Does anyone ever become completely cured of stage-4 cancer?

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16. If I read it right, I think you're replying to me

How am I now? Back on chemo. Oral chemo. Which is not necessarily a nicer thing.

I've been through radiation to shrink the original tumor, surgery (resulting in an ostomy), chemo, more surgery (hernia surgery to fix the orginal probs - still not fixed, need more but probably won't get it). Blood poisoning, chemo-induced diabetes, low-grade myeloplastic displaysia, bone marrow biopsies, lung biopsies, more and more chemo for 1 1/2 years, had a year break, now back on it again (different kind). There's probably more shit than I'm remembering.

I still have a functional life; I have a job, a home, family, can drive, and so forth. But little by little the quality of life gets whittled away. At some point I may stop chemo and just let the clock run out; chemo does no good (IMO) if it doesn't lead to a better life. But it's too early to make that decision now.

- Tab