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re: Woman who chose baby instead of chemotherapy has died
Posted on 9/10/17 at 2:53 am to CunningLinguist
Posted on 9/10/17 at 2:53 am to CunningLinguist
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There is nothing brave about this. It was fricking stupid. If she had a kid, be around to be a mother. If my wife faces a decisIon like this with our two kids already alive, i would get the coat hanger myself.
Wow.
Do you even understand this woman's lack of chances of survival?
Honestly, I don't think you'd do as you say. I hope not.
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Posted on 9/10/17 at 7:58 am to OMLandshark
Sad story. Had a friend do this a around 20 years ago with a better outcome. Much less aggressive type of operable tumor. Mom and daughter are fine and thriving today. I'm still in awe of her resolve.
Posted on 9/10/17 at 8:09 am to CunningLinguist
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There is nothing brave about this. It was fricking stupid. If she had a kid, be around to be a mother. If my wife faces a decisIon like this with our two kids already alive, i would get the coat hanger myself.
Very personal decision, she probably is better able to decide for herself than you or I.
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:26 am to Gris Gris
The median survival of glioblastoma patients with proper surgical resection, chemoradiation and chemotherapy is about 18 months maybe 24 if you have good molecular prognostic factors. She may have been closer to the 24 months since she was young but it depends on where the tumor was located. A lot of these people don't even make it through radiation. Just going to leave that here.
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:40 am to CunningLinguist
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There is nothing brave about this. It was fricking stupid. If she had a kid, be around to be a mother. If my wife faces a decisIon like this with our two kids already alive, i would get the coat hanger myself.
Wow. The mom was going to die regardless of the treatment. She decided to accept her fate and give her kid a fighting chance. If that's not bravery, to be able to look at death in the face and accept it, I don't know what is. You're a fricking tool for that last line you typed.
Posted on 9/10/17 at 10:04 am to TypoKnig
A good friend's wife is dealing with glioblastoma now, probably won't live another 6 months, she is 35.
Posted on 9/10/17 at 10:59 am to crazycubes
quote:Okay, you've identified yourself as a huge POS, but other than that, wouldn't the insurance company look at her refusing treatment as intentional suicide since she could have tried to save herself?
i would only be ok with this if said woman had a huge life insurance policy.
Posted on 9/10/17 at 1:10 pm to TypoKnig
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With Glioblastoma, she would have died with or without chemotherapy. She decided to give the baby a chance.
GBMs are a "when" not an "if" situation. My experience is females do tend to last a tad longer than males. Actually know of 1 female pt that is still ticking 8 years post resection which is extremely rare.
Posted on 9/10/17 at 1:12 pm to HubbaBubba
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Okay, you've identified yourself as a huge POS, but other than that, wouldn't the insurance company look at her refusing treatment as intentional suicide since she could have tried to save herself?
The insurance company would loose in court. GBMs are 100% eventually terminal.
Posted on 9/10/17 at 1:22 pm to foshizzle
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Not always true but almost. Tough spot to be in regardless.
Wrong.....there are a few cases being tracked where they are lasting longer. So a GBM diagnosis is a "crack open the 401K and enjoy life on a tropical beach while you can situation" (or go to Vegas and subsist off a diet Colombian Booger Sugar and prostitutes if that is more your scene).
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Unfortunately, long-term survival of glioblastoma patients is rare and there is currently no cure. The average glioblastoma life expectancy is less than a year, with only around 2 percent of people living for longer than three years after diagnosis.
Posted on 9/10/17 at 2:35 pm to cfa626
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I admire her choice but in choosing that she chose to leave all her kids motherless.
I know, go ahead and downvote.
I'm not going to downvote you, but I will say frick you and frick your opinion.
You're part of the problem with this country. You don't think, you don't fricking observe, you don't pay attention, you just spout off an ignorant fricking opinion.
frick you.
Posted on 9/21/17 at 5:06 pm to OMLandshark
Posted on 9/21/17 at 5:10 pm to The Korean
fricking hell, that's awful.
Posted on 9/21/17 at 5:12 pm to PrivatePublic
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Gotta admire her courage to leave them another sibling.
Baby born to mom who refused cancer treatment has died
Looks like all y'all owe cfa626 an apology bc that poster knew more about the outcome of this situation than any of you
Posted on 9/21/17 at 5:16 pm to CunningLinguist
Glioblastoma survival rates are very low.
Posted on 9/21/17 at 5:16 pm to The Korean
God that is terrible
Posted on 9/21/17 at 5:29 pm to OMLandshark
Wow, this story hits close to home. In 2010 my wife was pregnant with our child when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She delayed chemo so that our daughter could be born. Our daughter was born in October of that year and my wife started chemo treatment soon after. After a couple years of remission the cancer returned in her brain and lungs. She passed away January of 2014 at the age of 30. Not a day passes where I don't wonder if her starting treatment sooner would have changed anything, but there also isn't a day that passes where I don't look at my 6 year old daughter and become thankful for the choices my wife made.
Posted on 9/21/17 at 6:36 pm to The Korean
I have to say I was not thrilled when I saw this thread bumped. So sad.
Posted on 9/21/17 at 6:38 pm to TheDude
Damn, brother. I'm so sorry. Your wife was an incredible person.
Posted on 9/21/17 at 6:44 pm to TheDude
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TheDude
you have my sympathies, man...you have been dealt more than your share of hardships.
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