Alrighty let me try inject some positivity in this with my theory because we are all freaking out and you guys are making me freak out too.
I know we all get frightened at the word CANCER. But the 5-year survival rate for Stage II thymoma is above 70%. He does not have thymic carcinoma, which is rare and much more lethal, as it is diagnosed when it has already spread to other organs. If he goes for surgery and radiation (the normal course of treatment for what he has), then he has a very good chance of survival. So it is incredibly weird that he (one of the top oncologists in the country) wants to try this radical treatment. It's not like he's late-stage, or even terminal, and is going to have to undergo countless courses of palliative, futile chemotherapy (which he made it sound like, actually)
Most people who have cancer look bad because they are usually late-stage and are dealing with the effects of rigorous courses of chemotherapy and radiation. Up to half of patients with thymomas do not know they have cancer because there may be no symptoms at all. Wilson might have found out only because he is an oncologist. So, technically, once he gets off these horrible meds (maybe they're a clinical trial drug) that seem to be life-threatening, he will probably go back to feeling and looking fine for a while. Even terminal cancer patients who stop chemo have a brief period where they feel good because there are no more toxic meds ravaging their system and killing off the good cells together with the bad cells.
The writers chose a rare cancer that has good chances of survival. They must have had a reason for that. And if they decide that they're gonna kill Wilson with that radical, totally unnecessary treatment, when he has really really good chances of remission and survival, I hope that they know the fans of the show will probably hunt them down and kill them. And they would have sacrificed rationality and logic for high drama. (ok obviously I'm crossing my fingers that the writers are still worth something after all we've seen).
And, promos are always meant to draw us in with high drama (this show is a whiz at that, remember). The road trip (maybe even the 2nd half of the episode) might be spent dealing with the fallout of whatever House chooses to do - stay home and let Wilson die when it is totally unnecessary and stupid? Or go to the hospital and go against Wilson's wishes? Post Mortem would make sense as a title for that. This has potential - House might do to Wilson what Stacy did to him. And there is the fact that he has all the emotional attachment in the world to this patient, and went against his logic and what he knew was right, to do what his terrified best friend (who's doing a very Houseian thing with this radical treatment) asked him to do. House would probably have to reexamine himself as a friend, and as a doctor (logic is everything to him after all).
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I know we all get frightened at the word CANCER. But the 5-year survival rate for Stage II thymoma is above 70%. He does not have thymic carcinoma, which is rare and much more lethal, as it is diagnosed when it has already spread to other organs. If he goes for surgery and radiation (the normal course of treatment for what he has), then he has a very good chance of survival. So it is incredibly weird that he (one of the top oncologists in the country) wants to try this radical treatment. It's not like he's late-stage, or even terminal, and is going to have to undergo countless courses of palliative, futile chemotherapy (which he made it sound like, actually)
Most people who have cancer look bad because they are usually late-stage and are dealing with the effects of rigorous courses of chemotherapy and radiation. Up to half of patients with thymomas do not know they have cancer because there may be no symptoms at all. Wilson might have found out only because he is an oncologist. So, technically, once he gets off these horrible meds (maybe they're a clinical trial drug) that seem to be life-threatening, he will probably go back to feeling and looking fine for a while. Even terminal cancer patients who stop chemo have a brief period where they feel good because there are no more toxic meds ravaging their system and killing off the good cells together with the bad cells.
The writers chose a rare cancer that has good chances of survival. They must have had a reason for that. And if they decide that they're gonna kill Wilson with that radical, totally unnecessary treatment, when he has really really good chances of remission and survival, I hope that they know the fans of the show will probably hunt them down and kill them. And they would have sacrificed rationality and logic for high drama. (ok obviously I'm crossing my fingers that the writers are still worth something after all we've seen).
And, promos are always meant to draw us in with high drama (this show is a whiz at that, remember). The road trip (maybe even the 2nd half of the episode) might be spent dealing with the fallout of whatever House chooses to do - stay home and let Wilson die when it is totally unnecessary and stupid? Or go to the hospital and go against Wilson's wishes? Post Mortem would make sense as a title for that. This has potential - House might do to Wilson what Stacy did to him. And there is the fact that he has all the emotional attachment in the world to this patient, and went against his logic and what he knew was right, to do what his terrified best friend (who's doing a very Houseian thing with this radical treatment) asked him to do. House would probably have to reexamine himself as a friend, and as a doctor (logic is everything to him after all).