Wednesday, August 20th- Yesterday was my last chemotherapy treatment and today I went back to New Bern for the last Neulasta shot and also to visit the Radiation Oncology doctor. After talking with this doctor and asking a lot of questions, that by the way, I think may have caught this doctor off guard I have decided there will be NO radiation to my body. I have read and researched on my own and I feel very comfortable with my decision. When this doctor said they would be hitting my chest wall with 25 treatments, I am saying to myself ,well my pathology report from my last surgery states no residual cancer in the chest wall and then I told this doctor what the report said. This doctor kept right on talking about the 25 treatments without even answering me. I knew right then this is a money game and I will not do this. After I left the Radiation Oncology Clinic is when I went to get the Neulasta Shot at my Oncologists office. I made his office aware of the fact I will not be taking the radiation so that Dr. Cho can get me on a pill he wants me to take for the next five years. When this journey began I ask Dr. Cho if I took no treatment what was my survival rate for 5 years (remember a doctor will not project out more than five years) his answer was a 75% survival rate with no treatments of any kind, however with taking four rounds of chemotherapy my survival rate jumped to 95%. I took those odds and this Radiation doctor could not project a percentage to me so I will stick with my 95% with having only the chemotherapy. What I am trying to get across here is if any of you ever get sick take charge of your own health by researching all that you can, read all of your reports, which you will most likely have to ask for. When reading these reports and you do not understand something then Google it and read everything you can find about it. Never ever be afraid to ask a doctor the hard questions after all it is your body and it is your right to ask, go with your gut feelings and always remember to seek Gods guidance. I have been praying about this decision I had to make for several weeks now and my gut tells me I have made the right decision. I did not take radiation 8 1/2 years ago and cut my chemo treatments myself from 4 to 3 with Dr. Cho shaking his head at me but look it bought me another 81/2 years and all the doctors I have seen through this last breast cancer tell me it has nothing to do with the first breast cancer and the research I have been able to do on my own tells me the same thing. Some of you may disagree with my decision and that is your right to do so but this is my body and with Gods blessings I will be around for many years to come. I have also seen people who took the radiation whose cancer was made worse, I have seen and was kin to people who took the radiation and their quality of life was ruined for years and they ended up dying anyway. It is a personal choice and I have made my choice. All in all this has been a good day, I am a bit tired now since I have been up since well before 6:00 am. I will feel tired for the next few days which is to be expected from the treatment but God has blessed me through the first three and he will bless me through this last one. I could not have done this well without all of you cheering me on and most of all praying for me Prayer Warriors.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 22:31:57 +0000
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