![]() ![]() ![]() We really did have to have that hard discussion that was not about being allied around what he wanted to do. It was like the conversation I described in the book about my dad doing surgery with a brain tumor where his hand was being paralyzed, and his operating staff were enabling him to operate with a hand that wasn't able to tie knots anymore. Being Mortal Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End Paperback by Atul Gawande (Author) 44,366 ratings Editors pick Best Nonfiction See all formats and editions Kindle 0. ![]() I don't know what to say about the driving discussion, because now it's not just about their risks, it's about the risks of others. She's now in the fourth year of no evidence of disease with stage IV ovarian, and it's sort of stunning that she did as well as she did, because it was on her own terms. She had to stop earlier than the end, but she kept her apartment. We'll take a risk with some anaphylaxis.' And my mother was very happy to take that risk.ĭid I feel good about it? I had to feel good about it and deal with that. The oncologist was able to fashion a pathway that said, 'Okay, we'll stop the chemotherapy when the neuropathy comes on, and we won't give you the standard steroid treatment. ![]()
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