The doctors just gave up on our uncle with kidney cancer, now in the hospital in terrible pain due to a broken hip. But what does that mean that doctors give up on you?
I asked the oncologist who gave up on my father having metastatic liver cancer and he answered:
- with what we know now
- with the reasonable amount of tests we did
- and with the options there are
- I cannot do anything anymore
In proper English this means:
- it is well possible that there is still some tests that could help us making a better diagnosis
- and there could well be some techniques or cures to help your father
- but I am not going to waste my time, the hospitals money nor energy on that
Now with father "it was easy" : he said: if there is not a 100% waterproofed cure, then just don’t bother.
But with uncle it is different; he always says: try anything, never give up, keep fighting! And now the doctors don’t grant him his wish.
How can these doctors talk about quality of life when they don’t want to help in giving uncle’s "quality of life" : try harder!