[Mears]

“At that age it is hard to know how aggressive to get with treatment.’

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I’ll be 83 next month and my solution is palliative care only.

I would refuse treatment and my doctor and family are aware of this.

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[A CA Guy]

Of course, in many cases when you are mid 80s and later the immune system slows so much that it can do more damage to try and cure stuff rather than just ride it out for perhaps a real LONG time.