Re: Prostate Cancer Treatment Poses Bone Risk -Study

From: J (faked_at_privacy.net)
Date: 01/16/05 

Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 11:31:07 -0500

Steph wrote:

> Ask your onc if there is evidence that that approach can 1) cure you or 2)
> extend your survival or 3) make you feel better.
> If he has such evidence and you believe it, do the treatment. If not, don't

uncrossposted
this was posted in another thread on the prostate newsgroup.
This medical oncologist seems to feel he gained 4 months, but i don't see
anything in the references and I don't see what he was hoping to accomplish,
unless it related to the lymph nodes?
J

http://www.lefprostate.org/jun2003_desire_01.html
http://www.lefprostate.org/jun2003_desire_02.html
I have survived and, in many ways, flourished for almost 10 years. Six of these
years have been characterized by excellent quality of life on many levels But
there have been other losses and some deepened suffering connected with
aggressive treatment. In the fall of 2000, for example, when I was again on
leave in Montana, I experienced kidney failure as a consequence of lymph node
swelling that blocked my ureters. I now have two nephrostomy tubes that require
care but that are partially internal so that I urinate "normally." It became
clear, however, that if my quality of life were to be sustained I would have to
undergo further treatment.
After consultation with my oncologist, I endured 6 months of chemotherapy with
Taxol, which gave me about 4 additional months of satisfactory quality of life.
Then in the spring of 2002, I was diagnosed with cancer progression in my right
femur and some involvement in my left hip. I underwent surgery and a pin was
placed from the top of my femur to my knee. My left hip was radiated at the
same time. My recovery was successful, and I went from a wheelchair to a walker
to a cane and then to full mobility.

Relevant Pages

  • no death panels, huh?
    ... VA pushes vets to consider death as an alternative to treatment ... and asks users to then decide whether their own life would be “not worth ... For some reason, the Obama ...
    (alt.sports.baseball.bos-redsox)
  • Re: Low plattet questions
    ... You would never tell a patient ... effects yet when you hear cancer you say aim for quality of life. ... but once treatment starts to cause more harm ...
    (sci.med.diseases.cancer)
  • Re: Bettys oncology visit
    ... >> I asked that Betty's life be spared. ... >> So today, Betty saw the oncologist. ... But with radiation treatment, Betty ...
    (rec.pets.cats.anecdotes)
  • Re: DEGs finally hit rock bottom!!!!
    ... mind you this will be my 7th possesion charge, so iam going down. ... position yourself for treatment rather than prison. ... just keep your head on. ... rejoin the living and get his life back together. ...
    (rec.music.phish)
  • Re: What About This Info-Two?
    ... - especially as his liver was pretty healthy for a hepper until his ... people to delay essential, possibly life saving treatment. ... I feel like I'm stuck in a time warp mourning friends whose ...
    (sci.med.diseases.hepatitis)