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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Farrah Fawcett died of anal cancer for more or less the same reason. [/quote]

I think they didn’t catch hers very early.  No one was talking about anal cancer back then.[/quote]

They caught it in plenty of time to have potentially cured it, but the most aggressive treatment would have involved an ostomy and she was not willing to have one. This was in 2006. She had other treatment--but not the recommended surgery--was declared "cancer-free," and then died in 2009.

She would literally rather die than have an ostomy. Absolute idiocy. [/quote]

I certainly wouldn't call that idiocy, especially in someone that far into to their life.[/quote]

This! Everybody doesn’t think and view death the same way. I personally have thought about this, and if it wasn’t for my three kids and my husband and my siblings whose life would negatively be affected if died prematurely, [b]I doubt that I would fight a terminal illness at my age.[/quote][/b]
At what age is the right age to say I am not fighting a terminal illness? [/quote]

NP. At any age.

My dad died of cancer when I was 11. From then on, I decided that unless the prognosis was EXCELLENT (like 90%), that I wouldn't get treatment. Watching someone die of cancer and go through all the things, is awful and traumatic. I'd rather die "young" but riding out my last days/months/weeks living it up and enjoying every moment. I'm 44 now and the age he was when he died. I'll try to live a balanced and healthful life, but there's only so much we can do. [/quote]

I'm so sorry you went through this.

And I very mich believe in patients' rights.

However, treatments have improved so much that many patients can live longer with much less punishing side effects. I would encourage any patient to talk through ALL options.

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