Do You Know Anyone Who Has Cancer?

[jorgea]

If you know anyone who has cancer or even died from cancer, share it in this thread.

I'll start: my mother used to be a cancer patient. Over 5 years ago, during a routine ovary operation, the doctor discovered that she had ovarian cancer stage 3. Her doctor gave her only 3 months to live. But she beat the odds. Now she still alive and healthy.









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George Alarcon
georgesalarcon@yahoo.com

http://my-mothers-amazing-cancer-recovery.blogspot.com

 

[ButteMT61]

Too many to count. Family, friends, colleagues...the newer cases all have been very encouraging and to date, successful. The older cases from 10-20 years back did not end well. Seems major improvements in treatments are happening. I have numerous friends that made it through Leukemia and Hodgkins lymphoma with flying colors - including a 6-year old boy. Very encouraging. The saddest part for me is the women whom all lost their breasts to mastectomies. The Steve Jobs case raises many questions on the natural vs traditional methods. Many still believe (not just lay persons, but those who are MD's) that the treatments kill more than they help. I think about this a lot - I've had a number of deaths in my family from the Big C. What would I do? I honestly don't know. I hope I don't have that decision to make - for me or a family member.

As to your situation - very happy to hear it turned out well!!!

 

[hatophile]

Father-Malignant Melanoma
Mother-in-law-Multiple Myeloma
Sister-in-law-Ovarian
Grandmother-Colon
Uncle-Pancreatic
All deceased.

 

[Travis Lee Johnston]

My grandfather died from lung cancer when I was 5. I don't really remember him at all. There's a few pictures of him around but that's it.
I understand he was a tough guy. Wore a flat top, smoked a lot, swore quite a bit. Worked constantly and had his own brand of camping supplies he sold in his area of Minnesota. Enjoyed guns and the outdoors. I have a bollo tie of his that I wear from time to time.

 

[Retro_GI_Jane]

Cancer took my grandmother within months of discovering it. She was diagnosed, they sent her to surgery, found it was too far spread and closed right back up. I still remember how she looked in the hospital as it progressed and how it shocked me at what a terrible disease cancer could be. I hope and pray no one ever has to experience it.

 

[scottyrocks]

Not to be a stick in the mud, but what does this have to do at all with the Golden Era? Are we doing a comparison of cancer rates between 1940 and now, accounting for lifestyles and medical technologies?

And yes, I do know people, and have known people who have died from cancer. I just don't know what it's doing here.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Yep..I don't get this kind of thread either. Who really wants to re-live these bad experiences or even read about them? I'm sure most families have suffered through this to some degree. What's next..diabetes..heart disease? Depreasing to say the least.
HD

 

[PADDY]

With the deepest respect in regard to this awful condition and how it has affected so many people's lives, (and sadly I speak from personal experience), it's really not a suitable topic nor relevant to 'here.'

I'm sorry, as it understandably does mean a lot 'to you' and to those that are touched by it. Just not for 'here.'