CancerCompass message board discussion started by Caseydtx on 9/6/2007 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,15939,0.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Just found out today that my 89 year old mom has exhausted her last chemo option ( Vectabix). (Did Xeloda and Avastin for five months then that stopped working.) So, she is a tough old thing and not ready to give up. Also feels just fine. My questions are two fold. One: Does anyone have any experience with the alternative therapies? Essiac tea etc? Two: Any idea of a time frame here before she begins to slide downhill if these alternatives don't work? She wants to get her ducks in a row but there is still a good bit of denial going on. Age in her case is just a number to her. She is thoroughly in charge of her life, nothing wrong "upstairs" at all. Thanks for any input! K Caseydtx Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT