This is what my oncologist told me as far as longevity in July 2014.
More to come in a later post about my Come to Jesus meeting with my oncologist yesterday. But he did provide some eye opening stats on Median Life Expectancy for men with Stage IV, metastasized (to a major organ i.e. lungs), aggressive, Gleason 8 prostate cancer. They are as follows:
No Treatment – 12-18 months
Hormone
Therapy only – 32 monthsHT and chemo – 49 months
This is why I’ve agreed to chemotherapy starting July 28, 2014.
I'd say I beat the odds rather well.
Damn right you have!
ReplyDeleteThanks bro :)
DeleteBTW, room opens mid Feb. IJS
DeleteYou sure did. What they didn’t include as part of any treatment plan option was you Scott.
ReplyDeleteOh they did at the beginning, I just couldn't do more than eight months of the hormone deprivation and one, six round-trip on the chemotherapy train
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