Neverending-thanks for sharing. I hope that if I do this that I'll find or be given resources to help my mom understand that it's not the scary thing it was years ago. I'm sure she knows that to some extent but she has no need to know about it in detail. I don't want to turn her loose on the internet (especially before I know if there is a reason to do it) because I don't want her scaring herself.

I'm glad to make the decision for myself. Making it for someone else would be very hard. I've tried to make sure my mom and sister know what I feel comfortable with for treatments but every time I've tried to put it on paper I've given up. Hopefully I'll be able to do that or else they will know already if they ever have to make a decision for me, which hopefully never happens.