I went through chemo every three weeks until December and my operation on the seventeenth. The doctors were surprised that the two tumors had shrunk substantially. The operation, expected to last between four to six hours, lasted forty minutes. Chemo treatments leave the body feeling very tired, largely because it wipes out the immune system. More people die of malnutrition after chemo than of the cancer itself.
Food tastes awful and one has no desire to eat.
Before deciding upon Chemo or radiation, it s important to know that both treatments are carcinogenic and can actually cause cancer. It s important to be in control, which is difficult when you feel like the cancer is in control. I cut out all red meat, ate very little chicken and occasionally fish. I ate lots of fresh vegetables and fruits. The difficult part was, and is, not being able to drive to purchase what I need when I need it.