My mom sent me a text message while I was sleeping last night.
I always feel scared to open her message. I always pray before I open it so that her message does not contain any bad news.
In today’s message, she said her doctor decided to give her the first chemotherapy treatment today, which was two days earlier than his previous plan. His original decision, that he made right after my mom’s surgery, was to see her health condition without a chemotherapy.
Since I didn’t talk with my mom directly over the phone, and she always does not write her text message with full sentences, I don’t know the process and the reason why the doctor keep changing his decision.
I replied back to her, that if I were in her situation, I would discuss with the doctor about other options for me to avoid a chemotherapy treatment.
As usual, my mom never replied back to my question or comment.
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After I sent her my reply, I thought about a chemotherapy. I want to avoid a chemotherapy because I have read many medical articles about the side effects. And from my personal experience with the medical doctors and nurses, I have learned the importance of making a decision on my own. Therefore, I am willing to have a second opinion about the doctor’s diagnosis and an intense research on any kinds of medications that I will need to take to my body.
However, I also know I have to respect everybody is different.
I know my mom well. She is not a type of person who is willing to have a second opinion when it comes to a doctor’s diagnosis. She trusts her doctor and obeys any doctor’s orders.
Maybe I should stop saying anything about the chemotherapy. Once my mom decides to obey her doctor’s decision, any kind of my ideas or my opinions might torture her.
I should stay strong for continuously supporting my mom for her decisions.
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