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Has Anyone Elected for No Treatment?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Sep 2 9:03am | Replies (44)Comment receiving replies
" Denial and fear" aren't going to keep you alive. And there is no easy way out really. No easy answers. Lots of good advice and knowledge here. Some of us may be in different boats, but we are floating on the same sea hoping for, working on survival! Be knowledgable and prepared for this journey. It's the hand we were dealt. We have sucessful treatment options. Don't pass them up.
My late wife was diagnosed with glioblastoma brain cancer...no chance of long term survival or meaningful trestments. Good night, Irene!
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So true, "denial and fear" will do very little for anyone. Sorry to read about your wife, Irene -- transitions from this physical life are not particularly easy, especially for the ones with whom with we share love. Thank you for your post.
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So so many people bitch and moan about treatment. Sure, who wants it?? But NONE OF US that I’m aware of, have ever been told: ‘You’ll be dead in 18 months no matter what we do’.
That’s glioblastoma, a relentless destroyer of lives; multiple debilitating surgeries ( they take out pieces of your brain, OK?), radiation and incredibly powerful chemotherapies which make your last days not worth living.
I watched my best friend’s son die this way at age 34. I remember that he had his first brain surgery (of 5) about a month before my RARP.
He never knew that he wasn’t gonna make it - he was an athlete with a never give up mentality - and that made it even harder to watch him go thru that ordeal…
My condolences to anyone who has experienced this firsthand.
Phil