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Lifetime chemotherapy question?

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DCal430

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Someone I know has been diagnosed with CUPS (Cancer of Unknown Primary Origin), that has metastasized to their lung, vertebral column, and leg. They had a leg, two vertebrae, and part of a lung removed. Now they said the oncologist has told them they will likely need to be on chemo for the rest of their life.

If someone needs chemo for the rest of the life, does that mean they won't be able to live long? Can you live a long life on chemo?

This person is in their late 30s, and I hope they live long enough to see all of their children graduate high school and college.
 
disappoint said:
This is not a bad question...

To ask the oncologist.
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Well I am sure this person has asked their oncologist. They just don't talk about it with others. They did say they plan to live in a long time. But what you plan and what is possible are two different things.
 
They had cancer long enough to spread to a lung and bone, and this person is alive to talk about it? I'd just take their word for their plans to keep living if I were you, as they are pretty fucking lucky.

And yes, you can live a relatively long while on chemo. Look up CML if you want an example of a slow-moving cancer with extended treatment.
 
I think this is a question you don't really want to know the answer to. Anyone you know could die with no warning at all.

Life is short. 🙁
 
This is all highly dependent on the type of cancer, the particular type of treatment they have available, how well their cancer responds to the treatment, how well they tolerate it, etc. This isn't something that anyone here can answer.
 
The sad thing too is even if they get rid of the cancer it will never give back their original mobility. They can barely walk now even with their prosthetic leg.

Well seeing what sj posted, it seems you can live for a while. So that is good.
 
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