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Has Anyone Elected for No Treatment?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Sep 2 9:03am | Replies (44)Comment receiving replies
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
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Yes, great comment. It definitely sucks to be part of this "brotherhood", but for the most part, PC is really one of the "best" cancers to have to come down with!
Always good to keep in mind how much worse things COULD be, no?
But that is a very sad story, and thanks for sharing it, Phil.
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My brother’s wife died of a glioblastoma a few years ago. She was really angry about it. Her whole life she had watched what she ate, took really good care of herself Physically and mentally and here this brain tumor comes and shortens her life to less than a year.
It’s taken my brother many years to get over it. Not long after she died, he finds out he has prostate cancer. Life can sure hand people difficult situations, and then what seems like a normal life goes on.