Discussion If you got cancer would you pursue treatment?

[alphazanzie]

Recently I've developed a weird looking lump on my stomach. It's probably nothing, but next time I go to the doctor I'll have them check it out.

It got me thinking, if it was cancer, would I even want to treat it? If I didn't I'm sure my family would be furious at me. But I just think that I really wouldn't want to. I'm pretty sure once it got bad enough I'd still be put on hospice and be pumped full of drugs to ease the pain. But I really wouldn't want to pursue treatment to cure it.

What would you guys do?

 

[orca87]

I feel the same way as you!

The worst part of this is that severe illnesses like cancer, more often than not, come to those who enjoy life – not those who wish for it. That's sad…

 

[hungry_ghost]

No. That's what I'm praying for now, as a matter of fact.

It'd be my only ticket out of here relatively soon where I don't have to CTB.

 

[FuneralCry]

I would just wait to die, I guess that it would be a relief in a way to know that the end is in sight and that I won't have to find a way to exit myself. "Treatments" are just a way to prolong suffering, I would never wish to be tortured more in an existence that I've never wished to endure.

 

[jerry545]

yes, weirdly so. It would be validating to have a disease people saw as "worthy". That might make me a bad person idk.

 

[WorthlessTrash]

Nope.

 

[lmnop]

no, and when you die people will feel true empathy

 

[Dead Ghost]

I am not psychologically/emotionally ready to deal with cancer treatment, it is very hard. In my family I know two people who did not want to face it and died (they were 82 and 92 years old).. they were obviously in intense pain (my father also died of cancer, but he underwent treatment - all and too late-)... the truth is that what scares me most about cancer is the intense pain when it spreads throughout your body.

Most CTB methods are less aggressive than cancer with metastases... a truly cruel way to die even if you take a procuring dose of morphine.

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No estic preparat psicologicament/emocionalment per fer front a un tractament de càncer, es molt dur. A la meva família conec dues persones que no van voler-hi fer front i van morir (tenien 82 i 92 anys).. evidentment tenien intensos dolors (el meu pare també ha mort de càncer, però ell es va sotmetre a tractament -tot i que massa tard-)... la veritat es que el que em fa més port del càncer són els intensos dolors quan se t'extén per tot el cos.

La majoría dels métodes de CTB són menys agressius que un càncer amb metàstasi... una manera realment cruel de morir encara que portis una dosi procupant de morfina.

 

[SatouR]

Nope
I have a high chance to get cancer because of genetics.

 

[mania]

No, suicide pod time.

 

[ManchildLoser]

I had cancer a few years ago, i decided to do the treatment because i was afraid of being scolded by my parents and family if i had refused it.
I Regret it to this day.

 

[Myforevercharlie]

No.

I don't want to die, but a severe treatment with constant fear and stress..I don't think I could handle that

 

[Lost in a Dream]

Nope, I wouldn't. Knowing that I have cancer and will die anyway would make CTB much easier for sure, and I'm fine with that happening to me. I just wish it didn't happen to people who wanted to live, when it should be me getting sick.

yes, weirdly so. It would be validating to have a disease people saw as "worthy". That might make me a bad person idk.

No, that doesn't make you a bad person. It just makes you a person with needs and desires like everyone else. If you do ever get cancer, then I hope the treatment helps you.

 

[LONE WOLF.]

Yes l would get treatment, not because I want to live but because I see something like cancer as a challenge and would want to fight it. When l decide it's my time l will go out on my terms

 

[sick.faery]

na would be a blessing

 

[Heavenbound]

I had cancer and got treatment for it. This was many years ago when my outlook on life was different. Someone I cared about got cancer and chose not to treat it. This made me sad and angry, and hard to accept their death when it came, but now I totally understand.
If it happens to me again, I will choose not to treat it, and let nature take it's course.

 

[Angst Filled Fuck Up]

Yes I would. I think death should be on your own terms if at all possible, and it's unrealistic to think that you'd suffer through horrific pain unaided until you finally popped off. Most people's environments wouldn't even really allow non-treatment anyway, if you think about it.

 

[unnormal9]

No, I would preferably received euthanasia for the terminal illness, or simply just wait to die.

 

[animism]

No. I've always wished for it. This way I could leave without all that guilt. I can't believe this forum exists and I can actually say this to real people when I've thought about it most of my life and never could. Thank you to everyone for being here right now.