Spoke with an acquaintance recently. Wife was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer last year. Guy has sold all their rental properties, their business and cashed out most of their savings for various treatments and the like. They are now giving her less than 6 months left.
It got me thinking. Obviously we would do anything we could for our wife/husband/child.
But what if the situation is reversed. What if you were diagnosed and triple opinioned with stage 4 bone/colon/pancreas cancer. It's not going to kill you tomorrow, but I think colon cancer is less than 15% chance you make it 5 years and the other two are worse stats. Again we are talking stage 4.
Would you let your spouse cash in everything to buy you a little more time? Burn all your kid's college money, sell the business, the house etc? Would the same love that would drive you to sell everything for your sick loved one be just as strong in you to prevent them from doing it for you?
It's really a fucked up situation.
It got me thinking. Obviously we would do anything we could for our wife/husband/child.
But what if the situation is reversed. What if you were diagnosed and triple opinioned with stage 4 bone/colon/pancreas cancer. It's not going to kill you tomorrow, but I think colon cancer is less than 15% chance you make it 5 years and the other two are worse stats. Again we are talking stage 4.
Would you let your spouse cash in everything to buy you a little more time? Burn all your kid's college money, sell the business, the house etc? Would the same love that would drive you to sell everything for your sick loved one be just as strong in you to prevent them from doing it for you?
It's really a fucked up situation.