Something tells me that if we were face to face we would find common ground much more quickly.

andilovetherain, I send you all the good will in the world for you and your husband’s future.

We only know what he wrote. My wife’s oncologist in no uncertain terms recommended chemotherapy and radiation. And, Mrs Mosca goes to church almost daily. But she still does the chemotherapy (just did her second of six) for uterine clear cell carcinosarcoma. Being devout does not mean being irrational. I take no issue…

She did after the recurrence, but not after the initial hysterectomy in 2014:

After being diagnosed with cervical cancer, Joey had a radical hysterectomy, but did not have chemo or radiation; the Feeks decided to “trust God.”

She did not have chemotherapy and radiation in 2014, after the hysterectomy.

She did not have chemo and radiation after the initial diagnosis, only the hysterectomy. The Feeks decided to “trust God.”

After the original diagnosis and hysterectomy, she decided to not have chemo or radiation, but rather to “trust God”.

She did not have chemo or radiation after the initial diagnosis and hysterectomy.

I feel for you. “Keep a positive attitude” is a platitude when it isn't you going through it, but when it is you, keeping a positive attitude is the only thing that makes sense. Beat that sucker, beat it into the ground and stomp on its guts.

From what I've read, the first time around she had the surgery but decided to forego the chemotherapy and radiation.

This hits close to home. Mrs Mosca just had her second chemo treatment for uterine clear cell carcinosarcoma. She was diagnosed stage 2, had the hysterectomy right after Christmas, and is now going through the rest of the regimen.

Thanks. I don’t watch basketball, I played it about 45 years ago when that would have been traveling.

Isn’t he traveling when he picks up the ball and leaves his feet, then lands before dishing the pass?

You wrote in haste. It happens to all of us. In a couple hours it will be forgotten.

No worries. You wrote, “The fact that this drug is even prescribed to people is a crime.” All I said in response was that the prescription of painkillers is misunderstood. There’s no harm in misunderstanding, and there is an easy solution through education. And, once you are educated, it becomes clear why the problem…

The prescription of painkillers is widely misunderstood in the US, especially painkillers used in managing chronic pain. There are people for whom OxyContin is a godsend, in that it allows them to live a close to normal life.

Vicodin is hydrocodone. Percocets are oxycodone. Percs are about one and a half times stronger than Vikes, by general consensus. When hydrocodone and oxycodone are prescribed for injuries they are usually combined with acetominophen (Tylenol).

This is amazingly succint. I am going to use this, and credit you.

Thank you. Gift on its way.