(10-22-2017, 06:57 PM)mephron Wrote: Went to see him today. He wasn't there. His body was, but...
His family isn't going to do radio or chemo. It would give him a couple weeks, but not return him. It would be kinder...
I may need to write something later.
Unfortunately, that's pretty much the case. Even when it's "Operable", it's only in a case of "buy a couple of years of decent living".
There was a point with our friend here, where he went into the final downhill slide, that it was waiting in anguish for all of us. There was a definite point that he was barely himself anymore. When he finally passed on, there was a measure of melancholic relief.
I'll definitely be here when you get that written.
"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor