Celeste, just looked at your treatment essay. When I was first diagnosed and treated (surgery only), I passed on the subsequent treatment, Interferon Alpha 2B. The doc said there was no proof that it worked or didn't work and that I would be sick, with flu-like symptoms, for a year. I said, no thanks. I suspect my cancer would have returned, regardless.
The aggravating part is that the largest tumor, in my lung, was observed 21 months ago, by at least a radiologist and my oncologist, even though I had a history of metastatic melanoma. My now former oncologist said he thought it was scar tissue. Now, it's 23 mm x 16 mm. Argh.
