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I don't think there's anything to do. She is under what she clearly takes to be a terminal diagnosis after years of pain mixed up with addiction. At this point who cares what she's drinking or taking to ease the pain? Will it shorten her life a bit? Probably. But at this point she's probably not concerned with that. Throat cancer is a bad way to go. If it were me, I'd be tempted to tell the doctor to give me whatever was necessary to make me comfortable while I wound down my time. It sounds to me like that's the decision she's made. You might want to ask the docs what you can do to keep her comfortable as you wait for the inevitable. I am not personally all that afraid of dying. But I am very afraid of the pain that likely goes with the process of dying. I've told my wife that if I ever get a terminal diagnosis and it's just a matter of time and I'm not able to make my wishes known, she is to fill me full of enough morphine to keep me happy until the light finally goes out.