Colorectal Cancer Part 3: Do You sent have not been subjected to chemotherapy after surgery?
Two people who came to mind when I found this article on colorectal cancer is the writing. Let me tell their stories.
Story 1:
Matt (not real name) is a 45-year-old professional who has been diagnosed with Duke's C rectal cancer. Eight of the 16 lymph nodes were involved. He had surgery and then chemotherapy with 5-FU + leucovorin. The first chemo treatment had ruined her life because of severe side effects. Decided to go for chemotherapy andassistance. It was the sauce and I started to feel really good after.
Matt was a good friend who is a doctor. When his doctor friend learned that he had abandoned chemotherapy, became seriously ill and came to see Matt and ask him to continue his chemo. According to this doctor friend Matthew did was wrong and that he would see his friend loved at all. He has to go through the path "proven" treatment. After all, doctor;Herbal therapy is not definitive or scientifically proven.
Taken by his friend's sincere concern for him, after Matt and resumed his chemotherapy. The second treatment is causing serious side effects than hitherto. Wanted to die. Then it is an achievement, and asked: "What am I doing with myself? I have suffered so much to undergo a treatment that I was not sure I would even help. Why, oh why I am" dead "to me yourself? I do it to please my doctor-friend or Ido it for me? "Matt has been up to this and decided that would make him more than anyone else. He decided to stop further chemotherapy.
The decision Mat heavy pressure on me. When he came to me, I said explicitly that the decision to undergo chemotherapy or not be entirely his decision. I make the decision to him. So, probably made his decision based on his instinct, and we must respect it. It 'been a couple of years nowMat and is doing well. One might ask: "Will Matt six or eight cycles of chemotherapy to survive due to the fact that the first two cycles already caused severe reactions?"
It 'a common practice in the golden rule, so to speak, after surgery, patients are asked to undergo chemotherapy for cancer of the rectum and colon. In a time when the doctor does not believe that chemotherapy not indicated that the patient does not feel safe.
Story 2:
E 'was July 292001, 9:30 I was on the phone talking to a lady from England. His sisters Malay, kolonkanker was born in March 1999. He had undergone an operation. The doctor in the United Kingdom, said that because the cancer is in its early stage (2nd Duke), it is necessary for you to do something was the chemotherapy. Not satisfied, we proceed to Singapore to see another doctor. When he was young (46 years), the oncologist recommended chemotherapy. It would be "safe" for its- Prevention or insurance against possible problems later. Therefore their six cycles of chemotherapy subjected to Singapore.
March 2000 – The scan has a mass of 3 cm on his liver. He returned to Singapore. Further studies by doctors in Singapore has shown that there was a mass of 1 cm of the lungs. Doctors recommended surgery on the liver and / or lungs. But when doctors opened his stomach, which have seen many nodes in the peritoneum. The removal of the liver-lung wasabandoned. The abdomen was closed again. Has eight cycles of chemotherapy to undergo.
After the fourth chemotherapy, the tumors decreased in size, but the subsequent chemotherapy showed no further improvement is not. In summary, chemotherapy has achieved the purpose for which it is not. Feels hopeless and decided to stop and return to England.
Began to Gerson Therapy in Liverpool in five months. During this period, the tumor had grown to double size. So he decided toparticipate in a clinical trial at one of the best hospitals in London. She was again subjected to a second eight cycles of chemotherapy.
July 29, 2001 – The purpose of the call sister was trying my help as there seems to be no other way left for her. Sometimes he was in pain, and requires a sedative.
E 'perception of the world today, in terms of cancer treatment. Chemotherapy is the answer, and must be done, otherwise you do not dieit. With all due respect, the doctor-friend of Matthew thought that chemotherapy is the only key to the survival of Matthew. Other methods are suspect and unreliable for lack of evidence. So Matthew would go after chemotherapy or die. The truth is that Matthew is still alive! But the woman from London who was "emotionally a rag and died shortly after his sister told me about.