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cafebabbe on Feb 19, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Leukemia Has Won

When her last chemo failed, my Mom lived for about two weeks, in excruciating agony despite intensive care.

Leukemia won, there was no other way to put it.

stef25 on Feb 20, 2019 [–]

If you don't mind me asking, was there no medicine that could make it something more tolerable than excruciating?

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