I have not been posting anything lately, things were looking pretty good, a few weeks back at a routine scan, new growths were noticed in the lower back, Stage IIIC, no cure medically possible. Friday we finished a week of radiation treatments, and we will next be starting an immuno-therapy regimen and a mild chemotherapy. A reservoir will be installed at the head area, and a catheter run through the brain area so the fluid surrounding the brain can be targeted for cancer cells.
I have not told her this is medically incurable, she still has the will to fight and I want her to keep fighting. The treatments are meant to keep her quality of life, at a "good" status. The radiation was to prevent paralysis.
I don't know if I'm right or selfish by not telling her. I would rather see the fighter I know than someone despondent. I have made peace with the inevitable, but I can't destroy her by telling her.
I have not told her this is medically incurable, she still has the will to fight and I want her to keep fighting. The treatments are meant to keep her quality of life, at a "good" status. The radiation was to prevent paralysis.
I don't know if I'm right or selfish by not telling her. I would rather see the fighter I know than someone despondent. I have made peace with the inevitable, but I can't destroy her by telling her.