After we left the surgeon's office last week, neither of us felt real comfortable, but we didn't know we both were feeling this way until Thursday. We are feeling a bit rushed by the surgery prospect on April 22. The entire appointment on Tuesday felt rushed, and just didn't feel...right.
We will be contacting Dr. Lee to discuss this next week and to discuss postponing surgery, maybe as much as 8-10 weeks...or maybe entirely.
In the mean time, we have been doing research online and in books to see what other alternatives there are at this point.
There are some options!! We have to do more research, but we feel like holding off on surgery for a bit to see what we can find out about these other methods of getting rid of cancer.
If, after discussing with Dr. Lee next week, we still feel comfortable with postponing the surgery, we probably will do it.
Basically, we don't want to do the surgery unless it gives a better survival chance than any of the other alternatives. We are going to treat it as the last resort because of potential collateral damage that can happen, and the lifestyle change it would require.
More to come...
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As long as it isn't too risky, I think you are wise to step back and make sure you're making an informed and thoughtful decision about how to proceed.
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