Prolonging Living or Prolonging Dying?

kelsmom
Wed, 10 Aug 2016 02:48:01 +0000

My dad, who died almost 4 years ago, told us his surgery removed all of his kidney cancer. We discovered after his death that they were not able to get all of his cancer in the surgery. He decided at 82 that he didn’t want surgery that could possibly result in him being on dialysis, so he opted not to follow up with any other measures. He never told us - I guess he thought we might try to change his mind - and he sort of slowly faded away on his own terms. I respect the heck out of his decision.