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Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by rcarrigan87 »

jacquesm wrote: post #7
rcarrigan87 wrote: post #4

My brother was diagnosed with a rare form of sarcoma (cancer) at age 35. Basically was given about a 10% to live. 180 servings of chemo/radiation later we started lining up hospice and he prepared to say goodbye to his 2 young kids and wife. Last ditch effort was an experimental drug. Out of 150 people in the trial, he's the only one alive 12 years later. 6 years ago he started a company that is about to hit 8 figure…

That's one hell of a story. Now you have to wonder if that company would have existed if he had not gone through that terrible ordeal. If your brother ever writes a book about his life I'll be sure to buy a copy.

Hah, I wouldn't put it past him to add published author to the list.

Another oddity to his life that I forgot to mention is that he worked in hospice for 6 years prior to getting sick. So he's experienced both the employee and customer side of hospice. Something very few people can claim.

Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by superobserver »

Stop eating anything grown in the US or under the domain of corporate farming, anything grown with chemical (Monsanto/Bayer) pesticides, and look for as much communally, organic grown food as you can. Why has IBS exploded in recent decades? Miracle grow for cancer is literally being added to the food supply.

Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by maxerickson »

koolba wrote: post #30
maxerickson wrote: post #3

Any amount of unexplained rectal bleeding is reason enough to schedule an appointment with a doctor. The doctor is likely to recommend a colonoscopy. Removal of polyps (a likely source of bleeding) reduces the chances of cancer developing and can only be done during a colonoscopy.

I'm almost ashamed to ask but what's "explained rectal bleeding"? An unusually large/solid movement causing direct damage?

Say someone recently had a colonoscopy and the doctor told them they had hemorrhoids.

Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by copperx »

aaron-lebo wrote: post #23
lgessler wrote: post #21

With much sensitivity to the physical and emotional turmoil the author must be experiencing right now, I disagree with his advice: > Stop just assuming you have a full lifetime to do whatever it is you dream of doing. Rare and catastrophic events like this that can severely shorten your life are ones you should not plan for. If they occur, that's very unfortunate, and maybe you'll still have a contingency plan that c…

Your odds of being the 0.00001% are very low, but someone has to be it. He's just saying recognize that. Recognize that all your hopes, dreams, fears, assumptions, etc. can literally be gone in an instant and live accordingly. I know it sounds ridiculously cliched, and of course you never think it will happen to you, but let me assure you that life really can be taken from you at any time, so live it with that realit…

About 1 in 3 persons develop cancer in their lives. I don't know where you get the 0.000001 from.

Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by stordoff »

sp821543 wrote: post #12

Scott, I'm sorry about this. Why isn't the medical community looking for early warnings? relatively cheap tests for hs-crp, IL-6, TNF-alpha could be helpful. Inflammation is the precursor to disease. Do yourselves a favor & ask your doctor for the hs-crp test to measure inflammation.

OTHT, testing without reason will give you a lot of false positives that then have to be dealt with. It's a difficult thing to balance.

Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by andreasgonewild »

I'm sorry to hear that; if you let them in there with their gadgets; they will find a reason to cut, medicate and radiate; that's unfortunately just the way things are. These are not the only options, not even the best options, for patients. Get a second opinion, and a third; preferably from outside of Big Pharma. You might have to make some tough lifestyle choices; like seriously cutting down on meat, alcohol, sugar and stress; but your body has an unlimited potential to heal itself when given the chance. Be well and don't panic; remember, mind over matter; how you feel will affect the outcome more than anything they could come up with.

Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by cylinder »

rdiddly wrote: post #50
soft_serve wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh we know why! It's just not acceptable to talk about it: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3311490/ Asking people to take responsibility for this one simple thing is taboo. (I have a Colonoscopy just last week as part of a routine exam at my age. The procedure really isn't that bad. A couple hours on the toilet during the prep, and that's about the worst of it).

I wouldn't overlook or absolve the thousands of chemicals that have been recklessly deployed into the biosphere and rather haphazardly regulated. But if the corporate class gets its way (and it usually does), that is also not acceptable to talk about.

Exactly, you can't even mention this online without getting flamed either. Look at the compounds banned overseas and not in the US. Look at agricultural practices. Look what is in our meat.

Someone comes alongs and says "show me a study!!" No, we don't have studies for every single possibility.

Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by dodododo »

spraak wrote: post #38

It's never too late to turn to the Dharma. I lost a child recently and the only hope I can find out of it has been to study what the Buddha taught. > if we start thinking about impermanence now, while we still have time to find skillful means to deal with it, then later we will not be caught unaware. Even though in the short term the contemplation of death and impermanence might cause discomfort, in the long term it…

This seems so predatory. Instead of proselytizing, why not just hold off and try to understand what this person is going through? Practicing your own human empathy on human terms is far more important than whatever list of teachings you might find out there.

Re: I’m 35 and I may suddenly have lost the rest of my life

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Post by brianwawok »

andreasgonewild wrote: post #56

I'm sorry to hear that; if you let them in there with their gadgets; they will find a reason to cut, medicate and radiate; that's unfortunately just the way things are. These are not the only options, not even the best options, for patients. Get a second opinion, and a third; preferably from outside of Big Pharma. You might have to make some tough lifestyle choices; like seriously cutting down on meat, alcohol, sugar…

Hey i hear the Steve Jobs fruit diet is fantastic. So is taking medical advice from hacker news.
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