Why not just remove my colon?

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AlohaYankee

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Posted 6/14/2014 4:06 AM (GMT 0)

garylouisville said...
Sometimes I think when doctors don't know and are too lazy to look it up they just tell their patients to avoid certain drugs.

There is not enough data to draw a conclusion either way. My doctor told me he thought that it would be fine, but ultimately the decision was up to me. He acknowledged that there is no data to support its safety or lack-there-of. It can be used while nursing, "with caution." I am merely providing this information in case someone who wants to breastfeed searches this forum later, not b/c I think you will be nursing, Gary. ;)

aguywithuc

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Posted 6/14/2014 12:39 PM (GMT 0)

AlohaYankee said...

Its a FATAL lymphoma you cannot just stop the drug and stop the cancer otherwise I would have said yes and done the routine bloodwork etc.

When you are one of the 6 in 10,000 then you really don't care how many other people did not get it. It will be just as real as had it been one 1 in 3 or 1 in a millon.

I couldn't agree with this more. I watched a good friend die from lymphoma and I dont want my children to be left without a mother. This is what I feel is right for me, but of course, I respect every individual's right to make choices about their health.

Thanks for the feedback, reinforces my decision to put up with this disease but be here for my daughter.

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