Cancer

[Nox]

I was watching a show, and it reminded me of something that happened a couple years back. So...

Do you know anyone who had or is dealing with cancer? Discuss if you would like to, please.

[Caelignis]

My L.A teacher is fighting breast cancer, she has to wear a wig but we pretend we don`t know :(

[Moklin]

I have a friend who cousin had cancer. She was only 12 years old and she died a week ago...
It was very sad cause she had cancer all her litle life and her parents try everything to heal her or to try to she fell better. It was a tragic story....
When the medics told to the girl that she will probably die in the next months, the girl asked to their parents that she want a pink coffin with butterflys........
She died and her will was done.
There are very famous peolpe with cancer too...

[Little Miss Scarlett]

I am (was?) related to 5 people who have died of cancer, luckily most of them were distant relatives. My uncle got bone marrow cancer (I dunno the technical term or whatever) a few years ago, it was really bad. The doctors said that most people would have died very early on.

He went to the doctors loads of times complaining about back problems and they just fobbed him off. He was very fit and healthy and therefore didn't get ill often so they should have checked him over. They didn't, of course <_< They eventually decided to get up off their arses and give him a check up, and what d'ya know, he's got cancer.

Apparantly if they'd found out earlier they could have solved it with very few problems, typical. He had a bone marrow transplant which lasted alright for a while, then backfired and he went into a coma. Against all odds, he actually woke up, but his brain's a little messed up. It's mainly with memory, he'll be talking to you and he'll suddenly forget everything, who you are, what you were talking about etc.

Very similar thing happened to another uncle (unrelated to the other one), except he went for longer, was diognosed with bone marrow cancer later and then died.

As long as it's diognosed early enough it's quite curable, it just depends on whether your doctors can be arsed to have a look.

[Zezlar]

Was the show Dr House M.D.? I love that show :D watching it now on the USA network =)

[Devious]

Was the show Dr House M.D.? I love that show :D watching it now on the USA network =)
o.o May be you should answer the question rather than discuss TV shows.

My grandma on my mom's side died a few weeks back, though we aren't really sure if it was her diabetes or cancer, or both. My grandpa and uncle on my dads side died of cancer as well, but this was before I was born, so I didn't know either of them.

[Nox]

I guess you never know how many people have cancer, but I know a few people who have had cancer, too. My mom was diagnosed about 7 years ago, with 3 different types of cancer, my gran-papa died of a brain tumor about 3 years ago, my very close aunt died of breast cancer, along with many of my aunts and cousins, and I just had a friend get diagnosed with T-Cell leukemia. (He was diagnosed right before he graduated from high school :(.)

There were others, but, I can't remember everyone. :'(

Was the show Dr House M.D.? I love that show :D watching it now on the USA network =)

And just to answer your question, yes, House did remind me of the moment of when my mom told me from the hospital that she was diagnosed with cancer. (I was only about 7-8 years old at the time, too.)

[dxgirly]

I honestly don't know anyone currently with cancer. I used to have a close online friend, but she passed away a few months ago. :[

[Devious]

Apparently, one in three people will get cancer sometime in their lifetime. One in two people know someone who has cancer.

[craziiladii]

There was this friends of my cousin. it was her best friend.
it was a boy... 7 years old u.u, terrible :C
it's kinda odd because he was hospitalized in the same hospital my brother was [my brother had an accident :0]
right infront of my brother's room it was his.
he didn't died of cancer although.
he got sick of something i can't rememeber, still one more session of quimiotherapy(sp?) and he well, would be cured i guess.

he passed away the next day my brother got out of the hospital :/

and i realized the most akward way anyone could imagine >_<

thanks to my grandma and my aunt he and my cousin atleast went to disneyland together...
well he got the chance to do something he really wanted :(

and do not forget about my neighbor's father.

and one of my best friends mother.

and i'm kinda worried of me having Cancer.

i'm not sure... :unsure:

and it freaks me out u.u

[karmafive0]

Unfortunately my two favorite uncles both have cancer...
It's sad because one moved here from Ohio, leaving my cousin and aunt behind so he could get a better job to pay for chemo and support his family. The other one found out he had cancer just after my other aunt fought (and thankfully won) against her cancer.

[Moklin]

I guess you never know how many people have cancer, but I know a few people who have had cancer, too. My mom was diagnosed about 7 years ago, with 3 different types of cancer, my gran-papa died of a brain tumor about 3 years ago, my very close aunt died of breast cancer, along with many of my aunts and cousins, and I just had a friend get diagnosed with T-Cell leukemia. (He was diagnosed right before he graduated from high school :(.)

There were others, but, I can't remember everyone. :'(



And just to answer your question, yes, House did remind me of the moment of when my mom told me from the hospital that she was diagnosed with cancer. (I was only about 7-8 years old at the time, too.)

Is your mother ok, now?

I have one grandmother and one gradfather who died cause of cancer.They died before i was born so i never mett them. I have a uncle too who died of pulman cancer when i was 3 months of life.

[olorin818]

My grandmother had cancer, but she cure it by some chemical therapies. It was horrible, she lost all hair and weight, her body was so weak but it was few years ago and now she's fine, the prioce was high, but there was no choice really.

[VeraAlexander]

I have known two people with cancer, my grandmother, and my uncle, my grandmother had colon cancer and died about a year ago, my uncle had lung cancer (he didn't smoke) he died today at 1:00pm.

[Devious]

I have known two people with cancer, my grandmother, and my uncle, my grandmother had colon cancer and died about a year ago, my uncle had lung cancer (he didn't smoke) he died today at 1:00pm.
I'm so sorry. :( It's kind of unfair how some people who don't smoke get lung cancer, and they have no idea why, while others who smoke on a daily basis live into their 80's.

[VeraAlexander]

Thanks Rev, though seeing how he was, at least he's not suffering anymore.

[Gaia]

I had a family member that had colon cancer :'( But he died a few years ago....And I had an aunt who died recently from cancer. It still makes me lament when I think of her passing :(

[Sundance Kid]

My grand father died of lung, liver, heart and kidney cancer some years back, he abused drugs to so....
My friend has ovarian cancer, she's getting it removed one step at a time. But yeah I've known alot of people with cancer

[Kaiya_Sky]

My papa has brain cancer, and im currently living with him so i have to watch him go threw all the pain. He's had it for 4 years and has lived longer then the doctors though he would at least over a year , but its starting to catch up with him. He's taking a lot of morphine pills, and starts singing all this old songs and yodeling and is just being silly, hes also on this patch thing that i don't know much about i think its to help with the pain and its been causing him to fall asleep at the table and he gets around the house in a wheel chair and 2 days ago he feel asleep and fell out of his chair. But he seems to be dealing with hes usually happy and trys to make everyone laugh, and he has his good days were he really gets into doing something and has the strength to walk around outside with out his wheel chair for a little bit usually when his friend is over. Its starting to get to much for my nana, since shes taking care of him all by her self and when he gets up in 4am to play cards she had to get up to make sure nothing happens to him and if he wants any food, and im moving out soon so i wont be here to help, and i feel bad for moving but she says she doesnt want anyone here to see him get worse and it would be easyer to take care of him when no one else is here

(by the way my papa is my grandpa, for some reason when i say papa everyone thinks i mean my dad, and the main reason hes in the wheelchair is because he gets really dizzy)

Sorry for writing so much

[Bun]

My grandma had breast cancer and had to get a mastectomy when she was 50, I believe. It's in remission now, which is good, but she had to go through all that chemo and whatnot. However, it is a running trend from my mother's side in the family. Grams had it at an early age, 'round 16, and so did my mom. She's got a lot of benign cysts, but some of them have been worrisome, and it's not really getting any better. Luckily, she hasn't had any serious cancerous masses found, but I'm a little worried since it seemed to pass on from my grandma. I haven't had any problems with it, though it's possible I might as I age.

Also, my mom's adopted mother died of cancer when she was 18.

My step mom had to get a hysterectomy because they found a very large malignant tumor in her ovaries.

My REAL mom had to get a hysterectomy because there was the same issue, just smaller, and they removed everything just to be safe.

A friend of mine had cancer in her ovaries, and I remember the day she told me she had to get surgery for it. She was devastated. I don't believe she can have kids on her own now, or it will be very hard.

Whew...I'm sure I'm forgetting someone.

Here's hopin' I don't have any problems. >_>

[entity]

I voted "no" but just remembered my grandma (who deceased when I was 6 years old) had breast cancer. Her breast was removed so she survived and could live normally. But I can't remember anything else... I was so small back then.

[Kätharina]

My family has a long line of Ovarian and Breast Cancer.
The latest was my Grandmother, 5 years ago, with Breast Cancer, but ultimately died from a blood clot in her left leg.
I've had to have one of my ovaries removed due to suspected Ovarian cancer, which hasn't been proved, still haven't gotten my results back. But i wouldn't be surprised if i will have it in the further future.

[Moklin]

Now i understand why you wanted to steal Whipslash....( no hard fellings)

Anyway, my dentist told me that there is a cancer tratment that causes the lost of saliva production and then the teeths falls and cause there isnt saliva the scars dont disappera. Its horrible....
Many menbers of my familt died cause cancer....

[Nox]

I was reminded today about another person I knew with cancer. She was my neighbor across the street and I would take care of her cats when she was out of town a bunch. She's been battling breast cancer for years, and they thought they got rid of it, but they discovered it again a couple months ago. Today, I learned that she had died sometime in the week, in the hospital. It's so sad, too, because she was a really nice and bubbly person, it's just too bad that she's gone. -_-

[Carley Jay]

My Grandad died of Lung Cancer, An old friend of mine her mom died about 4months ago after battling cancer for 4years, my ex boyfriends mom died 2 weeks after being diagnosed with cancer almost a year ago.
Cancer is a really nasty disease, and my heart goes out to anyone who is going through it or has a relative battling cancer x

[Little Miss Scarlett]

I'm just gonna rant while this is fresh in my mind... I was told by my parents on the 14th November (nine days ago) that the doctors had found something on his colon, which was probably cancer. He had a blood test about four months ago which would have presumably shown up a high white blood cell count if he had it then, which it didn't. So we presumed it couldn't be too bad.

He went to the hospital the day after, and they found something on his lung and on his liver. Now, if it's spread to other places you're pretty much fucked, end of. Though the doctors weren't sure what it really was, if it was cancer it was really serious. Two days after they knew, my Mum told me, which you can imagine wasn't the happiest moment of my life.

They were also apparantly saying something about not even having an operation to remove th colon cancer, and just putting a stent instead so he'd be more comfortable. Though I can't imagine putting a cheese grater up someone's arse being comforting.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Stent4_fcm.jpg/438px-Stent4_fcm.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Stent4_fcm.jpg)

He went into the hospital last Tuesday and apparantly they aren't concerned about his lung and liver, which can only be good news. It's not as dire as they first thought it was, thank god. He's having a massive operation this coming Friday. He'll be really ill afterwords and won't be able to do much for himself, so he's had to move back in with me and my Mum. They're still friends.

Now onto the bits that piss me off. Did you know that if you're self-employed you don't get any kind of help or compensation if you get ill or unable to work? My Dad obviously can't work at the moment so he's not getting any money. He's phoned the council and told them his situation, and they told him to piss off, and that if he doesn't pay the rent by Friday (also the day of his operation) he can't live at his flat anymore. He's also worried about them taking his car.

My Mum can't help much apart fromletting him living with us for a bit, but she's really short on cash, too. She normally gets some money from him every week but that's obviously not happening at the moment. She's got £86 to her name and that's without paying the rent due this week. She's not getting payed again till next month (luckily not too far away) and now there's four people to feed, her, me my little brother and my dad. And then lets not forget Christmas...

Ooh, and to top it off I'm just feeling too depressed to do the shitload of school work I've got, plus trial exams - I'm just glad it's not the real thing.

Wow, that does feel better.

[Purple]

My aunt was diagnosed with breast CA two years ago. She's on remission now. Thank goodness.

Little Miss Scarlett, I pray your dad feels better.

I was pretty much depressed when I was told of my aunt's cancer. I couldn't imagine how it would feel like if one of my parents did, God forbid.