I'm getting some radiology now. It won't cure the cancer but will help with a few problematic outlying tumors. Doc says it's "palliative care." And that she will hook me up with palliative care docs.
You'd think that after 3 years of cancer I would have known what "Palliative Care" means.
I always pictured that palliative care meant that you were just warehoused on a pallet somewhere.
So, Call me Clueless! Now I'm shuffling and reading up quickly like I need to cram for a final--Yes, it IS Final! Darn! OK, so WHAT is the definition of Palliative Care?
As far as I can tell, Palliative Care is the care given when you're terminal. It's not care that would fix you and make you better (like antibiotics for an infection).
Palliative care is -- treating the symptoms with full knowledge that the treatment is NOT the cure.
Palliative care is just makes you feel better while you cannot be cured.
My 16-year-old asked me about my health stuff, I replied that besides seeing my oncologist, I would also be seeing a doctor about palliative care.
"So" was the reply, "you will be seeing a paleontologist?"
Well, at MY age that might not be a bad idea!
You'd think that after 3 years of cancer I would have known what "Palliative Care" means.
I always pictured that palliative care meant that you were just warehoused on a pallet somewhere.
So, Call me Clueless! Now I'm shuffling and reading up quickly like I need to cram for a final--Yes, it IS Final! Darn! OK, so WHAT is the definition of Palliative Care?
As far as I can tell, Palliative Care is the care given when you're terminal. It's not care that would fix you and make you better (like antibiotics for an infection).
Palliative care is -- treating the symptoms with full knowledge that the treatment is NOT the cure.
Palliative care is just makes you feel better while you cannot be cured.
My 16-year-old asked me about my health stuff, I replied that besides seeing my oncologist, I would also be seeing a doctor about palliative care.
"So" was the reply, "you will be seeing a paleontologist?"
Well, at MY age that might not be a bad idea!
