I’m sick of you killing everyone around me. Several relatives in the past, several friends/acquaintances’ loved ones, etc. Two grandparents in a 3-month period, REALLY??? And you better stay the hell away from my mom again. You made her go through shit before but don’t you make her lose her other breast! And now you’re torturing a friend of the family. Good job. I hate you and I want you to fuck off into extinction! —Scared to find out who’s next
This article appears in Dec 2-8, 2010.
I think this one goes without saying….
I fucking hate it too…evil, evil thing…took my Father 2 years ago…the most awful thing I ever had to do…watch my Farther get eaten alive by it…fucking evil Cancer 🙁
Likely most of us will encounter some version of cancer in our life time. It’s unfortunate that something we cannot see can kill us, and often goes undetected until it’s too late.
cancer is the worst form of quiet killer going. you get it, you try all the b.s. treatments, and if you are very lucky, you hold it at bay for a little longer. yes o.p., i agree that this is one motherfucking desease that no one should get, or have to watch others go thru.
i know people that have, and have had it. some are still alive, barely, and others are gone. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL RESEARCH, people. we might just find a way to stop this shit, somehow, someday.
i had a 24 year old non- smoking nephew die of ths shit. he didn’t hang with smokers, no one in his family did, he worked in a no smoking job. he was never expsed to it in any form. but yet died of lung cancer 5 years ago, leaving a new baby and wife at 24. sucks don’t it. there are younger than that yet.
Unfortunately, it’s been around forever and most likely will be. We may cure some but I doubt all.
You can’t really “cure” cancer, since it is a natural proces that cells undergo. But you can treat it easier and more painlessly. There are lots of research companies out there who are making leaps and bounds in the treatment and early detection of cancers. Think of all the people who are living through it successfully these days, before, people didn’t even really know what they had – and then it was 6months to live.
So, clinical trials will be starting ASAP for the research company my bf works for. Very, very promising results in all testing so far.
The best part, really, is the diagnostic – it’ll be a cheap and easy blood test, then mri for people… instead of invasive and painful testing.
Fascinating stuff.
I feel for you OP. My 91 year old aunt was diagnosed for the first time with breast cancer. She was lucky though, had the surgery some chemo and she is doing better than ever.
My father fought lung cancer for 13 years. He never smoked. As Ralmn points out clinical trials can be a blessing. if it weren’t for clinical trials my father wouldn’t still be alive today. Right now the cancer is in remission.
91, had surgery AND chemo and is doing fine???
that’s crazy!
most up in the age of stratosphere can’t even handle surgery or radiation, not to mention the recovery….
power to her!
Lost both my parents to it three years apart from each other. Both in their mid 60’s. Way too early for them to go. That’s why I live my life to its fullest every day. Hell, I’ve had friends pass away from sudden heart attacts.
When I go, I want to make sure that I have go regrets in life. So live for every moment. Stop and smell the flowers before you’re underneath them.
One of the bad things about having a big family is having to cope with loss regularly. Going through it multiple times doesn’t make it any easier. I have an enormous and very close family. We recently lost four relatives in one year, two to cancer (cervical and breast), and two to stroke. And now another relative has cancer in his early thirties with three kids. Even people who have survived are usually seriously affected by it afterward. I know two survivors, one had it as a child and had to have a very important part of her body removed and that fucked up her chances of normal physical development. The other person had most of their throat and tongue removed, now they have a huge scar on their face, can only eat soft foods, can barely talk, and no longer have the sense of taste.
Cancer is a part of life and it sucks.
Yeah. Fuck Cancer.
I lost both my parents to cancer.
And I would second what Senor Campana said about living for every moment and smelling the flowers before you’re underneath them!
Lost my dad when he was 61- liver cancer – I was 17. From that point on, I knew everything and everybody was finite. Very sobering when you’re a teenager.
My college boyfriend was successfully treated for bone cancer and almost 10 years after treatment, we are now married and he is in good health 🙂
Wow, bone cancer is a bad one.
Ralmn, I think it’s possible to cure cancer. It’s a natural process, yes, but we managed to stop ovulation, menstruation, vision and hearing loss, weight gain, fluid retention, erectile dysfunction.. You name it, we’ve stopped it, via medications, treatments and surgeries. The language we use around cancer is important. There may not be a cure YET, but there CAN be one, and I think there will be one.
Sorry to hear all your sad stories. I also lost my grandmother to cancer, and one of my professors who had previously been treated for breast cancer is now palliative. It’s tough, but there are always others going through the same thing. Reach out and talk to them, it could make a huge difference. <3
Cancer really does need to fuck off.
I lost a dear friend just this week to cancer, he was a lovely lovely man.
My Mum kicked cancer’s ass a year ago though, so some battles are won.
Oh oh, I’m a “Cancer.” Does that make me a bad person?
What the fuck were the Babylonians thinking when they not only gave June – July babies the sign of a shitty disease, but a crab as our animal! Cancer crabs. Maybe that’s the payoff for being able to celebrate our birthdays in the summer.
Many people are affected by cancer in some way or another and it indeed sucks balls. Based on my genetics, I’m on track to get prostate cancer by the time I’m 50! Yay. Thankfully, I heard that masturbating helps to reduce the risk of prostate cancer. So wank away.
My grandmother died at age 49 from ovarian cancer. By the time it was detected it was too late and she passed away two weeks later on thanksgiving day 🙁
We still miss her sooooooooo much almost 25 years later 🙁
Fuck you, cancer.