I’ve been battling cancer last 2 years, but now only have a few days left
Almost exactly 18 months ago, my then 87 year old father, after feeling unwell and having some fluid problems with his lungs was diagnosed with stage-4 lung cancer. He turned down treatment and died at home a couple days before Christmas last year.<p>I&#x27;ve come away from the experience very unhappy with the medical system. There&#x27;s a long list, things that in any other industry would be prosecuted. The medical and hospice systems are as near to worthless as any amount of money can buy -- at most times an absolute farce.<p>These <i>were</i> people who went out of their way to make things a little less worse, but they all worked on the periphery of the system: drivers, suppliers, and so on.<p>Fuck cancer, but also fuck the American medical system, and anybody who&#x27;s gotten in the way of making it more sane and compassionate.<p>I miss my Dad.