Hello, my husband has a reoccurrence of his small bowel cancer despite 2 surgeries and chemotherapy. He is now being offered more chemo to give him a little more time. My concern is that the side effects of chemo will make significantly worse his remaining time. Does anyone have any thoughts on this subject? Also, what is palliative care and when does this begin? Is it the same as end of life care? Thank you in advance and I’m sending everyone healing and comforting wishes.
I'm sorry to read that your husband has experienced a recurrence of his small bowel cancer and wondered if you meant to post this in the duodenal cancer group, where you've previously been posting. To start a new post there, just click on the link I've created and the copy and paste your question from here.
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