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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 65584" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>That is so sad. I hope she doesn't suffer too much with this. Keeping the swelling down will probably do more than anything else to give her quality of life.</p><p></p><p>We have a TV program over here called "RPA", reality TV. It's set in one of Sydney's big teaching hospitals (where I had all my kids). On the TV show we get to see the doctors at work and follow patients through their admission, treatment and discharge. There have been some amazing cases where you really wonder, is it worth them trying to do anything? Then you see the result, and you can see that it was worthwhile. One doctor in particular has stood out in this series - a neurosurgeon, his manner so gentle and kind as he talked through the options with his cancer patients. He dealt with other problems too, but cancers which involved the nervous system were his department. The episodes dealing with a young woman with an appallingly large NF tumour were harrowing, until you saw her walk out of there.</p><p></p><p>Then this doctor became a patient. It was totally unexpected but he asked that his story be included. It has been amazing watching the whole process for him, as he discovered he also had a brain tumour. He will never practice again but still contributes in other ways. They even did a special episode, just on him and all the people he's helped over the years, as well as how he's going now. A much loved man.</p><p></p><p>Cancer strikes where it will. We can never find a "why" because generally, there is no answer. All we can do with life is roll with the punches. And a person is always living, every minute, every second they're breathing and their heart's beating. Dying is still a process of living.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 65584, member: 1991"] That is so sad. I hope she doesn't suffer too much with this. Keeping the swelling down will probably do more than anything else to give her quality of life. We have a TV program over here called "RPA", reality TV. It's set in one of Sydney's big teaching hospitals (where I had all my kids). On the TV show we get to see the doctors at work and follow patients through their admission, treatment and discharge. There have been some amazing cases where you really wonder, is it worth them trying to do anything? Then you see the result, and you can see that it was worthwhile. One doctor in particular has stood out in this series - a neurosurgeon, his manner so gentle and kind as he talked through the options with his cancer patients. He dealt with other problems too, but cancers which involved the nervous system were his department. The episodes dealing with a young woman with an appallingly large NF tumour were harrowing, until you saw her walk out of there. Then this doctor became a patient. It was totally unexpected but he asked that his story be included. It has been amazing watching the whole process for him, as he discovered he also had a brain tumour. He will never practice again but still contributes in other ways. They even did a special episode, just on him and all the people he's helped over the years, as well as how he's going now. A much loved man. Cancer strikes where it will. We can never find a "why" because generally, there is no answer. All we can do with life is roll with the punches. And a person is always living, every minute, every second they're breathing and their heart's beating. Dying is still a process of living. Marg [/QUOTE]
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