Update II

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My Mom went through Chemo and her cocktail didn't bother her one bit. She left the hospital and went shopping and to the movies right after.

As for the radiation? She didn't have it so I can't speak for that.

What I can tell you though is that every patient who is battling this disease and needs these two treatments has my Father and many others to thank.

In 1972 my Father was diagnosed with Lymphosarcoma and was a guinea pig for these new treatments called Radiation and Chemotherapy. What this man went through, for free (had to literally sign his life away) was pure torture. The Docs didn't know what worked and what didn't and the patients suffered through it.

They didn't know, at the time, if any of the procedures would work and for my Dad they did. It bought him an extra 6 years. I don't remember anyone being "in remission" forever, so this was a blessing for us.

Then we fast forward to Mom who had none of the side effect that Dad did and she lived a normal life. She too, had a port, and it didn't bother her a bit, and trust me, if it did we all would have known about it! hehe!

I guess what I'm trying to express to you is that the advances they have made are amazing and you shouldn't fear it. If my Mom got through it so can you.

Don't walk into that treatment with a limp, charge into it like a bull! Go get 'em tiger!