How long do you think she has???

Question

my aunt was told she has lung cancer on 8/1508 they found 1 tumor and 5 lymph nodes all with cancer in them on one lung, they told her that if they operate then it would spread so fast that she would be dead in less then a week, however she cannot afford the radiation she all they are gonna give her is chemo...without the radiation how long do you think she has...please be truthful with me i need to know the facts nothing else....we all are keeping our heads up high and telling her to stay strong so i dont need any advice about that i just want to know about how long she really has...

Answer 1

Unfortunately there's really no way to know; different people respond very differently to having cancer and to chemotherapy.  There are also different forms of cancer, and some are affected more by the chemotherapy than others (some resist chemotherapy, some can be completely cured by it).  Doctors are usually reluctant to tell patients "you have X months to live" because often they're wrong, and because some patients just give up if they think they're near death when in fact they could still be living pretty fulfilling lives.

I'm really sorry about your aunt's diagnosis, I know that can be really stressful and scary.  There's just honestly no way to know for certain how long she has, even if we had access to all of her medical info.

Answer 2

I'm sorry for your Aunt. It depends on how well she does on the Chemo treatment. If it goes in remission she could live for quite some time. If her body will not react to the treatment then it would be a matter of how long it takes the cancer to reach her organs. But have hope cause they are working wonders today.

Answer 3

Send her to Canada.