New Diagnosis - now to decide on Chemo

Hi there @Lea-AnneD , specifically responding to your "on paper it seems..." portion of your post. Back in the distant past, I used to be a very active skydiver..1634 jumps. If an instructor was to say to a first jump student that there were two choices of parachutes...one had a reserve and one didn't, just the main. He might have then explained that the one with the reserve was much heavier and much bulkier. The one with only the main was ever so much easier due to the fact that there was only one. He might then point out that 99% of the time, jumpers never had to resort to their reserves and so in his own personal opinion, they were a bit of overkill. Which would you choose? I know for a fact that on the only reserve ride I ever had, with all those jumps, I was as happy as all f**k for that reserve. I had had to pay a master rigger to check and repack it every three years, but it was worth every dollar. In this whole cancer saga, for myself, I've continued with the same mindset. One or two percent sounds like such a small margin, but really it is quite large. If parents of a primary school with 1000 students were told that a particular medical treatment would prevent 2.3% of their children dying of some terrible disease, that would be 23 precious children, I'll bet all the parents would choose the treatment. I've had terrible side effects from my chemo, but I don't regret having had it. I would hate for it to have gone to stage 4 (and I know it might still, there are no guarantees), and been left with the thought of ...if only I'd had the chemo, I might not now be in this position. Personal thoughts and choice. Sending a big hug.