I try to keep it clean on every forum I visit, but F Cancer. I lost my grandfather to cancer and my grandmother to cancer. I have friends who are suffering from cancer in all shapes and sizes, but today I lost a friend to brain cancer. He had two children who were fairly young.
I’m kinda tired of this cancer caca. I wear a Stand Up To Cancer wristband every single day and honestly I am not sure it is making a difference. We need to lick this arsewipe and end cancer once and for all. There is no reason a man in his early 40’s should die because some stupid growth in his brain has happened. Yes, I have lost my crap right here and now. I lost of friend of 20+ years due to some stupid disease we cannot control.
Anyway if you feel so inclined I challenge you to please donate the cost of one brew to your favorite cancer charity so we can end this BS. If you don’t have a cancer charity, then please donate to the 529 plan for the children of my friend who was taken far too soon. http://www.richandthompson.com/new_view.php?id=5340973
Very sorry for your loss. I lost my Dad to cancer 5 years ago and my Mom is undergoing chemo now, so I can relate to how you feel. I’ll be making a donation.
Knowing several people with various cancers or ongoing treatments or in remission we have always made it a point to include various cancer charities in our annual donations. There is a lot of research out there and hopefully we can all look forward to the elimination of this terrible disease, regardless of the type.
My co-worker went through chemo twice for breast cancer. It was so bad the first time she didn’t want to do it the second, but her doctors convinced her. Thankfully she’s in remission now. I already donate to charities for her, so I send a check in for your friend’s kids.
I lost my dad a little over a year ago to synovial sarcoma. It is literally a one in a million cancer. He had a team of wonderful doctors at Washington University that extended his time with us by four years - long enough to see my mom start nursing school, to see my sister start college and me graduate college, to meet both of the men my sister and I would marry, to find his faith again, and to touch so many people during his treatment. For that, I am grateful. But cancer still took my dad at 55 years old. F cancer.
Some of my dad’s tumors are at the Siteman Cancer Center in St. Louis for research. I take heart knowing that the strides they are making by studying his cancer may one day help another. I also make it a point to send his Christmas present in the form of a donation to Siteman’s Patient Care Fund. That same fund helped our family during our struggles.
Mike, I am truly sorry to hear about your loss. Know that you are not alone in your pain - feel free to reach out at any time.
Mike, I’m sorry for your loss. I agree that cancer is a terrible thing. I currently have 2 friends going through treatment. We pray that they make it through and hopefully go into remission.
It’s never ceases to amaze me that even with the insurmountable amount of medicine, medical technology and advancements that we have uncovered/developed, that we are still unable to find a cure for this dreadful disease.
I’ve lost count of all the people I know who are in or going through treatments in the last 5 years.
Lots of research being done. Lots of very interesting findings coming out. Hopefully, soon, we can make some real headway against this class of affliction. Assuming the makers of the medications can let go of the profits from the current treatments.
Mike, also sorry for your loss. My first loss to cancer was my first family pet when I was about 10-12. Since then, a grandmother, aunts, uncles, assorted relatives, and a fraternity brother about 6 years ago at 38 years old. We just need to keep plugging away at finding the cure.
Lost my dad to Leukemia at the age of 45 - 32 years ago, so… yeah.
The problem with “curing cancer” is that cancer is a broad catch all for a bunch of different syndromes caused by multiple things. There isn’t one cure, but they’re making a ton of progress. If my dad were to have had his leukemia today, he’d probably survive.
I believe my grandfather would probably have survived today, but when he died 42 years ago it just wasn’t possible. I think we can cure it, but it will be one type at a time unless they find a common thread. The problem I see is there are far too many cancer research charities with little to no funding out of their charity for research, but that is fodder for another topic. I think everyone has been touched by cancer and every small donation to a quality charity is potentially the penny which would help find the solution!
Whenever my club participates in an event with an information table, I give out prostate cancer wristbands. I buy them as give-aways, 50 at a time, from www.ustoo.org which is also a recipient of funds from www.pintsforprostates.org
My personal interest is that five years ago today, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer at age 51. (No history in my family.) Seems like forever ago. But two surgeries later, plus radiation and hormone therapy :o, and my PSA level is now undetectable. I get tested every six months. Probably another 5 years to go before my doctor will utter the word “cured”. My cancer had already spread, but I probably would have never known but for early testing. My doctors were amazing…they are my heroes.
The federal government, and elements of the medical establishment, claim that prostate cancer is over-diagnosed and over-treated. F them in addition to cancer. If those DBs had their way, I would never have been tested, never biopsied, never diagnosed, and for all I know I’d be sitting here now with incurable cancer in my bones.