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end of life poll: if you were diagnosed with cancer, would you opt for aggressive chemo/drug treatment, or quality of life in the time you had left? -- nm

Posted by pixitude (aka chris) May 1 '12, 11:46

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It depends. I don't want to live in pain or miserable though. -- nm - Don Homer May 1, 12:10
Bill was in his late 20s when he was told he had 3 months but they could probably get him into a research program. - MojaveMeg May 1, 11:56 3
- just tremendous. -- nm - Mel Profit May 1, 12:01
- but he had you by his side -- nm - zeitgeist May 1, 11:58
- that is remarkable -- nm - Epiphany May 1, 11:57
Long walk off a short pier - zeitgeist May 1, 11:55 3
- It's disturbing how pet death is done so much better and more humane than human death. -- nm - Don Homer May 1, 12:07 1
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- and on that subject, I'm definitely moving back to Oregon. - znufrii May 1, 11:57
Pump me full of everything you got and SAVE MY ASS -- nm - con_carne May 1, 11:50 1
- chemo is essentially poison where the side effects are only marginally less-worse than cancer -- nm - pixitude May 1, 11:52
Fight that bitch. From hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 1, 11:49
generally speaking, quality of life takes priority for me. - znufrii May 1, 11:49 7
- but, it could also be "you are going to feel like shit for a year. but after that we fully expect you to live a long and healthy life." -- nm - Andie May 1, 11:50 6
  - sure, in that case it's a totally different matter, the benefit of longer life outweighs the temporary inconvenience. - znufrii May 1, 11:52 4
    - Oh wait, the poll is just asking if you will suffer for three months or be happy for three months? - Iron Spawn May 1, 12:00 3
      - or suffer for 12 months, versus living for 3, or whatever. -- nm - znufrii May 1, 12:03 2
        
        I thought it inferred that treatment was in hopes/possibility of cure. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 1, 12:06 1
        
        and like I said above that would change my answer somewhat - znufrii May 1, 12:08
  - Sometimes to a fault, but I *always* play the long game. -- nm - Iron Spawn May 1, 11:51
I'm a fighter, so I'd fight the son of a bitch until one of us was dead -- nm - CQ May 1, 11:48 1
- if it was just me, I'd fight it like this. - Mel Profit May 1, 11:56
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- right, like i think i'd fight. but if it is like 'you can do chemo, and radiation, and live 6 more months, but you'll be sick and in the hospital the - Andie May 1, 11:49 1
  - I agree -- nm - Epiphany May 1, 11:54
Is it terminal? Like, would the treatment only give me a couple more months? -- nm - sycor May 1, 11:47
it totally depends on the cancer, and how progressed it is. -- nm - Andie May 1, 11:46 11
- this nurse's situation inspired the question. 18 months ago she was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer -- (link) - pixitude May 1, 11:50 10
  - and now that I'm reading down the column, she is undergoing treatment, just not the "throw everything at it" variety. - b. May 1, 12:11
  - IBC 5-year survival rate is ~25-50%, which, while sucky, isn't that bad* compared to some other cancers. - b. May 1, 12:02 7
    - er, for im not "is tough" but "can be" -- it depends on where they are, etc. (cancer sucks.) -- nm - b. May 1, 12:03
    - i'm more of a fatalist. i figure nature's telling me something so no use trying to rig the gene pool -- nm - pixitude May 1, 12:03 5
      - that's sad. imagine a world where no one fights - how many wonderful years of life would be lost... not just cancer but - b. May 1, 12:05 4
        
        I beleive there are times when it's worth fighting, and times when it's not. - znufrii May 1, 12:12 1
        
        I don't disagree with any of that. - b. May 1, 12:14
        
        i know but i've already got the one-bad gene strike against me. fighting two strikes seems futile - pixitude May 1, 12:09 1
        
        :( - -- nm - b. May 1, 12:12
  - Inflammatory breast cancer, which gives a 40% chance to live five years, and in her case had spread to the spine. - Roger More May 1, 11:58
not answering this question until I have to. -- nm - Mel Profit May 1, 11:46

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