Stage one cancer is not as bad as stage four cancer. If you dont get that, I cant help you.
So, the patient may die in six months or maybe hold on for years. But the pain will increase and the life quality will decrease as it winds down, but it is clearly winding down.
Wait until the pain drugs no longer have an impact.
No, the disconnect is that you don’t know the difference between stage one and stage four, and who causes which.
Enjoy the purity of your irrelevance.