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In Reply to: I apolgize for the tone of my post posted by Observer on February 23, 2006 at 17:56:18:
Like OWK says, the charter in the family is very clear that these types of medical decisions are now left up to the individuals involved. They are not dictated by the "Pill or Pilgrimage" letter of old.
I know of one case in Taiwan where a dear sister passed away from cancer. She lived only a mile away from where I lived. Every decision made about her care was made by her and her husband. She decided not to take the medical route. We all stood by her decision in prayer and support. She made that decision after spending many months visiting a wife of another friend who was in hospital with cancer and seeing many of the people there basically dying very slowly and in a lot of pain and saying she didn't have the grace to go through that. In the end she made a trip to Baja California for a natural course of treatments. The family aid fund pitched in a lot of money towards the trip and treatments. After spending 3 weeks there she was preparing to return to Taiwan and took a really sharp turn for the worst and passed away very quickly. Her husband was able to bring her ashes back to Taiwan where we had a very beautiful and touching memorial service and funeral for her and have her ashes buried where she wished.
After reading the various posts here, it seems that every situation has been different for different people. Like Peter Puppet's situation. He was sent back to Australia by himself and was put into a hospital. I was living (or rather serving as a gopher) with the leaders of Australia at the time and we never really talked about him at all. I used to find out what was going on with him through the only brother who used to visit him and spend time with him. The sad part is he died on his own, as even his own father who was a doctor basically disowned him because he did not take the chemo. No family members went to his funeral. It was a total disgrace and a real blot on the family. I still don't really know why the big secret. I think it had to do with the letter that DB wrote about him, which was very cruel and heartless.
Enough for now. JoJo
