Facing Death Frontline Analysis

Facing Death Frontline is a documentary that talks about patients with cancer that are facing challenges on staying alive. It talks about their families having to make a tough choice on whether to continue treatments or provide comfort measures during their last few times together. After watching this documentary, I have learned that we have enhanced medications to prolong life; however, we have yet to find a cure for cancer or other diseases. Medicine is used to help ease symptoms for the patient, and provide them more time for their loved ones. However, there is no medicines that keep the cancer from coming back. Patients are struggling to survive, and after a few attempts of chemotherapy they are usually too weak to continue treatment. I also learned that people cannot stay on a ventilator for long periods of times. This is because they can get
Their loved ones cannot make that decision for themselves, so the doctors must ask the families what they want to do. This is a horrible time for the families, because no one wants to be the one to make that decision. The families are ignoring their loved ones wishes on not wanting to be put on life support, and they are holding on to the hope that they will get better. The families have trouble understanding that if they do get better, their loved ones will not always be the same person they were before. They may be worse, and must live on machines for the rest of their lives. When John first began treatment, he was 250 pounds. He is now 150 pounds, and is back in the hospital. His bone marrow transplant failed, because he had a stroke. He is diagnosed with multiple mylenoma, and he has been in the hospital for the last 10 months. The doctors are letting him go home, and he must come back for mild chemotherapy. He must use mild chemotherapy, because his body is too weak for