Is There a Doctor in the Family? From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Caregivers By Carolyn Roy-Bornstein Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out. ~Michael Burke Recently, my mother-in-law, Sylvia, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She chose, for reasons of her own, to keep this news to herself for three months. By the time she let her children in on her little secret, she had also made another decision. She didn't want any treatment. I know 85 years is a long time on this earth, and my mother-in-law was "feeling fine" (her reported reason for keeping mum). And if treatment was going to cause her to suffer and not buy her significantly more time, then I'd be all for this plan to just run the clock out on her life. (Keep reading) |
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