To Chemo or not to Chemo

[putnam6]

I don't think its a one size fits all answer.  I survived 6 rounds of chemo, 2 more than my dr initially wanted me to tolerate.  I didn't even lose my hair.  Much depends on the stage of cancer.  And if the cancer can be removed rather than shrunk. Cancer is many types.  I say yes because they are finding more and more ways to treat with more gentle chemo.

You are so right, it does depend on the situation my Mom had breast cancer, back in the 80s scared the hell out of us and she is still with us basically because they found it soon enough and she had it removed. Why did it scare us so much, her younger brother's wife called us while we were on vacation about 5-6 years earlier, she took him to the hospital and he was having trouble breathing. We rushed home and found out he had a tumor about the size of a quarter in his back, they cut it out but had to slice his back open to get it and make sure his back would heal, they did chemo and radiation, and 6 weeks later he was dead it had already got in his lymphatic system and spread. He was just 29 years old, it was brutal. You just never know...