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

[YvonneCa]

2. I'm really sorry to hear of your diagnosis...

...Don. Dealing with cancer of any kind is challenging.

I don't know the answer to your question, but I think it is yes. Over the last 16 years, I have had both thyroid and breast cancer...so I have tried to educate myself about cancer. One of the things I have learned is that anything that depresses a person's immune system, for susceptible people, can open the door to cancer. In my case, it was stress and not paying enough attention to eating the right things.

Now that I am past treatment (twice) I am trying to do what I didn't before. I eat more healthily and I retired to lessen my stress. So far, so good.

In your case, I would talk to your doctor...maybe get a referral to a nutritionist...and work to build up your immune system doing what you know works for you. I know there are no guarantees, but I do think we get to choose the way we spend our time. My choice is to positively live my life.

I read a book I will recommend to you, by an oncologist named David Agus, called 'The End of Illness.' He is optimistic that we are on the brink of a cure.