Leukemia Has Won
As a human it makes me so sad to read this post. I hope the rest of his life is meaningful, comfortable and pain-free.<p>As a doctor it makes me so mad. We talk about winning and losing against cancer like its some game or some foe personified. Just because there aren&#x27;t any more chemo therapy options doesn&#x27;t mean there aren&#x27;t treatment options. Just because he&#x27;ll be home and not in the hospital doesn&#x27;t mean his doctors will stop caring for him. He and they will have different goals. Cure seems like a goal that isn&#x27;t realistic anymore. But there are goals that are realistic. So I hope his doctors are trying to help him live a meaningful, comfortable and pain-free life, like they would for any other patient. And we need to make sure he doesn&#x27;t think he lost anything. Its not fair and its incorrect. We need to change our language around cancer.<p>Read a more articulate explanation of the problem with language around cancer here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jamanetwork.com&#x2F;journals&#x2F;jamaoncology&#x2F;fullarticle&#x2F;2108855" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jamanetwork.com&#x2F;journals&#x2F;jamaoncology&#x2F;fullarticle&#x2F;21...</a>