Shortly after my surgeries, I was treated for various serious infections including cellulitis. I already had arthritis and degenerative disc disease, so the chemotherapy intensified all of my existing problems.
There was no clinical need for me to go through with another surgery. I was recovering from various procedures and being treated for a number of chronic infections—I didn't believe any surgery, let alone one which involved my spinal column, was best for me. I still had all of the same issues that were causing me constant pain, but this doctor said he would refuse to treat me unless I had the pump. I was so angry, but mainly I felt helpless.During my last visit with him, I asked:"Does this have anything to do with my diagnosis or my prognosis? Has anything changed that warrants you to reduce my medications?"Before my pain doctor had the chance to cut me off entirely, I reached out to my oncologist and told her what was going on.
I was fighting to be listened to once again, telling my doctors that their cookie-cutter approach wasn't working. In my eyes, I was the only reason that I was still alive and wanted more respect.Less than six months after I was told that my cancer was"non-active," doctors found six cancerous tumors. Now, I'm stage 3D and have found every single one of my tumors myself.
Cancer grows at such a sporadic rate that there's no way to prove that my treatment options would have been different had they caught it earlier.
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