Thanks, Mark. I'm not trying to be the queen of gloom and doom, but on the other hand, I don't want to be an ostrich and bury my head in the sand. I enfouraged my husband to fight and to put endure an NG tube even when he didn't want to because he was on the liver transplant list, and he had a chance as long as he was on it, but when he was taken off and declared terminal, I did everything I could to make sure he was comfortable and as happy as I could make him.

I think my dad's COPD affects his quality of life much more seriously than the cancer does. I just hate to see him go through a lot fighting the cancer and have him win the battle only to lose the war to COPD. If it weren't for that, I'd be leading the cheering section to do all he can to fight this.