**** cancer

i_got_a_mohawk · #1 03-03-2008, 05:21 AM

Seriously, this scares the crap out of me.

A friend of mine died on saturday morning from a brain tumour. He was 19. Why does it only seem to happen to the good guys

Fassa Albrecht · #2 03-03-2008, 05:37 AM

Man that sucks! Sorry to hear that!

Deacon_Blues · #3 03-03-2008, 05:42 AM

Wow, that sucks.

One of my closest friends had a brain tumour a few years back. For one month he didn't know what kind of tumour it was, and that must have been a really hard time for him and his family. Luckily, it wasn't of the bad kind and he had it removed successfully.

These things sure scares the crap out of anyone...

Dan1099 · #4 03-03-2008, 06:22 AM

My Dad's been fighting with Throat Cancer for the last nine months. They said the particular type he got generally only shows up in three pack a day smokers. He doesn't smoke.

Went away, came back.

If they have to do surgery, he might never speak again.

Man. F all that S.

BigKahuna13 · #5 03-03-2008, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Dan1099

My Dad's been fighting with Throat Cancer for the last nine months. They said the particular type he got generally only shows up in three pack a day smokers. He doesn't smoke.

Went away, came back.

If they have to do surgery, he might never speak again.

Man. F all that S.

I'm sorry. Throat cancer took both my father-in-law - he worked with lots of seriously dangerous chemicals in his youth in the 40s - and the father of a very dear friend - he was a heavy drinker.

Father-in-law couldn't speak without a mechanical aid for the last few years of his life. For a man who loved debating it must have
been hell.

Bryan316 · #6 03-03-2008, 06:42 AM

I've been saying it for three years now, about to become four years since my brother fought his off. Cancer knows no boundaries, cancer knows no limits. It is not racist or sexist. It is not prejudiced to age or religion. And it always goes after the good ones first.

Cancer sucks.

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Originally Posted by fenderhutz

I got to go today and get a biopsy for some weird **** that just popped up on my leg.

I am not wanting to hear the "C" word.

They think it's a melanoma?

Baryonyx · #7 03-03-2008, 08:10 AM

Sorry to hear that, man.

**MAJOR METAL** · #8 03-03-2008, 09:49 AM

I am sorry for your loss , cancer does indeed suck.

Valerus · #9 03-03-2008, 10:12 AM

Ouch man. You okay?

Barkless Dog · #10 03-03-2008, 10:39 AM

It hurts the most when it's in kids, so unfair.

MakiSupaStar · #11 03-03-2008, 10:40 AM

That just sucks. Sorry.

Dan1099 · #12 03-03-2008, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by BigKahuna13

I'm sorry. Throat cancer took both my father-in-law - he worked with lots of seriously dangerous chemicals in his youth in the 40s - and the father of a very dear friend - he was a heavy drinker.

Father-in-law couldn't speak without a mechanical aid for the last few years of his life. For a man who loved debating it must have
been hell.

My dad's a politician. He speaks for a living, and it's his passion in life. He's speaking okay on his own right now, but while he was in radiation, he had to use an amplifier clipped to his belt. Must have been really hard.

FuturePrimitive · #13 03-03-2008, 11:12 AM

Sorry for your loss i_got_a_mohawk.

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Originally Posted by Barkless Dog

It hurts the most when it's in kids, so unfair.

Definitely. One of the kids at my sons daycare had cancer, he was diagnosed before his first birthday (had it in the womb) and didn't make it to 2. It's been 2 years but I still think about him almost every day. RIP Alex.

The Golden Boy · #14 03-03-2008, 11:24 AM

My best wishes to his friends and family...

pmaraziti · #15 03-03-2008, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by FuturePrimitive

Sorry for your loss i_got_a_mohawk.

Definitely. One of the kids at my sons daycare had cancer, he was diagnosed before his first birthday (had it in the womb) and didn't make it to 2. It's been 2 years but I still think about him almost every day. RIP Alex.

RIP Alex... my thoughts with you.

i_got_a_mohawk · #16 03-03-2008, 11:45 AM

Thanks guys, i'm doing fine, its just still surreal tho, i knew his family, and they have my sincerest condolensces. We knew it was coming, but that doesnt give any consolation other than now he is out of pain. It first arose when he was 16, he was in hospital for 6 months, but they removed it. It just relapsed a few months back

. This is the 3rd person ive known (who's around my age) that has passed in the last 18 months

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Originally Posted by Barkless Dog

It hurts the most when it's in kids, so unfair.

Couldnt agree more, no parent should ever have to bury their children

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Originally Posted by FuturePrimitive

Sorry for your loss i_got_a_mohawk.

Definitely. One of the kids at my sons daycare had cancer, he was diagnosed before his first birthday (had it in the womb) and didn't make it to 2. It's been 2 years but I still think about him almost every day. RIP Alex.

Thats horrible, life truely is just unfair

Scarlet Fire · #17 03-03-2008, 01:29 PM

My dad died from liver cancer this past August.

Cancer gives no quarter. The best we can do is give it Hell, and even then, sometimes that's just not enough.

flakeh · #18 03-03-2008, 02:37 PM

We can put a man on the moon, We can artificially create animals through cloning. We can create microscopic robots used for spying in the military, but we cannot cure cancer.

What a sad, Sad day we live.

My condolences to all who have lost a loved one, or knows someone who has lost someone to cancer. I lost my Grandpa to a brain tumor. He was a wonderful, fun guy. He would take us to Mcdonalds every weekend when we made the 3 hour drive to see him. I still remember having to clean out his house with my brother and dad when he was taken into hospital. I was 8. I still have the white stuffed teddy bear he gave me. He had surgery and started to recover, but complications led him to live in a nursing home. Here he gained speech problems.His condition worsened and ultimately he died of pneumonia. All this from a brain tumor. I work in the nursing home where he stayed, I live directly across the room in the hospital where he died.

RIP Ed McCallum.

wilser · #19 03-03-2008, 02:59 PM

One of the bible teachers in my church died not long ago from brain cancer. He was the most upbeat, caring and friendly person you can imagine, then one day complaining of a headache he went to the doctor and boom, brain cancer, lived just 3 months after it was diagnosed. Same thing happened to one of the youth pastors, lived 2 months after it was diagnosed. What scares me about this thing is that it's all so sudden. I mean, these are people that were seemingly healthy and living normal lives without much excess of anything (no drinking, no alcohol, healthy eaters, family guys!) and from one moment to the next, boom.

iamlowsound · #20 03-03-2008, 03:13 PM

My best friend's dad died of brain cancer. He beat it once, but it came back much worse. Sorry for you lost.

lowsound