(06-03-2018, 07:55 PM)Jags02 Wrote: Great thread.

My last Cat Scan showed new nodules in my lungs that the doctor says are concerning, and now I have a new Cat Scan set for three months from now to see if they're growing. A prior nodule actually shrunk so that's promising.

At any rate, the same doctor keeps trying to get me on Optivo, but I see far too many red flags with the drug. He says that if it is cancer and I don't do Optivo, I'd probably die in a year. I feel like that's a challenge, and I feel like seeking alternate natural remedies instead.

Well, go vegen and see how it goes. Honestly, doing the alternative stuff is much better at prevention than curing of cancer (mainly due to diet and lifestyle, minimal/nothing to do with the placebo supplements). I am not the biggest chemo fan, but I guarantee every drug out there had a lot more research done on it than any of the alternative supplements out there.

Optivo is fairly new from what I see online. I have to wonder if cost is a consideration. The 5 year survival on it looks to improve 3x from baseline of nothing, I am having difficulty finding a direct comparison of what seems to be the older competitor docetaxel (that aren't done by the manufacturer of Optivo). But I did find this:https://am.asco.org/docetaxel-traditional-treatments-improves-outcomes-advanced-localized-prostate-cancer for prostate cancer. Either way, you have to look up things yourself and decide. I cannot advise trusting medical advice on the internet (even mine

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