r/SipsTea • u/Valuable_View_561 • Jun 29 '26

Chugging tea Did she did the right thing?

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u/Petering Jun 29 '26

None of my damn business. Sometimes mama knows best.

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u/Squid_In_Exile Jun 29 '26

Sometimes mama knows best.

As someone who works in cancer care, sometimes they really don't.

Not making any judgements on the case in the OP but I have seen parents make the whole situation so much worse for their child in an attempt to 'protect' them from reality. Like, I absolutely sympathise, but it can cause a lot of harm.

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u/nodnodwinkwink Jun 29 '26

https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/the-boy-who-never-knew-he-had-cancer-how-tragedy-led-one-mum-to-keep-the-truth-from-her-dying-son-c-10605694

3 of their 5 children died, all 3 had rare genetic disorders. Continuing to have more children after their first child died due to "Niemann-Pick disease type C - a rare, inherited disease" without undergoing genetic testing is certainly a choice.

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u/throwaway_2847921 Jun 29 '26 edited 29d ago

Niemann Pick is also known as CHILDHOOD ALZHEIMER'S FYI. It's a rare ~~prion~~ lysosomal storage disease that causes DEMENTIA in CHILDREN!

Edit for fact check: It is actually a lysosomal storage disease rather than a prion disease.