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sinkingfeeling

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1. No, you should do the chemo if you want to live. Your cancer had already
Mon Feb 24, 2014, 09:49 AM
Feb 2014

metastasized and that means, to me, that cancer cells were free-floating through your body then. It would only take one to cause new tumors.

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No, you should do the chemo if you want to live. Your cancer had already sinkingfeeling Feb 2014 #1
I would recommend the chemo TexasBushwhacker Feb 2014 #2
thank you, sinking and Texas, I now agree with you wordpix Mar 2014 #10
I refused the option of chemo when I was dx. Ruby the Liberal Mar 2014 #3
the studies are not conclusive about adjuvant chemo (post surgery) for my cancer wordpix Mar 2014 #4
6 months of ill to buy a year? Ruby the Liberal Mar 2014 #5
where did you get the CBD? Do you live in Colorado? wordpix Mar 2014 #8
forgot to say, in my state 2 yrs. ago MM was legalized but wordpix Mar 2014 #9
My apologies Ruby the Liberal Mar 2014 #15
Just found out recent PET scan results today. geckosfeet Mar 2014 #6
very sorry about your cancer progression- as for diet, mine is crucial to me wordpix Mar 2014 #7
Great diet info. Sounds like you are doing fabulous. Do you do much with mushrooms? geckosfeet Mar 2014 #11
mushrooms are very good so I've upped using them--organic only wordpix Mar 2014 #12
Thanx wordpix. Chucked the cheese and bread this morning. geckosfeet Mar 2014 #13
Congrats! I gave away a lot of food like that, too wordpix Mar 2014 #14
I would not have made it through Ruby the Liberal Mar 2014 #16
Well. Things are complicated by the fact that I just came down with a nasty cold. geckosfeet Mar 2014 #17
basic juicing and smoothies. Nurse freaked when she saw my green smoothie today, lol wordpix Mar 2014 #18
I was doing great. Then I got a port and started chemo wordpix Mar 2014 #19
Oh wordpix. Hang on. I have been there. Still have my port. I am afraid that once it goes in geckosfeet Mar 2014 #20
Oh hun, I am so sorry to hear this Ruby the Liberal Mar 2014 #21
for tingling fingers try B6 Betty88 Apr 2014 #22
update Chemo Round 5 & supplements wordpix Jun 2014 #23
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