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sieste • yesterday at 8:33 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

The late Jake Seliger and his widow Bess blogged at length about their experience navigating the medical system after his squamous cell cancer diagnosis. That was in 2023-25 though.

jakeseliger.com

bessstillman.substack.com


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Cider9986 • yesterday at 8:50 PM

This is his last article I think. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41157974

salomonk_mur • today at 3:14 AM

His articles forever changed how I view terminal diseases and my stance on how to manage them.

If I ever get such a disease, I have it in writing with my family that I will not seek any treatment after the first recommendation, I will not do experimental treatments and I will not prolong a life of suffering. Rather go out under my own terms.

I'm forever grateful to Jake for writing his experiences in such detail and candidness.

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