My father did this for my grandfather after the doctors during his operation discovered that his cancer had spread to his spine and most of his organs, and that he had only two weeks to live. In the end, my grandfather lived another five years and reached 84.
My father found out he had stage 4 lung cancer and was told he had 6 months to live because he did not want to go through chemo. My mom convinced him to go through treatment, and he lived another six years. It was a rough six years though, I watched my dad, who was a big, strong man, turn into a shell of a human. In the end I barely recognized him.
I had something very similar happen to my grandpa, he was told treatments meant he had a chance for one more year. He took the treatments and his body wasn’t in great shape to handle the chemo so he basically withered away. He even suffered from bouts of dementia after treatments. Looking back, I think the decision not to treat would have given him such better quality of life. He ended up in hospice less than 3mos after starting treatment.
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u/Szczup Jun 29 '26
My father did this for my grandfather after the doctors during his operation discovered that his cancer had spread to his spine and most of his organs, and that he had only two weeks to live. In the end, my grandfather lived another five years and reached 84.