My father died of the same affliction, but thankfully his tumor caused him no physical pain. The mental anguish was almost unbearable for him and also for us.
Each case is different and I neither condone nor chastize her for her decision. Having witnessed what a glioblastoma does to a loved one, it is not for me to judge.
I wish she would’ve kept it a private matter. I guess that’s the part that irritates me the most.
I’m sorry for your loss.
I understand EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID. Here is what I posted on another FR...
Prayers for Brittany’s family.
I have posted before here on FR my families experience w/a Glioblastoma Muliforme. So with my history and horrific knowledge of what occurs w/a Glioblastoma that I UNDERSTAND her decision and her families support of it.
Glios “grow” volumetrically and quickly. The “blastoma” is the insidious path between healthy brain tissue that the tumor takes. Today the pt may speak a word or two tomorrow, speech is gone.
My mom had seizures that broke her teeth, and at one point bit thru her tongue (her facial spasms actually displaced her bite guard). At the end moms seizures were so violent (Dilantin and other anti seizure meds stopped working) that the hospital bed (locked wheels) would “jump.” And she was only about 4’8” and 100 lbs BEFORE she took ill.
If there is another version of hell on earth, I’d like it explained to me. Her illness lasted six months and one day (the extra day because we know one of her neurologists said “she won’t live 6 months”) from the day I found her on the kitchen floor (she had a grand mal seizure). She had never complained of headaches, or dizziness (but she had bruises and scraps that were discovered AFTER she was admitted to the hospital so she must have had seizures when she was alone). In moms case the parts of her brain affected caused hundred of seizures (that both surgery and meds only slowed never stopped). She was 55 when she died.
So I truly understand why Brittany did what she did.