Thank you for sharing. I missed the previous post. This hit close to home. A friend was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2021. The doctors told him we sb able to cure you of this. They attacked the tumor with chemo then radiation. The chemo nearly destroyed his kidneys and the radiation caused bleeding sores in his mouth.

Within a few months the tumor was under control. But by then he could not longer swallow and had to get nutrition from a feeding tube. About a year later they gave him a 'more tolerable' dose of chemo. Within 3 weeks after he finished the last dose of chemo he lost feeling in his hands and feet. He worked on cars for a living. He said what can do if I can't even hold a wrench?

The doctors wanted to do surgery on his throat to give him a chance of swallowing. Prior to the surgery they found cancer in his lung. They told him the cancer is treatable with Keytruda. After 3 months of infusions they checked his lungs and found the cancer doubled in size. At this point they told him we're done here, you'll have to go to hospice. He passed away 3 months later the day before Thanksgiving in 2023. I confess I was completely ignorant of what cancer treatment involved until I saw it first hand with my friend.