Oh Chris! We hear this story far too often. Pressure from families can be very hard to endure. It has to do with combination of "people pleasing" and the emotions involved in having cancer, together with some kind of misplaced guilt caused by our very loved ones. The result for sucumbing to our loved ones wishes is our very own demise. People need to stand up for themselves. It's our bodies, it is our health that is at stake.