For example, your child (of age, since you cannot control their medical decisions) decided they did not want to fight the cancer and wanted to finish the rest of their life without treatment. How would you feel? (of course you wouldn't be happy go lucky..but how would you feel about their situation) would you come to terms?
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Some people refuse treatment because their cancers are very likely to be terminal, and treatment is quite painful and would make the end of the patient's life worse.
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It's their decision.. if he had been exhaustingly battling for a long time but nothing has worked and his cancer was terminal.. I would understand but it would kill me to no end. After a long talk of all the things he would miss out on and how we want him here, how strong he has been through this that its not worth it to back out now. Medical treatment for cancer patients is normally very painful to go through and even then you can still die afterwards. Sometimes it's best to let them be with God so they don't have to suffer anymore.
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I wouldn't have an issue with that, most treatments take such a toll on one and there is no guarantee that they will work. I view it as a personal decision that I will support.
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My great-grandfather in-law battled and one against cancer when he was in his mid 50s. He stayed in remission until he was 84 years old. At 84 he was told his cancer had came back, and they wanted to do the whole treatment again chemo, radiation, etc. He said "no". Why? Because he wanted to be able to spend his remaining days WITH his family. Chemo and radiation had make him so sick when he was in his 50s that he couldn't be around his children, grandchildren or even his great grandchildren, and he didn't want to go through that again and he didn't want to put his wife and family through it again. He lived 2 more years, in those 2 years he was happy. He knew his time was coming and he used it to spend with his family like he loved doing. He died a happy man, knowing his family loved him, and knowing he didn't put them through any more hardships. Did he get sick? Yes but not nearly as bad as if he had done treatment. In his case even though he was "old" I find what he did to be courageous and selfless.
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I'm sure I'd be upset that they had cancer, but it's their body, their life, and their decision if they want to seek treatment. The treatments for cancer are horrible and don't always work, so I can totally understand someone not wanting to go through that.
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honestly with my child i would want them alive as long as possible BUT that being said i have had several family members find out they had cancer, they started treatment and with in 6 months usually with 4 of those 6 months spent in hospice they passed away. i would rather be comfortable at home and have my children comfortable and at home for 3 months than miserable and in the hospital for 6 months. HOWEVER that being said i luckily haven't had t o experience this with my children so i don't know what i would do unless i was in that situation.
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An adult can make that decision but a child is not properly aware enough to make that decision for him/herself.
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The decision not to accept treatment is a valid one under some circumstances. Consider this hypothetical situation: A person is advised that they have a form of cancer that has a very low cure rate. The treatment has a statistical chance to add one year to this person's life, thus increasing her life expectancy to two years instead of one. If there is no therapy she can live and function normally for 9-10 months without much change in her lifestyle. If she takes chemo or radiation she will be in and out of hospitals and doctors offices, sick all the time and unable to really enjoy life. We must respect the choices others make in this kind of situation. Jacqueline Onassis chose "no therapy" for her cancer and had the opportunity to really enjoy her last days. Of course if the therapy offers a real good chance for a normal life in the future, then not accepting therapy would be tantamount to suicide. I am sorry for your situation and wish you and your daughter well.
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Anyone who chooses to refuse the poison, slash and burn techniques of conventional medicine may be smarter than you think. I would applaud such a decision. I can't tell you what to do but if I was in your shoes or anyone else's who thought they might have cancer I would NOT let anyone start any conventional cancer treatments on me without first reading or rereading the book, Cancer: Step Outside the Box by Ty Bollinger. PLEASE follow the link here to Yahoo Shopping where you will find additional links to sites selling the book. Follow the first link to one of the most popular shopping sites on the web and read over 300 reviews posted by readers of this book including some who themselves had cancer. Then get the book and read it. Yahoo Shopping with links to the book http://shopping.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=Aupn97xop7UTOutTbdvlVKabvZx4?p=Cancer+step+outside+the+box&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-701
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