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To fight or not to fight: Treatment w/ lower quality or none w/ shorter life
Posted on 9/4/14 at 4:47 pm
Posted on 9/4/14 at 4:47 pm
I have friend with stage 4 cancer and I was just wondering how you would face her dilemma. Should she fight it and live a few months longer and be very ill from the treatments or not fight it and live on a month or two and only be very weak in the end?
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Posted on 9/4/14 at 4:48 pm to rebeloke
i'd like to know how many people that I have known that have been told that they have only a few months to live years ago and are still alive today.
fight on.
fight on.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 4:48 pm to rebeloke
I've always said if I had bad cancer, I would NOT get treatment .....
Posted on 9/4/14 at 4:49 pm to rebeloke
I fight
Never know if what you go through might help save someone later
Never know if what you go through might help save someone later
This post was edited on 9/4/14 at 4:50 pm
Posted on 9/4/14 at 4:50 pm to rebeloke
Every situation is different. Was she a reasonably healthy person before the diagnosis?
I implored my mom to try the chemo, and I think it actually killed her faster...she wasn't a very healthy person, though.
I implored my mom to try the chemo, and I think it actually killed her faster...she wasn't a very healthy person, though.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 4:51 pm to rebeloke
Palliative care can be combined with the harsher treatments. It is appropriate at any age and at any stage in a serious illness and can be provided along with curative treatment (chemo, radiation, etc). Just cost more $$$
So she is fighting comfortably...
So she is fighting comfortably...
Posted on 9/4/14 at 4:51 pm to rebeloke
tell her to eat marijuana. i'm seeing all over the internet that it kills cancer.
i'd be eating that shite like mustard greens.
i'd be eating that shite like mustard greens.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 4:52 pm to rebeloke
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Posted by oldcharlie8 on 9/4 at 4:48 pm to rebeloke i'd like to know how many people that I have known that have been told that they have only a few months to live years ago and are still alive today. fight on. Reply • Options • Back to Top
Posted on 9/4/14 at 4:53 pm to rebeloke
I would think it would depend on the person and the situation.
If you mentally have given up, that plays a lot into it as well.
Also have to take into consideration the person's financial situation. Maybe they don't want to buy a few months more time if it will place their family heavily in debt after they pass.
Again...I think it all depends on the person. Sure you can say "Oh I would def fight it" but you never know exactly what you would do until you were actually faced with that situation. You might surprise yourself even.
If you mentally have given up, that plays a lot into it as well.
Also have to take into consideration the person's financial situation. Maybe they don't want to buy a few months more time if it will place their family heavily in debt after they pass.
Again...I think it all depends on the person. Sure you can say "Oh I would def fight it" but you never know exactly what you would do until you were actually faced with that situation. You might surprise yourself even.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 4:53 pm to rebeloke
I just lost someone very close to me... they found out they had cancer by chance after a fall bruised some ribs. They were dead within a year and a half after diagnosis and treatment.
If he would have never found out and did treatment, he'd still be alive today no doubt.
Yes he would still get sick in the end, but he had 5 good years left. The treatment aged him over night it seemed.
If he would have never found out and did treatment, he'd still be alive today no doubt.
Yes he would still get sick in the end, but he had 5 good years left. The treatment aged him over night it seemed.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 4:54 pm to lsunurse
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If you mentally have given up,
I guess this is where the weed comes into the picture.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 4:54 pm to oldcharlie8
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i'd like to know how many people that I have known that have been told that they have only a few months to live years ago and are still alive today. fight on
This is the correct answer... NEVER GIVE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on 9/4/14 at 4:56 pm to dukke v
ive said that if i was given a couple months i wouldnt want to spend them sick as a dog every day. That id head out and travel and do as much with family as i could while i felt good. But if that time came and i was faced with it, my answer may change
Posted on 9/4/14 at 4:57 pm to rebeloke
Like everything it would depend a lot on the details. I wouldn't want to do it (the treatment) if I was pretty much bed bound or mostly sedentary. If I could function somewhere close to normal with it I probably would. The line is somewhere in between.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 5:00 pm to rebeloke
It's a very situational discussion. I've known more people than I care to know that have died from cancer, one being a very close female friend when we were 21. There really is no solid answer as every one is completely substantial. I do know that she spent her last months going from hospital bed to hospital bed and was too sick from the chemo to even make it to her parents room the night she died. frick cancer
This post was edited on 9/4/14 at 5:02 pm
Posted on 9/4/14 at 5:01 pm to Ed Osteen
how in the hell have we not found a cure for this shite yet blows my mind.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 5:03 pm to oldcharlie8
From my understanding, it goes much further than just finding a single cure for the cancer gene. I could be wrong but I'm under the impression the cure wouldn't be some one size fits all dose.
This post was edited on 9/4/14 at 5:04 pm
Posted on 9/4/14 at 5:03 pm to oleyeller
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ive said that if i was given a couple months i wouldnt want to spend them sick as a dog every day
I once had a driver that worked for me.. He went an got a colon test in November. Found out three days before X-mas that he had cancer in Stomah,Liver,and lungs... NEVER smoked and hardly ever drank. He was gone by March.....
He tried to live his life to the fullest after finding out... I miss him.. He was a great guy...
frick CANCER.............
Posted on 9/4/14 at 5:04 pm to WaltTeevens
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Was she a reasonably healthy person before the diagnosis?
She was healthy and just found out she has stage 4 ovarian cancer. She is in her 40s.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 5:05 pm to oldcharlie8
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how in the hell have we not found a cure for this shite yet blows my mind.
I'm 29. I started getting worried about cancer treatments that progressing fast enough to my liking when I realized that they still put fingers up your butt for prostate.
I was hoping I'd avoid both entirely, but its starting to look dim on the near horizon.
This post was edited on 9/4/14 at 5:06 pm
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