If you or a loved one were told you have terminal cancer and have the choice to either live life day to day or to then get treated aggressively with the possibility of a cure and recovery but be sick everyday, what would you go with?
Would you be mad if a loved one decided to just go with palliative care or would you come to terms with their decision and accept it because it’s their life and what they feel most happy and comfortable with at the end of the day? Or would you try to convince them otherwise? If so, how? And emotional blackmail and physical force is not really an option… logic and rationale is most important.
Re: Terminal Cancer
I think it is normal for relatives and friends in the first instance to really want the sufferer to take treatment to cure the disease, as they do not want to lose that person.
My friend's father refused treatment and was ill at home for a long time until his time came. He refused aggressive treatment which statistically could have helped if the decision to take it was made earlier. However, when the time comes, the time comes.
I have another friend who pleaded with her father to take treatment. Her father just couldn't bring himself to take the treatment, even though her family pleaded, and now they have made peace with that decision for the sake of their father and are devoting all their attention and energies to him at this time, which seems like a good thing bcos for all of them right now.
Yet another person, her family really insisted their father take treatment to cure the cancer, he didn't want to but took the decision to please his family. The treatment is so aggressive and hard on him, he says that if he had known how difficult this would be, he would have preferred to let the disease run its course. But still, his treatment is actually working, so inshallah he will be recovered soon.