Saddest thing I've seen in a while. Look at all 31 pics.

[Reasonable Doubt]

http://imgur.com/gallery/Po7i1

 

[Zeze]

Fvck cancer.

This album fvcking pissed me off.

 

[suklee]

god damn. goose bumps.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

My grandfather died of cancer in 1978. My other grandfather died of cancer in 1985, followed by grandmothers dying of cancer in 2001 and 2004. My dad died of cancer in 2006. All of the men were fairly young (none reached 70 and only one even made it over 65).

You'd think that in the past 35 years, we would've achieved major victories against cancer. I'm sure a doctor or med student here will tell me we have, but from my vantage point, I still see so many young people dying from it every year. Early detection seems to be your main hope of survival and in the 21st century, I expected we'd be further along.

For those of you who have read my posts where I speak about living in the present and not sacrificing everything now in hopes of a great retirement, this is where I'm coming from. Your retirement may never come, so try to balance your retirement planning with living a fulfilling life now. You may never get the chance to meet your goals later.

 

[SeaSerpent]

cancer sucks..

And I agree Indy, you would think with the millions of dollars pumped into cancer research they would have something positive by now...

chemotherapy sucks also..

 

[Rakehellion]

Nope.

 

[geecee]

Fvck cancer.

This album fvcking pissed me off.

While people in the comments at that link are talking about how it is heartbreaking, I agree with you - it pisses me off as well. I lost one of my grandmothers to cancer in her early 70s. Cancer needs to end. I wish I had the intelligence to be a researcher on the forefront of kicking its ass.

 

[Zeze]

My wife's father passed away from cancer last year.

My college friend passed away from cancer two years ago.

When I was a Christian, my pastor's oldest son passed away of cancer at the age of 13. I was his summer camp counselor. He was such a sweet kid and the pastor was sincerely a genuine guy.

FVCK.

Cancer.

 

[SketchMaster]

My roommate just went through this with his Dad, his father went from perfectly healthy to gasping for breath in a matter of weeks.

Watching a person die from cancer is a horrible experience for everyone involved, I never would wish it on anyone.

EDIT: Damn, Zeze... I'm really sorry you've known so many people to go that way. That's shitty.

 

[Zeze]

My roommate just went through this with his Dad, he went from perfectly healthy to gasping for breath in a matter of weeks.

Watching a person die from cancer is a horrible experience for everyone involved, I never would wish it on anyone.

This so much. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

It's truly horrifying. Fvcking chemo.

 

[geecee]

This so much. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

It's truly horrifying. Fvcking chemo.

My friend's brother as well 5 years ago. He went from welcoming a brand new baby into the world, to not making it to his baby's 1st birthday. If life was fair, stuff like that would just never happen.

 

[Fritzo]

While people in the comments at that link are talking about how it is heartbreaking, I agree with you - it pisses me off as well. I lost one of my grandmothers to cancer in her early 70s. Cancer needs to end. I wish I had the intelligence to be a researcher on the forefront of kicking its ass.

The problem is cancer isn't just one thing---it's a class of mutative diseases, so there's no one single cure...much the same way we haven't found a cure for the common cold. We've made huge progress in areas like breast, skin, and lymphoma cancers, but pancreatic, brain, and colon cancers are often death sentences as they're detected too late and involve complex tissues.

Those photos made me sad. Probably shouldn't have looked at them :'(

 

[Broheim]

My grandfather died of cancer in 1978. My other grandfather died of cancer in 1985, followed by grandmothers dying of cancer in 2001 and 2004. My dad died of cancer in 2006. All of the men were fairly young (none reached 70 and only one even made it over 65).

You'd think that in the past 35 years, we would've achieved major victories against cancer. I'm sure a doctor or med student here will tell me we have, but from my vantage point, I still see so many young people dying from it every year. Early detection seems to be your main hope of survival and in the 21st century, I expected we'd be further along.

For those of you who have read my posts where I speak about living in the present and not sacrificing everything now in hopes of a great retirement, this is where I'm coming from. Your retirement may never come, so try to balance your retirement planning with living a fulfilling life now. You may never get the chance to meet your goals later.

early detection is the primary cure for cancer, pretty much every type of cancer is extremely treatable if caught early enough. There has been a lot of progress in recent years in the field of cheap and convenient detection, the problem is there's so far no "one test to rule them all out" but I don't doubt we'll have a quick and effective screening method that can be used regularly (annually doesn't cut it) within our lifetime*.


*maybe not all of our lifetimes, there are some pretty old farts on this forum.

 

[Exterous]

My roommate just went through this with his Dad, his father went from perfectly healthy to gasping for breath in a matter of weeks.

Watching a person die from cancer is a horrible experience for everyone involved, I never would wish it on anyone.

Esh - no doubt about it. I've already seen two terrible, futile family cancer battles and my dad is still fighting his battle so I'll pass on this album for now. Too painful

 

[notposting]

early detection is the primary cure for cancer, pretty much every type of cancer is extremely treatable if caught early enough. There has been a lot of progress in recent years in the field of cheap and convenient detection, the problem is there's so far no "one test to rule them all out" but I don't doubt we'll have a quick and effective screening method that can be used regularly (annually doesn't cut it) within our lifetime*.


*maybe not all of our lifetimes, there are some pretty old farts on this forum.

Not to stir up any politics...but more based on idealized visions of the future, like you may see in the movies or on TV.

If we are an advanced society then a universal health care system should be part of it. Standardized (totally free out of pocket) health care for all, checkups, screenings, full workups on those with risk factors. "Hey sir, here for your 5 year full body MRI scan?"

Just weird how people fight over stuff but I guess greed triumphs over all.

:'(

 

[OBLAMA2009]

a went to school with a chick who died of ovarian cancer in her early 20's. her parents sent her to prep school and a prestigious college and with a year of graduation she was dead

 

[IndyColtsFan]

"Hey sir, here for your 5 year full body MRI scan?"

I'm thinking we need them yearly.

 

[Uppsala9496]

Sad to see OP.
My mom has been fighting cancer in one form or another for the past 10 years. Started with breast cancer which finally went into remission. Now it is a cancer node that is right on a nerve in the upper back right shoulder. It basically fucked the nerve to the point where her entire right arm and hand are now limp. Like a dead fish.
And she is right handed. She's been through so much chemo and other experimental drugs over the years (herceptin is what has kept her alive this long) and there is basically nothing they can do about the node on the nerve.

She's 67 now and her retirement has not been all that fun. So yea, as indy said, live life now while you can.

 

[Vdubchaos]

Really sad but I praise her husband for standing by during this difficult time.

Cancer sucks, we lost family to Cancer as well....

 

[Rhezuss]

My grandfather died of cancer in 1978. My other grandfather died of cancer in 1985, followed by grandmothers dying of cancer in 2001 and 2004. My dad died of cancer in 2006. All of the men were fairly young (none reached 70 and only one even made it over 65).

You'd think that in the past 35 years, we would've achieved major victories against cancer. I'm sure a doctor or med student here will tell me we have, but from my vantage point, I still see so many young people dying from it every year. Early detection seems to be your main hope of survival and in the 21st century, I expected we'd be further along.

For those of you who have read my posts where I speak about living in the present and not sacrificing everything now in hopes of a great retirement, this is where I'm coming from. Your retirement may never come, so try to balance your retirement planning with living a fulfilling life now. You may never get the chance to meet your goals later.

Great post man and totally agree with the last part. I also believe that early detection is part of the cure but I also believe that living happily et trying to reduce most sources of stress and conflicts around you will get you a bit further.

May we all live long and happy.

 

[child of wonder]

My wife and I had our first child when I was 23 and she was 18. Our future looked uncertain and our relationship was tumultuous at best. However, having a son together allowed us to focus on something outside ourselves and our relationship grew.

Not even two months after our son was born, her father was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer. It had already begun spreading to his bones.

My wife and I eventually fell more and more in love and another "oops" occurred in the birth of our daughter. Before we knew she was coming, I had proposed and my wife said "yes."

All through this, the cancer my father in law combated was a looming shadow over it all. Despite being tired and losing weight from the chemo, he was generally in good spirits and outside of napping more often, he was still able to move about and do what he wanted relatively unassisted (except work, his employer had freed him of that obligation only 1 month after revealing his cancer diagnosis to them). I vividly recall him holding his new granddaughter while our 18 month old son sat next to him as he said "I'm glad I got to know you guys but I doubt you'll even remember me."

2 months after our daughter was born, my wife and I were married. I remember my father in law dancing with my wife, answering trivia questions to get the bride and groom to kiss (our version of clinking glasses), and being in good spirits.

3 months later he was gone. My wife likes to think he knew his youngest daughter was married and taken care of, so he could let go. He was 54.

Having gone through this, it makes me feel as Indy does -- live life to the fullest while you can. This doesn't mean be reckless, but grab life by the throat before it returns the favor.

 

[Rhezuss]

live life to the fullest while you can. This doesn't mean be reckless, but grab life by the throat before it returns the favor.

Well said and reading these posts make me so damn sad.
Thanks for sharing and hope but the best for you and everyone else here.

 

[Genx87]

It is so sad what cancer and the treatments we use to fight it can do to the body. She aged 40 years from start to finish. May she rest in peace!

 

[Doppel]

I have only known one "young" person to die. Guy was in his 40's, had some skeletal pain. Thought it was typical muscle stuff. By the time they figured out what it was it had hit a bunch of organs. I think diagnosis to death was around 6 months. Left a wife and son and parents and many friends.

It is the crucial illness we need to solve. It so often comes out of nowhere without being the "fault" of the person who has it, and it strikes fast.

 

[ThatsABigOne]

My roommate just went through this with his Dad, his father went from perfectly healthy to gasping for breath in a matter of weeks.

Watching a person die from cancer is a horrible experience for everyone involved, I never would wish it on anyone.

EDIT: Damn, Zeze... I'm really sorry you've known so many people to go that way. That's shitty.

I as a kidney cancer survivor cannot overemphasize at how difficult it is for family members, friends to watch the long road of uncertainty.

Some cancers leave no side symptoms until it is too late, like in case of my grandmother. She died at age 42 when my mother was 16 due to breast cancer.

Just viewing this thread and typing the reply gives a lot of frustration.