My Grandmother Has Cancer.. Help?

Question

Firstly, you should know that my grandmother is a smoker. as such, she has had skin, breast, and now some new-found cancer in her stomach/chest area. She will not tell me much about her condition out of fear of worrying me but what i do know is that she is taking chemo in the form of a pill. now is chemo a preventative medicine or does it CURE the disease. she has told me both and I'm confused as to which one i should see it as.

Answer 1

Chemotherapy is what cures the cancer .

or tries to at least .

some people go through LOTS of chemo to try and get rid of the cancer growing inside of them .

try to talk to your grandma and tell her that you want to know this stuff, because itd be much easier to hear it from someone whos actually going through it .

hope it helped :)

Answer 2

chemo kills off each of the individual cancer cells. thats why it usually takes so long for treatment to completely do its job.

i went thru this a year and a half ago with my great-grandma so i hope this helps you feel at least a little better about the situation.

Answer 3

Chemotherapy is a treatment: not a preventative.

Hope it all works out for you both. :-)

Answer 4

I am sorry to hear about your Grandma have had all those Cncer. i think you should first try to get her to stop smoking. Sit down with her and tell her how her situation is hurting you and i know it is. because I know a person had Cancer someone close and dear to me I love that person sooo much. I believe in God, he will not put to much on a person than they can bear. I think the Two of you should pray and Read your Bible. God answer prayer and he is tghe one who will know when you will die. because a person have Cancer doesn't mean they is about to die. Continue enjoying spending time with your grandma and go to doctor appointment with her if she have any.