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Cancer Support

wordpix

(18,652 posts) Sat Feb 22, 2014, 01:25 PM Feb 2014

Anyone with metastatic disease who refused chemo? [View all]

I had surgery to remove colon cancer mets to liver and 16 lymph nodes, 4 of which had cancer. It was a big surgery a month ago but now I'm feeling well, which I attribute to an anti-cancer, plant-based diet + exercise.

I have always been a healthy diet/organic foods eater but now am facing doing chemo to kill any lurking cancer cells. Of course, sometimes chemo doesn't work. All my doctors are saying I must do the chemo to give me my best shot at survival.

My difficulty is that maybe I don't have lurking cells anymore so perhaps don't need the chemo with all its toxic side effects. OTOH, maybe I do have cancer cells lurking so I should go ahead and do the chemo as insurance (which might not work).

My oncologist is recommending FOLFOX + Avastin.

Have you or anyone you know been in this situation and refused chemo?

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Anyone with metastatic disease who refused chemo? [View all] wordpix Feb 2014 OP

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