had an esophageal bleed, survived that after ICU and surgery and 6 units of blood, slowly regained health, over time, recovered fully, cancer free, and went to the gym today for my usual workout 9+ years later, no recurrence. Yes Chemo is dangerous. Yes it can kill you and nearly killed me. Yes, you can experience complete recovery. Watch for the miracles. I love my life.