Discussion»Questions»Human Behavior» Are you passive or aggressive? Do you plan to "go gentle into that good night or rave and burn and rage away at the dying of the light?"
I will take an anti-emetic, half an hour later 100mls pentobarbital chased down immediately with 100mls neat rum. There is no way that I will stick around to face the agonies that constitute 98% of all deaths in late old age.
What would you have done if you were told you had STAGE 3 Uterine cancer..one that was a combination of carcinoma/sarcoma? So rare that no protocol had been established for fighting it?. I was given a 15% chance of surviving 5 years. Here we are 8 years later and counting. I did not give up. I did not give in. I did not say woe is me. I did not cry. I did not worry. I started fighting right away beginning with my thoughts and I visualized getting through it just fine. I fought like he** every moment of every day from the day of the diagnosis. That was December 27, 2007 but who remembers? My last chemo was October 3, 2008 but who remembers? I'm a fighter hartfire not a giverupper. If the pain is unbearable and I am in a hopeless state I believe California has approved of euthanasia and I will take that option when I'm ready to die Otherwise I will fight for every breath every minute because I already know what I'm made of. I have already been tested and forged which makes you even stronger and I doubt that being on my death bed will change a thing. Thank you for your reply hartfire. I don't mean to sound harsh. I just have never been able to relate to those who give up without fighting to the last breath within them. It is not who I am. :)
I admire your courage, Rosie. I'm glad you are a fighter. I am not. I hate fighting. I have no stomach for it. For me to choose to fight, I have to be seriously provoked and certain of the outcome (choose my tactics, know my enemy and my territory, and know that the cause is just.)
Seriously, I have immense respect and admiration for anyone who chooses to face the horrors of Western medicine for the sake of a chance at survival. And I am even more happy that it worked for you and has given you a long lease in a much-loved life.
I am a coward that way. The fear of facing cancer is so strong in me that I have never smoked and always taken every care with diet, exercise, and non-exposure to chemicals and radiation - done everything possible to minimise the risks. I have no tolerance for high levels of suffering. I could not face chemotherapy or radiation therapy. I would settle my affairs to ensure that dependents were properly taken care of (in my case my husband, animals and the land), have a farewell party with friends, and then go away in private to end my life. Nothing, absolutely nothing would persuade me to endure the current treatments for cancer.
I do love life now - especially since I've overcome the life-long affliction with depression - and yet even loving and celebrating life as I do now, I have no fear of death, and will walk gratefully into its arms when the time comes.
That is a confusing answer. Will you fight like he** to stay alive or not? Thank you for your response Patch. i plan to fight like he** until I'm done and dead. That's it. I am not passive about anything in life. I won't be passive about my death either.
This post was edited by RosieG at November 19, 2016 5:40 AM MST
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