Cancer

[thumbs2_ca]

God I hate that Fucking word.
This last week I have had two people that I admire greatly get diagnosed with that horrible disease.
My Aunt with bladder cancer and a close friend with Colon Cancer.
It is very easy to get bitter and consider that with the amount of money given to research that they just don't want to find a cure. This is a Billion dollar Industry and it just pisses me off that other than offering us little crumbs, showing headway being made, they just don't seem any closer than they were ages ago.
I know that sounds ridiculous but I am just lashing out.
I lost my Dad to Cancer a few years ago. Never sick a day in his life and gone in two months to pancreatic cancer. My wife's mother goes in for the removal of a gall stone and they didn't even bother to take it out. Gone in a couple of months.
I know everyone had been touched by this disease in some way but I feel better just typing this out.
Thanks for listening..

 

[Guest]

i know how helpless one feels when confronted with a disease in the 21st century when medical science is suppose to have found the right answers.

what probably does make a difference is how it brings one's life back into perspective. We do tend to take many things like health for granted..dont we?

 

[Yoni]

opps..that was me

 

[juicylips]

I am so very sorry to hear of your losses. I lost my grandfather to cancer and my favorite aunt has just been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Cancer is a monster. Invasive. Consuming.

Post all you'd like if it makes you feel better.

JL

 

[Ms_Lilith]

My brother works on cancer-research off and on (depending on his employment) and he often tells me how frustrating it is to never be able to understand why things that should work won't. He tells me of the experiments that he's done, very unorthodox some of them, and how things blow up in his face. My brother is a good guy, and he works hard, and it hurts him to not make headway, as our grandmother has had it twice before, and was rediagnosed recently, and it's at a stage where they won't treat her, and many of my uncles and aunts have had it. I am at high risk for breast cancer, like all the women in my family, and it scares me. But I have faith that a cure will be found by people like my brother. Keep the faith and be strong.

 

[DustyWolfe]

*hugs* I am so sorry.
Colon Cancer is really treatable, your friend is going to do just fine with the right attitude

I received some information from my doctor right after I moved here... Actually it was on Monday. Said my new doctor should be under advisement that there is a 98% chance that I have cancer because of symptoms and blood work.

SOB couldn't tell me on the phone or in person before I left. And now I don't have insurance. Life sucks don't it?

 

[samsonagonistes]

(((((((thumbs))))))))

 

[thumbs2_ca]

thanks

I have a great zest for life for as long as I can remember. I think it is because I lost a brother when I was 18 due to an accident. So many times we hear of people finally getting to that retirement age and die a year later.
We do have to remember not to take things for granted. Stop and smell the roses because we just don't know how many years days or hours we have left.

 

[thumbs2_ca]

Sorry Dustygrrl

That does really suck. I am sorry
Major hugssssss

 

[DustyWolfe]

Re: Sorry Dustygrrl

That does really suck. I am sorry
Major hugssssss

awww *huuuuuggggggggggssss* thank. I will be fine. I'm a fighter!

 

[Guest]

~Sending warm, tight hugs to you thumbs and dusty~

 

[DustyWolfe]

~Sending warm, tight hugs to you thumbs and dusty~

awww thank you so much Raindancer *big hugs*

 

[boobs]

I know how you feel. I lost my godfather to stomach cancer last year and my uncle has recently had a brain tumour removed. He is doing so well after the radiotherapy but he is prone to having fits occasionally and every time he does, its back to square one. Fortunatly though, the doctors say the radiotherapy has done a good job and he's doing really well

 

[Spinaroonie]

DOn't you get it?

There are cancer cells in the vaccines we get, flu shots, meningitis shots, MMR, diptep, etc.

YOu get protected from something and you get Cacner. The UN has PUBLICALLY ANNOUNCED that it wants to KILL 80% of the WORLD'S POPULATION!

 

[ag2507]

It isn't true that they're not making progress. It's just the enormity of the task Cancer is many different problems and there is no easy target like a bug or virus.

Dealing with cancer isn't like dealing with a cold which you either have or you don't: explaining to a patient that they are probably cured, but then they might not be -- or that a measure of success is your being around in 5 years time. It isn't easy.

Being a patient is bad enough, being a patient's SO is often far harder. For some this is the first time in a relationship that they can't share their feelings with their partner. I know just how hard it is to tell your partner that the treatment is working, and that in spite of the numbers they will beat it: when you yourself are scared as hell about losing your best friend and lover, mother or father to your children and you can't talk about it. It is very destructive.

A

 

[sabbathstorm]

I'm sorry to hear about your losses. My family has been touched by cancer more than I'd care to remember. My grandmother has had two forms and is still a survivor at over 80. In the past ten years, I've lost four family members to cancer and have had my own scare.

My thoughts are definitely with you. If you need somewhere to vent, we're here

 

[missy2]

My mom had a tit lopped off about ten years ago and she's doing great!

My dad died 2 years ago of throat cancer.That was the worst.Heavy radiation on the neck,Couldn't turn his head.Had to remove his teeth.Lost all saliva production-couldn't swallow.Had to have a feeding tube put in his stomach.Poured in cans of liquid food 3 times a day.He lived that way for 8 years.You hate to wish death to anyone,but there was no quality life.I'm sure he's alot happier where he is now.

 

[T.H. Oughts]

Sending the biggest hugs to you Thumbs

Life is unfair sometimes for sure... but if we stop to smell the roses along the way, then at least we can look back and enjoy the thought of those roses....

 

[*bratcat*]

 

[Dynamite]

Carcinoma

When I was 25 my best friend died from cancer. She was pregnant w/ her third child. He survived and she died 6 months after he was born. He will be 9 this summer. I love the little guy a lot.

 

[lickerish]

I know how you feel.

(((hugs)))

 

[goddess]

We are going to visit my college roomate this weekend and she has been battling sarcoma in her liver and they just discovered a mass under her right breast. She has had 3 different types of chemo now and none work. Lost her hair 3 times in 4 years and all that goes with it. It is very hard to watch her deal with the enormity of the possibility of not getting well. Her doctors try very hard to keep her quality of life bearable. She has children and a husband who is by her side with encouragement. All I know is that we all must learn from her sacrifice and be stronger for knowing her and all that have fought this battle. She is a brave she-warrior as she fights for one more day and I work hard to make her laugh just one more time every time I see her. She is a good friend.

 

[Guest]

I can hardly get past the 2 AV's above me....

BIG (((hugs))) to thumbs and dusty!!

Dusty, your County may be able to help you with funding, check into it.

Cancer has touched me as well. 3 weeks ago we found out my wife has cancer. I told one person here before this, but WTF, might as well post it.....

The thought of losing her scares the hell out of me. We've told none of our friends or family......... We have a 2 y/o..... this is so scary.

 

[truegentleman]

Cancer is perhaps the cruelest illness there is. For those that are having to deal with it my heart goes out to you. I have been there and watched a very special lady get taken away from us way before her time. My only advice is to cherish every minute you have and not let the illness take over your life.

This is something that I wrote about my friend Cathy...

You've been gone for over five years now.
I thought I would always remember your voice, your laugh,
everything about you. I thought they would always be there
for me to just close my eyes and hear you, like you were right
here with me.

Now though, I can not remember what you sounded like. I can
associate a voice with you, but I don't really know if it is
your's or maybe the way I want to remember you.

When you passed away, I thought my whole life was over too.
It was the memories that got me through the hard times.
Now with every passing day, your memory fades a little bit more.
It is almost like I am having to watch you die all over again.
I just miss you so much that it hurts. It feels like someone is
ripping my heart out with each and every faded memory.

I know what you would say. "Quit feeling sorry for yourself, and get on with life."

Believe me, I want to, but I also want to keep a little bit of you with me, and I feel like I am losing you

 

[shynsexy]

i lost my dad when i was 2 to lung cancer complications of agent orange. he served 4 years in veitnam and ended up really messed up from it. i am sorry for everyones loss, but please dont be sorry of mine. i hear my dad was a real prick, but i'll never know. i am sorry if this sounds bitter, but i AM bitter.

thanks for hearing me out.