This post could open up a philosophical debate that could go on for years. I am not going to start that debate here, though it is something that we should delve into sometime in the future. Obviously, there comes a point in a patient's life, where the burden of the treatments and the predicted outcome (if not significantly positive), outweigh the benefits obtained from those treatments. Only the person who is affected directly by the disease can make the decisions to proceed or not. While today I might say that I personally would fight the fight even at the ripe age of 80, and that I would

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.