[lysie]

Where will this end if we go down this road??

Who decides one's own defintion of quality of life?

Eample:

In 1976, when mom's cancer returned, I called the local Cancer Society requesting information on cancer treatments. When I asked about chemo...the person in a tone of oh my dear how awful this would be said, " well, your mother would lose all her hair." I was appalled by that statement. Obviously, that person's hair meant more to her than the extra 3 years my mother was able to spend with her family.

[kassie]

When we lived in San Antonio our dear friend had cancer. She developed pneumonia. Her husband was frantic. He was told why treat her pneumonia, she didn't have that long to live anyway.

He insisted she go to the hospital, after a long fight with the doctor, she was admitted. I had never heard of such treatment.She died about a month later, but the heartache her family went through, just to have her last days be comfortable was so unnecessary.