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Hello everyone: .I just received the results of my cat scan back and even though it had spread previously it’s staying stable. I go back in January to see the Doctor. At that time he will discuss if I can go back on chemo. I am still not sure about radiation because he said there’s a 10% to 20% chance it will permanently damage my kidney and bowels. If anyone has had radiation I would be glad to hear from them to see how everyting went. Ginny
Response:
Hello everyone: .I just received the results of my cat scan back and even though it had spread previously it’s staying stable. I go back in January to see the Doctor. At that time he will discuss if I can go back on chemo. I am still not sure about radiation because he said there’s a 10% to 20% chance it will permanently damage my kidney and bowels. If anyone has had radiation I would be glad to hear from them to see how everyting went. Ginny
I don’t understand why they are going to wait until January do decide what they are going to do. Do they think the cancer is going to take off for the holidays? Tony
Response:
Hello everyone: .I just received the results of my cat scan back and even though it had spread previously it’s staying stable. I go back in January to see the Doctor. At that time he will discuss if I can go back on chemo. I am still not sure about radiation because he said there’s a 10% to 20% chance it will permanently damage my kidney and bowels. If anyone has had radiation I would be glad to hear from them to see how everyting went. Ginny
<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Terry Moore says: I’ve had radiation but I don’t think I can enlighten you. My tumor was on my spinal column about even with the top of my breastbone. They shot the radiation in through the back - – - 25 doses – - 5 days a week for 5 weeks. It worked. The cancer has reappeared in other places and I’ve been in surgery twice since the radiation treatment. I’ll be confined to the hospital sometime within the next week or two for treatment with radioactive iodine. As far as I know, the radiation didn’t damage anything while it was curing the bone cancer (on the spinal column). Terry Moore <<<<<<<<<<<<<< Visit Terry Moore’s "Another True Story" web page at: http://www.io.com/~jvaughn/tmoore.htm Copyright (c) 1999 by Terry Moore <<<<<<<<<<<<<<