As an RN the physicians telling her that further treatment of her cancer would be unproductive is very ominous indeed. A friend and fellow RN who suffered from Ovarian Cancer was told the same thing. She had survived over 4 years, had been through a liver resection 18 months prior to her death because it had spread to her liver, and would have undergone any further treatment the physicians recommended. But, when the very aggressive physicians who had treated her delivered the same message, she knew she was a the end of the road.
Judy went home, told her family how much she loved them, and how much their support helped her in the last 4+ years, and passed away 3 days later. I doubt Elizabeth Edwards has much time left . In fact, it surprises me that she is still here three years after being told of the metastasis to her bones. She is only here still due to her strong will to survive, and love for her children, IMHO. May she have a peaceful passing, and suffer none.