 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | Ruby,
I am so sorry for the place you are in life. This may sound strange but you have the right to do whatever you feel and nobody can tell you differently. You may only have a very bad sinus infection and left untreated for years it can do a lot of harm and even lead to death. If it is death by whatever you have versus a truly self-inflicted suicide type event, that too is your choice. Even stranger, my question to you is who will care for your dogs? They rely on you and if your true wish is to just let whatever you have take you out of this world please be considerate of them and find them a home before you go.
On the other side of this coin, many of us have continually battled not just the beast this disease is but issues from treatment. As for me, I shall battle for all of us every single minute I have left in this world. There is no give up in this guy.
Best wishes for you and whatever you choose, that is your choice to live with.
Ed
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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