if you have cancer

It's harder to give up than you might think when you're facing death. There's a strong instinct to prolong life but it comes with mental consequences, if you do.

Never refuse treatment for your life.

Lots of variables there. Some treatments can lead to cure. Some can buy a decade or more of good quality life even when they can’t cure. If they were saying they could buy me a year of breathing and half of that would be a miserable breath, then I would just let it be done.

I think it depends on if the treatment would give me more time with my son then I might take it

My Father has had treatment both times he was diagnosed and my niece also had treatment. She however has said if it ever came back she wouldn't go through treatment again. I would get treatment as I would fight to stay alive for as long as I could.

I agree, in some ways I believe people die from the treatment. Kemo just destroys the body

I would go to the Gerson Clinic in Mexico, if it was a form of cancer that they would be able to cure. They have actually been known to cure cancer, not just treat it. There are other better alternative treatments, and possible cures too, depending upon the type of cancer. So I would research it and find out if there was a cure. If there wasn't, I would see if there was something that would help me live longer without destroying my quality of life. I don't give up easily.

I would get treatment

Having treatment would be nice and so I could have more time with people I love. But since my family is poor, I might just refuse it, I wouldn't want to be a burden stressing them both emotionally and financially

It would depend if there were reasons to stay.

My dad chose treatment even though his was terminal. It was meant to give him more time. It didn't, but I think it helped his mood to have some hope and time.