Wednesday they told me I was not curable but would give me extending life expectancy treatment , as you can imagine not much else sunk in after that statement , I have sat an looked through all the paper work I was given and I have noticed that where it says number of cycles it has been left blank , does this mean I will get the standard 6 or that I may need more or they just don’t know ??
Hi
It could mean they haven't yet discussed which treatment would be better for you so cannot give you a time frame of sessions.
Quite a few chemo patients are being given some form of oral chemo tablets due to this present Covid nightmare and keeping hospital visits to a minimum so this may be taken into consideration as well ?
I would give it until after the Easter weekend (in case you receive a letter in the post) then give them a ring Tuesday to see if they can clarify what they have planned for you.
Hope this is of some help, G ' J
Thankyou for your reply , I know they can’t cure me I just wanted to know some answers that were not on the information they gave xxx
Thankyou , I just wish I knew how long I’m likely to have in their professional opinion xx
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