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I’ve been battling cancer last 2 years, but now only have a few days left

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Re: I’ve been battling cancer last 2 years, but now only have a few days left

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Post by scarface74 »

endorphine wrote: post #3

Anyone else feeling anxious over their own mortality after reading this?

I’ve been anxious about my mortality since Covid hit. Not because I was necessarily afraid of dying, I was afraid of dying with regret and not living life to the fullest.

So my wife and I decided to just be “hybrid digital nomads” flying across the US with a few weeks in Mexico and Canada so we could be in US time zones. We will be living in Florida from September through mid March and traveling the other six months while our place is professionally managed by a property manager.

We sold our cars, threw almost everything we owned away that wouldn’t fit in three suitcases and rented our house out. We will sell it mid 2024.

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Post by leetrout »

sh4rks wrote: post #6
endorphine wrote: post #3

Anyone else feeling anxious over their own mortality after reading this?

That's why you meditate on your death everyday

Bingo. Memento mori.

https://dailystoic.com/memento-mori/

And other "bad things" with negative visualization.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_visualization

Re: I’ve been battling cancer last 2 years, but now only have a few days left

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Post by 2-718-281-828 »

drowsspa wrote: post #7
endorphine wrote: post #3

Anyone else feeling anxious over their own mortality after reading this?

I actually envy people who have such a drive to live to the point of battling cancer for so long. If I got diagnosed I definitely would just give up.

same ... chemo with all its uncertainties and pain. can't see myself go through that. but you only really know when you're there. survival instinct can just kick in when death is around the corner.

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Post by robofanatic »

solardev wrote: post #11
endorphine wrote: post #3

Anyone else feeling anxious over their own mortality after reading this?

I can only hope to be lucky enough to know when I'm going to for. Having a few days or months to say goodbye etc. would be great.

But that just elongates the pain for everyone involved (apologies for my English) I prefer to go in a snap.

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Post by jacquesm »

lr4444lr wrote: post #20
endorphine wrote: post #3

Anyone else feeling anxious over their own mortality after reading this?

Once you have kids (my apologies assuming you don't if you do, but perhaps other readers should be aware), you start to feel that every day - not only worrying how they'll be cared for materially, but also how they'd cope with the loss developmentally.

Spot on. This is pretty much the driving force in my life right now. I haven't been particularly kind to this body and the damage is starting to add up to the point that I wonder how much longer it will work and posts like these ram that home in ways that are impossible to ignore.

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Post by jacquesm »

scarface74 wrote: post #21
endorphine wrote: post #3

Anyone else feeling anxious over their own mortality after reading this?

I’ve been anxious about my mortality since Covid hit. Not because I was necessarily afraid of dying, I was afraid of dying with regret and not living life to the fullest. So my wife and I decided to just be “hybrid digital nomads” flying across the US with a few weeks in Mexico and Canada so we could be in US time zones. We will be living in Florida from September through mid March and traveling the other six months…

Wow, that's pretty brave! Congratulations for actually acting on it. I have a similar impulse but I'm completely tied down by responsibilities and family so no way to act on it. Especially having kids is an enormous factor in things like this and dealing with their future and how to best prepare them for it.

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Post by godzillabrennus »

endorphine wrote: post #3

Anyone else feeling anxious over their own mortality after reading this?

I always live and love like I’m dying so not really. My girlfriend recently asked me what I dream about and I replied honestly saying “I don’t dream, I live my dreams.”

Then again, I am in the line of work best described as willingly agreeing to put an airplane together as I fall out of the sky. Not a whole lot of downtime in my days.

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