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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 354025" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Radiation is pretty harsh on the body, seriously. Unless doctor was certain of a cure, I'd have major issues doing either chemo or radiation, but that's just me. </p><p></p><p>He's probably going to need another opinion from another doctor as to what is typical for side effects of the treatment he got and what may be damage done by the treatment. But the treatment is intended to kill all cells. All. Not just cancer cells. (kills all cells at a certain stage) Chemo and radiation both work this way. They usually do it in rounds of treatment to spare as many good cells/tissue as possible and let them regenerate before the next round begins.</p><p></p><p>I don't know the skill of the doctor doing treatment. But I do know that there are times when the "cure" can be worse than the disease itself. Did they at least get all the cancer?</p><p></p><p>If nothing else, I'd be going to some new docs for 2nd opinions. Maybe there is more than can be done to at least make his quality of life better anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 354025, member: 84"] Radiation is pretty harsh on the body, seriously. Unless doctor was certain of a cure, I'd have major issues doing either chemo or radiation, but that's just me. He's probably going to need another opinion from another doctor as to what is typical for side effects of the treatment he got and what may be damage done by the treatment. But the treatment is intended to kill all cells. All. Not just cancer cells. (kills all cells at a certain stage) Chemo and radiation both work this way. They usually do it in rounds of treatment to spare as many good cells/tissue as possible and let them regenerate before the next round begins. I don't know the skill of the doctor doing treatment. But I do know that there are times when the "cure" can be worse than the disease itself. Did they at least get all the cancer? If nothing else, I'd be going to some new docs for 2nd opinions. Maybe there is more than can be done to at least make his quality of life better anyway. [/QUOTE]
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