They know what’s going to happen, and that’s the big difference.
Delaying the approaching end of any stage 4 cancer makes little sense.
Generally, cancer is spreading inside, invading your internal organs and ruining your anatomy. If you’ve ever looked at actual medical images of advanced stage 4 cancer, you know what I’m talking about.
You virtually become a walking corpse and will not be able to bear the pain.
Not just oncologists, but any medical professional who has regularly seen the horror of cancer deep in its dark eyes, knows this. They have seen people rot, dissolve, and become utterly desperate about what cancer is doing to their bodies and minds.
And once you’ve seen it up close many times, you’ve known one thing, and one thing only:
I never, ever want to go through this ordeal.
As you may know, I watched up close (albeit from across the room) as my ex-wife was erased by stage 4 breast cancer into a fading shadow of the person she once was, until she died.
A few days later, a mutual friend wrote to me that the pain was finally so strong that she had to give up the idea of living even two more weeks, if only to say goodbye to the family and friends she had listed in advance.