ThatDude30
Gold Member
Has anyone else ever noticed, when a friend or loved one finds out they have cancer, soon as they start to get treatment, die not to much longer after? My father, up to the day he found out he had cancer, would go to work everyday and work 10 hours, mow the grass every Saturday, be in no pain and was pretty active. One day it looked like he was healthy and strong as an ox, next day found out he had cancer, and it descended rapidly down hill . Going from 180 lbs down to 106 in the matter of 2 weeks. He had to under go radition treatment. The doctor was trying to get my fathers insurance company to approve this special cancer med, as it was very expensive somewhere in the ballpark of 4,000-5,000 a month and he would have to take it for the rest of his life, and that would keep my father alive for 5+ years. The doctor even said if my fathers insurance company does not approve it my father would have 2-3 more years to live. Well a week later my fathers remaining time went from 2-3 years to 2-3days. He ended up living for another 12 days laying in a hospital bed unable to move and talk. They had him laying there with only an IV pumping Dilaudid in his body. No water nothing. I have friends who say the same thing. They are healthy one day the next they got cancer and die just like that. Is it population control? Is it insurance companies not wanting to dish out money( but they have no problem taking yours, your entire adult life)? And I cant help to wonder, is it better to know you have cancer or not? would you live longer not knowing? I don't know, what do you guys think?