Originally Posted by Spunky

I pray everyone will win their battle. Never give up! God bless

Originally Posted by AmeliaG

Someone close to me has had 3 bouts with breast cancer.

First two were great surgeons and surgery only and lasted over a decade.

Third time, she went with a less great surgeon, despite misgivings. Three surgeries and radiation this time, more scarring, anaesthesia issues, and it was not spread more or anything.

So only tip is try to get the best surgeon possible because it really makes a difference.

Best wishes and good luck.

Originally Posted by adultinnovation

dunno but i found out a girl i used to go to high school with has stage 4 breast cancer.. pretty sure thats a death sentence..


cancer is literally just cells that replicate out of control ignoring the normal life cycle of a cell. they dont die when theyre supposed to... and they mutate so one treatment that might be working will stop working when the cells mutate

and they also hide from the immune system


Yes, cancer cells employ various strategies to evade the immune system, essentially "hiding" from detection and attack. These strategies can involve tricking the immune system, shutting down immune responses, or even physically preventing immune cells from reaching the cancer cells.

Originally Posted by pornmasta

good luck if you have cancer, if my wishes are helping, of course...

Originally Posted by INever

I've talked with a Chinese fellow (he was giving a talk) who does treatments in Russia. Sliding scale. Free and up depending on the income you tell him. Can pm you his wechat.

Maybe he can share some advice.

My 2 cents is laetrile amygadlin, street name Vitamin B-17, discovered by a Japanese researcher, Sugiura, circa 1960. Hard to find even in pharma-freer countries. Folks used to go to Mx from the US for this.

Originally Posted by pornlaw

Conventional treatment. Chemo and immunotherapy combined. I also had radiation the first time around. I just successfully completed my third round of treatment in September 2024.

I have never changed my lifestyle at all. I still smoke and did through all of this. I havent changed my diet. I live my life as normally as I did before I was diagnosed. I was never someone who drank or used drugs so that wasnt an issue.

I look at cancer differently. For me, my cancer diagnosis was gift. It clarified my life. I now knew I was operating with limited time so I did everything that I was putting off. I wrote a book and published it. I left a long term relationship and moved to the Netherlands. I started a restaurant and sold it. I am about to move to Italy and restore a 17th century palazzo there.

When most people get a cancer diagnosis, they panic and rightfully so. They research everything that can about it. Then they get scared, sometimes without good reason. They assume the worst.

They become their disease. They think about it. They blog about it. They make it their life. They start go fund mes - they try to raise money for research.

Personally I think thats a mistake. Find the best doctor you can and put your faith into them, let them do their work. Choose a teaching hospital in a large city over your local hospital even if it means moving.

And try not to live your cancer. Live your life, and let the doctors worry about your cancer.

The last thing you need is to weaken your immune system by being stressed. Stress will further suppress whatever immune system you have left after chemo.

Live your life as normally as possible. Enjoy it. Do what makes you happy. Whether you have 6 months or 6 years or 20 years, we are all going to die. Its just a matter of when, with cancer you have a better idea of when than most people.

Make the most of that time. Many people never do.

I hope that helps.