Posted by EX 450 Owner on October 27, 2011 at 07:31:49 from (50.96.223.84):
In Reply to: Bone Cancer posted by Mudcat49 on October 26, 2011 at 18:54:29:
Billy:
If your personal knowledge of others cancer treatment is based on treatment a few years ago be aware there are advances in drugs and treatments ongoing and the chemo treatments of today tend to be less harsh than they were a few years ago. The advancement of CT scan abilities allows more localized radiation treatments and instead of bombarding a large area of the body they are able to target smaller areas if the cancer is localized.
My bone cancer spread from prostate cancer and is a slower growing cancer than some other types of bone cancer; I have been informed that progression rate and treatment is different for each type of cancer.
Find an oncologist that specializes in the type of cancer you have, if the oncologist participates in research and new drug studies he/she is probably on the cutting edge of technology.
It is important to find an oncologist that is willing to spend the time to discuss your specific stage of involvement and is willing to discuss treatment options with you openly and honestly. In other words you need to find an oncologist that you trust to help guide your treatment one that will always explain the options and is able to access the probability of success of each option (there are never any guarantees in cancer treatment but some treatments statistically have a better results than other).
Find the actual technical medical name of the type of cancer you have and do a google search of the web, there is a world of information on the latest studies and treatment’s and where to go for help.
Based on personal experience I would give this advice. Find an oncologist you have faith in and research yourself as much as you can, be active in making the decisions for your care and treatment and do not give up hope.
The initial acceptance period coming to grips with the fact you do have cancer and making the decision what you are going to do about is a very rough period but you will come to accept it and make decisions that are best for you. Prayers sent your way Billy.
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