53 y/o and Newly Diagnosed at Stage 4

Hi all - My name is Jill and I’m from the U.S looking for as much support/info/personal experience as I can. This is my first post. I was just told I have stage 4 uterine CA (serous) with mets to the omentum and peritoneum. The biopsy of a retro abdominal mass came back came back as “poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of muellerian origin”. Doc says surgery is not an option because the mets in my belly are so diffuse she wouldn’t be able to get all of it. Instead, my GYN-Onc recommendation is 6 cycles of carbo-taxol with immunotherapy. Pathology info was just sent off to to CARIS. Doc said she’s hopeful that chemo etc could buy me a few years. 2nd opinion at Emory in Atlanta is pending but I’m unfortunately not expecting a different prognosis.

When it comes to healthcare, my husband and I prefer holistic/naturopathic interventions rather than mainstream medical approach’s whenever feasible but right now I’m terrified about the idea of declining her recommendations. Naturopathic medicine is not particularly popular in the U.S. which makes finding practitioners a bit challenging but I think I’ve found someone to try. But a large part of me feels like at stage 4 I don’t have time to “try” alternative therapies and maybe I just need to dive into the chemo-immunotherapy regimen…Does anyone have experience with non-chemo approaches to stage 4? This is all new to me and incredibly overwhelming (diagnosis was literally just confirmed yesterday). I would love to hear about any and all experiences from anyone with a similar diagnosis. I literally know nothing about cancer to the point where I don’t even know what questions to ask.I will very much appreciate anyone’s opinion and experience as I don’t know anyone going through this and I could really use the support - even if it’s just virtual hugs from afar…

-Jill

Georgia, USA