13. Life Expectancy

Radiotherapy preparation required latest CT Scan and MRI to plan the whole treatment. After scans were done, Mon to Fri for 6 weeks we had to go to this hospital at 4PM to get the RT done.

When I was in Pune, Doctor explained to Mom about the disease and the life expectancy. Mom never told me this.

One of the days when we were looking for hospital for RT, Doc called me and my sister to his cabin. He then explained how the first RT in 2014 was done and how it has affected his brain, how the next RT can be done and what are the options.

He then went on to explain the same things which he told my Mom. The max life expectancy without treatment is 3 months. If proper treatment is given when disease is diagnosed, it’s about 1 year in more than 95% cases and less than 5% over an year.

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