His oncologists, radiation therapists, surgeons, and other doctors had all seen him through months of treatments for a problem that they knew could not be cured. We could never bring ourselves to discuss the larger truth about his condition or the ultimate limits of our capabilities, let alone what might matter most to him as he neared the end of his life. If he was pursuing a delusion, so were we.
"If he was pursuing a delusion, so were we." WOWOW why is it that so often the medical professionals - the ones who are put on god-like pedestals, have the hardest time admitting their limits. Their shortcomings. Their failures. And how so often it is their patients who feel the burden of this.
