Personal choice.
Own your last decision. Have a DNR, living will, give power of attorney. Take pressure off the family and physician.
Make your wishes known.
@MLIWI
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Having seen family and friends make similar decisions, I could not agree more with this: "It takes tremendous courage to accept death as a part of life. It is a sign of strength, not weakness."
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I thought the media was pretty clear & accurate. McCain is giving up receiving therapy for his brain cancer. Nothing more.
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I love how this young woman explained it to me: https://web.archive.org/web/20170401093826/http://sarcomaalliance.org/stories/ashley-marie-grennell/ …
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Anyone who has seen cancer (and treatment) up close understands this decision.
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This is a terrific and very important article correcting the misperception of the oft-used phrase « giving up ». words have power. Thanks for writing this, Dr Pearl.
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1/ The idea of "giving up" follows logically from the pervasive metaphor of "fighting" cancer. We don't naturally speak of "fighting" most other diseases--heart failure, HIV/AIDS, pneumonia, ALS, appendicitis, etc.
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2/ In contrast, there are a few diseases other than cancer for which we do routinely use the “fight” metaphor. Depression & addiction come to mind. What these conditions have in common, I think, is an underlying view that we are in control of whether we “beat” them or not.
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