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EverDownward posted...

What's your suggestion for someone that is in their 30s, but with end stage cancers? I'm 31, and I've got stage IV colon cancer.

Also, I should elaborate that I get treatment done at Duke, in NC. If you're familiar at all with the hospital, it's a pretty acclaimed campus but also extremely trafficked.

And what do you think is the route taken if I ended up with covid-19, especially in regards to a compromised immune system?

Damn that's tough. I would suggest continue living your life as you always would. I would suggest if ur going to ur appointments it might not be a bad idea to wear a mask, I probably would, particularly if ur on chemo. Cancer itself can lower your immune system and chemo can as well obviously. Keep hand sanitizer on you and of course frequent hand washing. But one of the main things in cancer particularly stage 4 is maintaining quality of life. So it's important you do all the things you like to do, with just a bit of caution and good hygiene. Im sure ur doctors have told you that if you have fevers or signs of infection to get it checked out. If ur immunocompromisd and you somehow end up with coronavirus, I would more than likely be hospitalized. Beyond that, it's hard to predict how sick you'll get but if immunocompromised generally most infections are serious and not to be taken lightly.