Hi all , just wondering if anyone has been told by their consultants/oncologis that there’s nothing much they can do , further chemotherapy its not going to make any difference to the outcome, you”re bascially at the end of live care and if whenever you”re going to end up in intensive care or not breathing ,emgergence team are not going to resucitate you ! i find this so cruel and horrible to take in .is this how NHS works ?
I feel my husband has been through so much and he is still fighting on . despite trying target therapy at the beginning and four different kind of chemotherapy and immunotherapy treatment and recently had 10 intensive round of WBR all this in the past two and half years since diagnosed with NSCLC stage 4 lung cancer and in the last six month with progression of brain met.
He was told he only had months to live back in January 2020 and again told less than 6 months in Nov 2021 and again in March 2022 . We’ve been told his prognosis once too many times , i find it hard to belief when its the right time to believed them .can consultants really predict a patients prognosis ?
I”ve had mixed feelings in the past week ,not sure what to think going forward , doctors are suggesting to us and to hubby whether he wants to carry on with more chemotherapy or just treat whatever symptoms the body produces .
anyone in the same situation please can give me some advise what choice have we got ? Thank you , God blesses 🙏
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Hello Ace, 😊
I am terribly sorry to hear about your husband's condition. It sounds like he has been through so much. To be honest it is very hard to give advise about choices, especially such serious medical issues that your husband unfortunately has, as we are experts all in our own way but only about ourselves and our own condition. and are not medically qualified.
I do have one question for you. What does your husband want?
Cas xx 🙋
Hi Caspiana , thank you for reading my post and your quick reply to me .we all want my hubby to live as long as possible, his still young . my hubby will want the same too. He has tolerated all the worst side affect and stayed positive throughout , he”s a fighter ! stopping any treatment is like waiting to die .
He has been given the option to continue chemotherapy. I am no doctor, but reading between the lines they are asking him if he would prefer to stop, does this mean he is not getting the desired results from the chemotherapy? From what I know of chemotherapy, it is pretty brutal on the body, and for some it actually hastens the dying process if it is not actually tackling the cancer.
Good morning To you .we’ve been told all the past treatments are on and off . It’s like trying out which one work. My husband was diagnosed just before the pandemic, so everything was very slow . I’m not complaining , he’s still here with us two n half years on .
But I’m so scared now and worried where the next step will take us .