<p>Really, no one knows if they have 1.5 years to live or 1.5 minutes. Anything can happen at anytime, to anyone.
I have no words of wisdom to add to your specific situation… but I would certainly encourage her to do the dialysis treatment.A lot can happen within the next year in terms of better meds or new techniques or treatments.
I copied the above because sadly I spent the afternoon at a funeral of a long-term friend who was killed in a car accident on Tuesday night at age 68. My friend had lost both her parents within the past 18 months, her father at 101 plus and her mother at 99. Both had been in excellent health their entire lives until the past few years. Her father’s decline initially began as a result of being mugged in a parking lot in Florida. She spent the past 4-5 years commuting to Florida from NY to oversee their care and visit… but before that she spent the previous 10 year supervising the care of her in-laws who had suffered a long decline… so this is a woman I never saw complain once, I never heard her say a bad word about anyone, I never saw her without a smile on her face… the service was overflowing with people like me in state of shock and not comprehending that we will not see that smiling face or hear her infectious laugh. Sorry to hijack this thread… but today just a reminder that you truly never know and you do need to stop and smell the roses.</p>