Life Coaching
By Dr. Mike Brooks
My dad was diagnosed with lung cancer at the age of 69. He was a smoker and had been for years. For some unexpected reason he just up and quit one day. We still don’t know the reason why he did. I wonder if it was a doctor who told him to, or maybe he did it on his own. Anyway, the cancer doctors suggested a few options for dealing with the cancer. The first option was getting part of the lung removed and following up with chemotherapy; the second was leaving the lung and doing chemotherapy alone; and his third option was radiation therapy. When dad and I talked he said he wanted the surgery. The doctors agreed and told our family that this was the best option and would give my dad a few more years to live. I remember one particular doctor assuring us that we would have him around for many, many years. I was ecstatic and so were my siblings and mother. His surgery was successful, and soon after, he started physical therapy at the hospital. Everything was going great until five days later when he started having difficulty breathing. Not long after, I received the phone call that he had passed away.
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