Dawn,

I guess it comes down to what your Dad wants to do. 85 is a really good life, an age I sincerely doubt I'll make however IF I'm lucky enough to get to that age...there's no way in hell I'd choose to go through what I've gone through. But EVERYONE is different.

Oregon I believe has a "Death with Dignity" law similar to Washington's, so there's options there as well if that's a path he is looking at. It all depends on personal beliefs etc..

I've always told myself that IF I have a recurrance with a poor prognosis then I'm moving to WA, smoking a lot of medicinal marijuana and checking out via my "Death with Dignity" option when the pain gets more then I care to bare.

Anyway, Dawn, I'm sorry to hear of your Dad's recurrance and we are here to listen and help.

Eric