Today my brother's closest friend died. Battling form cancer which
was diagnosed only about eight months back leaves one is state of dismay
about how life is so unpredictable.
Life is definitely unpredictable, but are we really vulnerable to this unpredictability? NO, we are more vulnerable to the choices we make during those unpredictable circumstances. We realize now that if it was not for chemotherapy, Sanjeet would have lived longer...are we right in our thinking? can we make this assumption?
Well the tumor on his pancreas were 13 cms when it was diagnosed last December 2012, he went for a general medical check up not even thinking that it was necessary, unfortunately it turned out that it was a tumor, detected by ultrasound.. what happened was an unsuccessful attempt to operate on and remove it, so began the proceeding 8 cycles of chemotherapy.
As soon as the chemotherapy cycles were done, what seemed only a gradual development of tumor, spread and multiplied as if the chemotherapy was fueling the rapacious growth. Would he have survived more longer if the chemo was not done? This is the question at large....
Did we do the right choice by option for chemo? well the doctors advised it! so surely for the sake of good and best choice we went for it. Chemo was to kill the alien cells, but what about the good ones, would they have an eternal shield and the divine power to tolerate and fend the poisonous medications. Well the doctors thought the medications were sacred and that it would not harm the good cells, so how could we possibly imagine a situation where we think about this.
We also wonder if doctors ever think about life as life itself? possibly not. What they presume is that the key to good life lies their science. Agreed that doctors have a long and arduous training in their profession and that they are destined to save lives by their oath, but at what cost?.
Going purely by science has cost many lives, and will create more misery. Life is not science, life is an art. With the excellent knowledge that doctors have about the human body, what is needed is not they are to be more creative and
.............
The choices made during the terminal illness is one of that of getting rid of the illness at any cost. But is this all..
Life is definitely unpredictable, but are we really vulnerable to this unpredictability? NO, we are more vulnerable to the choices we make during those unpredictable circumstances. We realize now that if it was not for chemotherapy, Sanjeet would have lived longer...are we right in our thinking? can we make this assumption?
Well the tumor on his pancreas were 13 cms when it was diagnosed last December 2012, he went for a general medical check up not even thinking that it was necessary, unfortunately it turned out that it was a tumor, detected by ultrasound.. what happened was an unsuccessful attempt to operate on and remove it, so began the proceeding 8 cycles of chemotherapy.
As soon as the chemotherapy cycles were done, what seemed only a gradual development of tumor, spread and multiplied as if the chemotherapy was fueling the rapacious growth. Would he have survived more longer if the chemo was not done? This is the question at large....
Did we do the right choice by option for chemo? well the doctors advised it! so surely for the sake of good and best choice we went for it. Chemo was to kill the alien cells, but what about the good ones, would they have an eternal shield and the divine power to tolerate and fend the poisonous medications. Well the doctors thought the medications were sacred and that it would not harm the good cells, so how could we possibly imagine a situation where we think about this.
We also wonder if doctors ever think about life as life itself? possibly not. What they presume is that the key to good life lies their science. Agreed that doctors have a long and arduous training in their profession and that they are destined to save lives by their oath, but at what cost?.
Going purely by science has cost many lives, and will create more misery. Life is not science, life is an art. With the excellent knowledge that doctors have about the human body, what is needed is not they are to be more creative and
.............
The choices made during the terminal illness is one of that of getting rid of the illness at any cost. But is this all..
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