If you were diagnosed with cancer, would you accept or refuse treatment?

Question

If i were to get diagnosed with cancer i would refuse. legally i cant but i would be able to fight them off

This means no treatment or remedies of anykind....no other circumstances....diagnosed now...

stop being stupid with the question.......no other circumstances.....its cancer, i dont give a crap what % success rate or any of that scenario crap........ CANCER.......DEADLY CANCER..................NO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES..... IT DOESNT DEPEND...ON ANYTHING......answer what is asked....not what might be asked.....its a straight forward no BS tiptoe around the bush question......... accept or refuse......legality... not an issue......stage...not the question...type, not the question.....any cancer of any stage of any success rate of any other stupid variable that makes the question change..... good freakin god........if you cant come up with a half-way intelligant answer....dont say anything

Answer 1

Questions are at what age and what form.
If you are already 90 years old, why get cut up?
Pancreatic is a death sentence.
In either one of these cases, I'd refuse treatment.
C. :)!!

Answer 2

I am so sorry we are never supposed to outlive our children. I know you have been through a lot, but I have to tell you I deal with cancer every day and if I had advanced pancreatic cancer I would refuse treatment too. I lost a doctor I work with about 3 years ago to pancreatic cancer and he refused treatment. I think anyone in this field would. Without surgery any treatment she receives MAY prolong her life by weeks MAYBE a few months and the quality would not be good. Respect her decision and do not spend her last days arguing. I truly am sorry. I know this is not the answer you want to hear. TO: Jenny Zilber Read the question again. He said his wife of 26 years NOT that his wife is 26 years old!

Answer 3

Hello! Well it depends on the stage and cancer type. My doctor advised me not to do any treatment as mine was at stage 1(diagnosed with lung cancer 2 years ago)He does not want the treatment to weaken my immune system. And, my cancer cell is the last 3 out of i.e 20 lung cancer cell type that grows in a very slow rate(it's a non small-cell cancer) He also told me that if his patient is having cancer at stage 4(with survival rate at 10 - 20%), he will also advise not to do any chemo and hurt the patient since they are already weak and chemo will weaken the immune system. He will just advice the patients to enjoy life to the fullest. Hope this helps. Have a wonderful life!

Answer 4

I wouldn't honestly know until it happened. My Mom died at age 62 with breast cancer. She had treatment but discovered her problem too late. She wasn't able to fight for recovery. I wish she had been able to die without surgery because she only lived 6 1/2 weeks after diagnosis. I am a fighter by nature. I have a husband and family so unless it was a fast moving/somehow hopeless situation I would accept treatment.

I would be praying for God's help also. Life and death situations are incredibly hard to handle and I would need God's help for me and my loved ones. When my Mom was diagnosed I had an immediate sense that she wouldn't live long. I actually prayed she would be released quickly in death without much pain. I feel God answered my prayers for her; she didn't suffer nearly as much as some people do with that kind of cancer.

I don't have any idea why you feel as you do about cancer, but I feel sad for you. I hope you never have to go through anything like cancer and I hope you realize that your life is important and worth fighting for.

Answer 5

I accepted treatment and am alive today because I did.

Treatments for cancer have come a long way in the past decade and it is no longer an automatic death sentence.

It is foolish to simply refuse without getting the facts. It is like standing in front of a moving train and refusing to move because someone didn't ask you nicely or you didn't feel like it would really hit you!

Answer 6

Unless you are underage you can choose not to receive any kind of medical/psychiatric treatment. I had breast cancer I did all the surgeries and the chemo and radiation is less than a year. Seemed like 5. So why wouldn't you get treated?? I suppose it would depend on the cancer and whether it's got any % of success. To the naive young person above who's waiting for a miracle. Scientists, doctors and chemo ARE the miracles.

Answer 7

It's hard to predict how you will react unless you're in the actual situation. Thank God, I'm not.

Well, It depends on the type of cancer. If I could die without a lot of prolonged pain & suffering, I think I would decline.

I am 43 but I've already done everything I wanted to really do in my life, so I think I could accept death. (easy to say now).. I think I would rather enjoy my remaining time without losing my hair, and being sick and tired all the time.

Answer 8

I would accept. God has blessed us with new treatments now that in some cases, have cured people of cancer. There are many cancer survivors. Also, I have a family and kids. I would want to try my hardest to fight the cancer and live for them and for me.

Answer 9

I would first research and try other alternatives. For example, diet, herbs, etc. I read years ago that B17 which is found in apricot seeds would prevent and cure cancer. If I was diagnosed with cancer, I would probably try this first before, chemo, radiation or surgery. My mother went through chemo and surgery for breast cancer. She later told me if she was every diagnosed again, she would not do either of these again.

Answer 10

Nobody can answer that question for you. It is a very personal decision that you must make on your own but you need to know all the alternatives if your decision is to be an informed one. I have had several members of my family who have had to make that decision, and believe me, it is not an easy one.