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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What would have happened had she just said no to treatment? How long would she have lasted? The treatment sounded brutal. [/quote]

I always wonder about this. By her own account she was feeling healthy and strong until the diagnosis, then declined precipitously after starting treatment. I often wonder if not knowing is better for longevity, at least for a period of time.[/quote]

There’s a reason most leukemia is called “acute.” Unlike solid tumors, it doesn’t hang around quietly for awhile before it’s detected. Once that one cell flips and starts multiplying, you can go from fine to dead in days to weeks. She absolutely would not have lived this long without any treatment. [/quote]

DP But thank you for this explanation. A friend of mine died over this past w'end of AML which was detected by chance when she hoped to donate a kidney and went for a full panel of blood tests. She lasted 5 years but not without multiple, grueling treatments. [/quote]

I’m so sorry for your loss.

I lost my mom Nov 2024 to acute b-cell leukemia. Her oncologist explained it quite simply - it’s a blood cancer and the cancerous blood cells multiply more quickly than new blood cells can be made, eventually crowding out and stifling the healthy blood cells. You can’t excise it and all the current treatment options for adults are a stop gap for a few years at most. It’s a devastating diagnosis. [/quote]

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