Bad things to healthy old people

[cylegoddess]

Ian Gawlers 'You can cure cancer." It will help him feel better even if he cant get better.. Also, people at my clincic swear by chelation( which I get). It helps with pain, and also helps a better quality of life even for those who cant be cured. One lady had bad uterine cancer that spread but she kept going because it helped her live longer with less pain.Worth every cent.
My love goes out to you.

[shootingstar]

Without going into much detail on latest developments and options on treatment for my father, let's just say that having a doctor in the family who is one's child and therefore, adovocate and interpreter of medical lingo, for the patient, is of enormous value. I can't imagine for many who don't have this built-in blessing within the family, particularily for complicated long-term and fatal diseases.

I received a complicated email from sister-doctor with medical lingo. It was cc: to another sister who has some formal training to interpret some of the lingo ..to explain the options that my father needs to decide on hormone treatment vs. radiation. My sister-doctor is assisting him to make the decision on course of treatment by trying to explain consequences, etc.

Of course there was a layperson's summary at the end. But still sad..when a very healthy person in the family is suddenly discovered to be ill for the long-term.

There is a very popular child's book, by R. Munsch "I Love you forever", which chronicles the unconditional love of a parent which inspires reciprocal care/love by child for the parent in the final years.