A work friend is dying of Stage IV lung cancer** and there is a crowdfunding website established by closer friends to help fund his treatment. I discussed this with my wife since I have mixed feelings about donating money to the website.
A few years ago another work friend also had lung cancer which also caught in the late stages. Rather than spend his family's entire saving fighting the inevitable, he refused treatment (except for pain-management) and was gone in six months.
In both cases they are/were long-time pack-a-day+ smokers. In both cases they never went to the doctor unless they were "really sick", meaning no annual checkups.
Should people give to support others who made extremely unhealthy lifestyle choices and are now paying the consequences? I don't know if the friend in question here put up the crowdfunding website. It was probably his family and/or friends.
**The five-year survival rate for those diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer is less than 10 percent.
A few years ago another work friend also had lung cancer which also caught in the late stages. Rather than spend his family's entire saving fighting the inevitable, he refused treatment (except for pain-management) and was gone in six months.
In both cases they are/were long-time pack-a-day+ smokers. In both cases they never went to the doctor unless they were "really sick", meaning no annual checkups.
Should people give to support others who made extremely unhealthy lifestyle choices and are now paying the consequences? I don't know if the friend in question here put up the crowdfunding website. It was probably his family and/or friends.
**The five-year survival rate for those diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer is less than 10 percent.