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Cancer 1....My pop 0
- Thread starter MJ5150
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When do I stop being mad?
This may sound trivial to most people, but where I come from it is a big deal. This whole cancer thing has totally ruined the Super Bowl. I think those on the east coast and in the south will understand more how integral football is in family life to many families.
My dad doesn't even care about the game now. I kind of don't either. Two of my uncles are supposed to leave on Friday to go to Detroit, but now they want to come here instead to be with my dad.
-Mike
This may sound trivial to most people, but where I come from it is a big deal. This whole cancer thing has totally ruined the Super Bowl. I think those on the east coast and in the south will understand more how integral football is in family life to many families.
My dad doesn't even care about the game now. I kind of don't either. Two of my uncles are supposed to leave on Friday to go to Detroit, but now they want to come here instead to be with my dad.
-Mike
I lost my mom to it. She finally stopped at 75. Way too
late.
I am celebrating 23 years smoke free now.
Best thing I ever did.
There is no longer any smoking in bars in R.I.
That is a good thing too. Contrary to popular
opinion, entertainment venues did NOT go out of business
when the ban wnet into effect.
Good luck, Mike.
late.
I am celebrating 23 years smoke free now.
Best thing I ever did.
There is no longer any smoking in bars in R.I.
That is a good thing too. Contrary to popular
opinion, entertainment venues did NOT go out of business
when the ban wnet into effect.
Good luck, Mike.
I'm not getting into this here, this isn't the place. PM me if you want to argue.bigbeefdog said:Not to come across as slamming you, but keep in mind that for many older folks (folks the age of my mom, and perhaps the age of Gard's mom and Mike's dad), the choice wasn't that cut and dried. Many cigarette advertisements in the past actually TOUTED the health benefits of smoking, usually taking some sort of "it's better than eating junk food" angle.
Check this sentence in the following article, at the end of the fourth paragraph: "Consumer Reports noted in 1938 that 'unbiased scientists have tried to determine the harmfulness of smoking and have tried, on the whole, in vain.'"
http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/reg20n3d.html
1938 would have been right about the time my mother began to smoke. I wonder if she read Consumer Reports.
So sorry to hear the news about your dad, Mike.
I lost my favorite uncle to cigarettes about 20 years ago, only not to cancer, but emphysema.
I hate everything to do with cigarettes too.
Mike
I lost my favorite uncle to cigarettes about 20 years ago, only not to cancer, but emphysema.
I hate everything to do with cigarettes too.
Mike
Really sorry to hear all this Mike. I have been through it with my dad and my mother has been through a bout with colon cancer as well.
What Kserg said is very important. There is a very high rate of survival of bladder cancer. From what I know, only a very small percentage of bladder cancer is untreatable. It's important you and your dad know this to help keep a positive outlook as best you can. No doubt he will have a fight ahead of him, but it is far from time to be taking score. Try to encourage yourself and your dad that he is favored winner in this one.
Hang in there.
Matt.
What Kserg said is very important. There is a very high rate of survival of bladder cancer. From what I know, only a very small percentage of bladder cancer is untreatable. It's important you and your dad know this to help keep a positive outlook as best you can. No doubt he will have a fight ahead of him, but it is far from time to be taking score. Try to encourage yourself and your dad that he is favored winner in this one.
Hang in there.
Matt.
word. cigarettes suck. i'll leave an opening for a prayer for your dad and your family.
a guy at my bus stop smokes. he stinks up the whole bus stop. i wish he would stop.
for you smokers out there, i did a research report last year on how smoking can cause cancer in every part of your body. it's inevitable, smoking will cut your life short. you're commiting suicide as you read this.
stop the smokage.
a guy at my bus stop smokes. he stinks up the whole bus stop. i wish he would stop.
for you smokers out there, i did a research report last year on how smoking can cause cancer in every part of your body. it's inevitable, smoking will cut your life short. you're commiting suicide as you read this.
stop the smokage.
It's sad that so many today have cancer..it is such a deadly disease..
but you should never lose hope. try to keep a positive mind and not a negative one the best you can. I myself almost lost to cancer, but here I am now, posting on talkbass. But now medicine is so advanced that nowadays many more people are surviving cancer rather than dying from it.
You and your fathers are in my prayers. I hope for the best.
but you should never lose hope. try to keep a positive mind and not a negative one the best you can. I myself almost lost to cancer, but here I am now, posting on talkbass. But now medicine is so advanced that nowadays many more people are surviving cancer rather than dying from it.
You and your fathers are in my prayers. I hope for the best.
Scott Zoltok said:
Don't wish to argue.
Just pointing out that some of today's elderly folks started smoking *before* all the dangers were known. I can't count the number of times my mother told me, "when I started smoking, we didn't know cigarettes were harmful".
Not possible to make an informed choice unless and until the facts are available.
sorry to hear about your daddy. hopefully it was caught it time. i lost the best friend i ever had to cancer, my granddaddy. he chewed tobacco forever. i did as well but i quit it when it a dollar a can. i wish you and your family well. were here for you.
Mike,
You have all of my sympathies and prayers.
My Biological father died of complications from his heroin addiction. I remember being only 11 and having to watch him rot like a walking corpse right infront of me because of an evil habit. I know how you feel . Lucky for me , my Stepfather was more of a father figure for me so It's not like I didn't have anyone.
I know how you feel about cigarettes. Every morning , two of my best friends ride to school with me , and they smoke. I get alot of the second hand stuff, and I try to roll the windows down and what not but it's hard to avoid.
You've got me wanting to say something to them now. Tomarrow I'm gonna say something to them about it.
Good luck , I'm no expert but I believe the best way to stop it would be to hit it hard, hit it fast , and don't give that poison a chance to manifest itself .
- Page
You have all of my sympathies and prayers.
My Biological father died of complications from his heroin addiction. I remember being only 11 and having to watch him rot like a walking corpse right infront of me because of an evil habit. I know how you feel . Lucky for me , my Stepfather was more of a father figure for me so It's not like I didn't have anyone.
I know how you feel about cigarettes. Every morning , two of my best friends ride to school with me , and they smoke. I get alot of the second hand stuff, and I try to roll the windows down and what not but it's hard to avoid.
You've got me wanting to say something to them now. Tomarrow I'm gonna say something to them about it.
Good luck , I'm no expert but I believe the best way to stop it would be to hit it hard, hit it fast , and don't give that poison a chance to manifest itself .
- Page
page said:
Right on dude. DO IT!
Regardless of what happens to my pop, I am going to become active in the fight against tobacco companies, and educating others on the dangers of tobacco. I will need to make sure I go about it the right way, and don't come across as some self righteous zealot.
If I stood on the street corner and tried to sell little paper sticks that killed people, I'd go to jail in a heartbeat.
-Mike
I lost my grandfather to cancer when I was two, and it's really hard to talk about it to my mother, because she always breaks down. Like, we'll sit down and watch the '88 Christmas video (1 year prior to passing) and she'll say the same things every year, and always leaves during the same part. I think it's really hard on her because he and I were best buds seeing as my biological father is a ****head, and ditched us the moment he found out my mom was pregnant.
I hate cancer, and I hate cigarettes.
-ryan-
I hate cancer, and I hate cigarettes.
-ryan-
