Cancer Doctors Talk About Choosing Life or a Better Death

Two San Diego cancer doctors describe the difficult choice their patients sometimes have to make between getting hospice care or chemotherapy and other expensive treatments.

[@Hawgryder]

Everybody I know who had cancer got treated lived a miserable life and eventually succumbed to the second coming of it. I think we have the knowledge scientifically to cure all cancers with gene therapy so why is poison still the preferred choice? Chemo and radiation is so unreliable and old school.

[@richierichardson5333]

Because it makes money 💰 there's no money in curing people.. but to keep them enslaved? There's lots ov money 💰 to be made, money first people second..

[@Sam-tg4ii]

I think if I knew my survival rate from treatment is < 50%, I would go without any treatment, live life to the fullest and when my health issues start to prevent me from doing so, I would choose physician assisted dying. At least I would live and die in peace in this way and my family won't have to see me suffer.

[@annettecantu3826]

Feel better with chemo? How?

[@robdurrett2017]

Exactly who the hell ever said chemo made me feel better??

[@teagarden874]

So grateful I live in Canada. We have universal health care. We do not have to worry about the cost of treatment even in our final days.

[@1MahaDas]

The money isn't there folks. Just a question of time before hospice closes its doors, and figuratively sets cancer patients adrift. Welcome to the great country of America!

[@monicag6715]

But there’s always money available for the defense spending and foreign aid in the billions.

[@MaryJane-qq9mm]

But we have the money to send overseas!! What about all the missing money throughout Canada and the USA? They've juiced every single one of us all our lives but there's no funding for healthcare? What do they do with the inflation on cigarettes? All that should be going to cancer treatments!!!!!!!

[@ruthannebright2096]

I quit after first treatment and I am doing well, even an ultrasound was completely normal.. I had to beg for that test, I’m so glad I did!!

[@marciacapell1541]

Wow! I didnt realize hospice is so expensive!

[@evangelistofyhwh.]

People are important not just the money 💰.
Please people .

[@marciacapell1541]

Its all scary no matter what we choose. 😛🥺😳 I had all the chemo and radiation 😮and my chemo nerve damage is so severe that Iam on the max amount of gabapentin and its still not makng the nerve pain stop! I had IDCBRCA. I was feeling great after treatments until that awful Lymphedema caused too much water gain. I had lymph nodes removed on my BRCA surgery side and after about a year, my legs started filling up with fluid! 😢I use all the stuff to help control it but its not actually working very well. Arm sleeves and neumatic pumps and proper diet arent helping much. Iam 69 yrs old. 🎉yay! 😂 Iam happy but all this bone pain from osteoperosis is bad too.

[@user-ux3vb5zg1p]

There is no such thing as a better death

[@sharonharding3478]

Money making racket