see I'm confused..........wouldn't she want to have cancer and die asap to go to the afterlife .....if you believed in all of this as much as they do, why would you even start chemotherapy...

Very well put, Alysia.  When my dad's cancer spread from his bowel to his liver, The doctors only gave him two weeks to live.  He opted to go home to die.  Four years later, and after taking only Tylenol with codine for pain, in May of 1992 he decided to go the way of hospice.  He disliked the morphine drip which made him "see things", but there were times he wished he could have more to control his pain.  We had a wonderful last week together, as I stayed that last week at night to help my Mom.  He told me about angels who came to get him and a train that would take him "home".  He passed away 2 weeks after my grandson was born, the July.  We all make choices---- here and THERE.  I keep in touch with my dad, but never question his choice.  Love Carol Ann