Terminal Uncertainty: What if the Doctors Are Wrong?

Since the day she was given two to four months
 to live, Clayton has gone with her children on a
series of vacations, including a tour
 of  the Southwest.

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She noticed the back pain first. Driving to the grocery store, Maryanne Clayton would have to pull over to the side of the road in tears. Then 62, a retired computer technician, she went to see a doctor in the Tri-Cities, where she lived. The diagnosis was grim. She already had Stage IV lung cancer, the most advanced form there is. Her tumor had metastasized up her spine. The doctor gave Clayton two to four months to live.

That was almost four years ago.