PeterG

Hi  –  I am stage 3 and have been for 11 years now.   I  had both radiation (3 weeks) and high dose interferon at the same time in Feb. 2002 following surgery.   Mine was taken out in Sept. but was back in Dec. and the took it out again.   They then recommended radiation and boy did they burn me – skin was falling off.   All healed up just fine and it is my opinion that it was the radiation that did it.  The interferon probably helped too.

If I were you I would do the radiation AND try to get  on a trial too.

Hi  –  I am stage 3 and have been for 11 years now.   I  had both radiation (3 weeks) and high dose interferon at the same time in Feb. 2002 following surgery.   Mine was taken out in Sept. but was back in Dec. and the took it out again.   They then recommended radiation and boy did they burn me – skin was falling off.   All healed up just fine and it is my opinion that it was the radiation that did it.  The interferon probably helped too.

If I were you I would do the radiation AND try to get  on a trial too.

Hi  –  I am stage 3 and have been for 11 years now.   I  had both radiation (3 weeks) and high dose interferon at the same time in Feb. 2002 following surgery.   Mine was taken out in Sept. but was back in Dec. and the took it out again.   They then recommended radiation and boy did they burn me – skin was falling off.   All healed up just fine and it is my opinion that it was the radiation that did it.  The interferon probably helped too.

If I were you I would do the radiation AND try to get  on a trial too.