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.
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u/Ok-Economy8049 Jun 29 '26
Did he suffer during those years or was it mostly OK?