Sorry to hear this stuff guys, my deepest heartfelt condolences goes out to all those who have been effected & lost loved ones to cancer or any other life ending type disease/ailments... I lost my mother {most caring & giving person @ 69} about 10 years ago to complication from MS that was misdiagnosed for years & finally properly diagnosed late in her life, unfortunately it was too late... I lost my Granddad in 2000 to a from intestinal/stomach cancer he was a couple days before his 90th B-Day, for a long time he had issues & was too proud to tell anyone, that could have been dealt with much earlier & could have help extend his life... my Grammy died of cancer that spread all over her body, she withered away for years, truly sad, when I was about 30 y/o she was 69 IIRC {Salt of the earth, great giving person}, she had major complications with asthma, lung polyps & other chronic respiratory issues, that were wrongly diagnosed originally as merely emphysema IIRC... my youngest sister just died at 39 y/o from some form of ovarian cancer... My step father has had operations for Prostate cancer a couple times now... My ol'Pops is now going thru heart issues, good thing is it has made him finally start to see his mortality, he's not indestructible & finally quit drinking, finally starting to take better care of himself {with me hammering it home}, he's doing much better now, his life has completely changed for the better... Always get more than one Dr.'s opinions, there are people/specialist that deal with different types of ailments that can help, I look at it like they are just people/human mechanics, so to speak, they aren't always right, some aren't experts either, some aren't very good either... I've seen it several time in my life now, that Dr.'s didn't catch or misdiagnose stuff, if your not happy go to another Dr... We all have a shelf life, we aren't immortal, after 40 men need to get regular check up, get colon exams too, get prostate exams etc., women need to get breast exams & go to the gynecologist too... it may help to save someone's life & keep them around for much longer... Don't be stubborn or pig headed... I have several Dr.'s & Dentists in my family too, a Brother, Sister & 2 Aunt's & an Uncle, sad thing is it doesn't make a difference, if they aren't the ones treating the ailments... I read something about brushing your teeth after every meal {I always do & have}, there was a study that directly contributed many forms of cancer, in subject in the study, to poor oral hygiene/poor teeth, up like 20% more likely to get some form of cancer or other fatal health issues, for every time per day you don't brush after a meal {not sure how factual but sounds logical, what ever you put in your mouth effects your life span}... American Cancer Centers is great too {google it}, I have a good friend & a family member that are now well over 10 years past a death diagnosis & treatment, that was caught & cured by them, that were given on months to live by their regular Dr.'s/Hospital...
