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  • Cancer and me: The reality

    Jim Williams|Updated Feb 2, 2017

    After the shock and sadness of getting another cancer diagnosis, comes the fun part. Once the biopsy is back, it's time to get staged and have the oncologists come up with your treatment plan. The treatment plan for my type of cancer is considered the "gold standard." Twenty-eight days of radiation, with one week of chemotherapy at the first week, and another week on the final full week of radiation. When they decide upon your treatment, they go over some of the issues you may deal with. Fatigue, sickness, hair loss, bone... Full story