Palliative chemo

Hello, can anyone offer any advice?

I was diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer on 2021, several operations and chemo showed NED for 2.5 years. Following my 6 monthly scans in feb this year, it has shown 3 cancerous lymph nodes in different areas. Surgeons say not operable and referral for palliative chemo. My head is all over the place and am I right in thinking this is now end of life or will this be treatable not curable? And how long would they treat?  I’m so well so it is hard to understand that I may not have long 

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  • Hi Pb,

    So sorry to read your news, you must be gutted after being NSD for so long - anyone would be. 

    A lot of people get confused and worried about what palliative care means. 

    End of life treatment is a type of palliative care but not all palliative care is end of life care. 

    Palliative care is treatment aimed at controlling the symptoms, curative care, means treatment aimed at curing a condition. 

    Only your care team can answer questions about your prognosis and how long treatment will be maintained but even they can only quote statistical averages and none of us are truly average.

    The fact you’re feeling so well has got to be a positive factor. 

    Good luck
    Dave

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  • Hi Pb,

    So sorry to read your news, you must be gutted after being NSD for so long - anyone would be. 

    A lot of people get confused and worried about what palliative care means. 

    End of life treatment is a type of palliative care but not all palliative care is end of life care. 

    Palliative care is treatment aimed at controlling the symptoms, curative care, means treatment aimed at curing a condition. 

    Only your care team can answer questions about your prognosis and how long treatment will be maintained but even they can only quote statistical averages and none of us are truly average.

    The fact you’re feeling so well has got to be a positive factor. 

    Good luck
    Dave

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