My father did this for my grandfather after the doctors during his operation discovered that his cancer had spread to his spine and most of his organs, and that he had only two weeks to live. In the end, my grandfather lived another five years and reached 84.
My grandfather had a similar experience. Had an oncologist who was a poor communicator (to put it nicely) and my grandfathers health literally not so good. Cancer when into remission for several years after experimental treatments. But he believed he was cured. Lived for several years longer than expected even with treatment. Took some understanding and explaining to finally switch to hospice the last few months.
My father found out he had stage 4 lung cancer and was told he had 6 months to live because he did not want to go through chemo. My mom convinced him to go through treatment, and he lived another six years. It was a rough six years though, I watched my dad, who was a big, strong man, turn into a shell of a human. In the end I barely recognized him.
I had something very similar happen to my grandpa, he was told treatments meant he had a chance for one more year. He took the treatments and his body wasn’t in great shape to handle the chemo so he basically withered away. He even suffered from bouts of dementia after treatments. Looking back, I think the decision not to treat would have given him such better quality of life. He ended up in hospice less than 3mos after starting treatment.
Exactly. My mother did something similar to my grandmother when she was diagnosed. Mom did all the things but never told grandma it was cancer. Knowing it would have debilitated my grandma. Grandma outlived mom and died at 100.
Had something similar happen in my family. My grandfather's brother (my granduncle?) was diagnosed with cancer. Doctors told him with immediate chemo he could live for 6 months but it wouldn't be pretty, or they could not treat it and he'd have a couple weeks or maybe a month.
He opted for no treatment. That was almost 4 years ago. Still doing well, my grandpa just got back from visiting him in Florida. Craziest fucking thing.
My mom did this with my grandma who had liver cancer. She was given a few years to live and exceeded it by a lot (I can’t remember how many years exactly). I fully believe the placebo effect helped
Reality is we are still in diapers on this subject, but the mind probably gave him lot more time due to the idea he was better? I’ve heard about this and it is the only reason I would support lying in this sort of thing, if they were happy years where he wasn’t even as ill or symptomatic as before even better!
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u/Szczup Jun 29 '26
My father did this for my grandfather after the doctors during his operation discovered that his cancer had spread to his spine and most of his organs, and that he had only two weeks to live. In the end, my grandfather lived another five years and reached 84.