Despite her prognosis in 2016, Comer has defied expectations, only recently transitioning to hospice care nearly a decade later.
Reflecting on how she managed to survive for so long, Comer said: “The power of having children. I had an eight-year-old … I did not have permission to go.”
However, her fight has been relentless, involving 190 rounds of chemotherapy, seven surgeries, and between 60 to 70 scans.
As of last month, Comer has discontinued chemotherapy, now receiving only medication to help manage pain and discomfort.
“It wasn’t a difficult decision. There were no treatment options that were working, and the chemotherapy was making me feel worse, so I couldn’t recover,” she explained.
“I asked the hospice nurse, ‘Do I fight really hard, or do I just let go?’”
