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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 justin_oaks »

Waterluvian wrote: post #68
melling wrote: post #53

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I really wish people would stop saying “F cancer” As a society, we have the option of greatly reducing cancer deaths whenever we so choose. Let’s do that rather than raging against something that feels nothing. It has been over 15 years since the Last Lecture and we still have done little for pancreatic cancer, for example. https://youtu.be/ji5_MqicxSo According to Craig Venter, early detection is what we need to eli…

"Fuck cancer" is more than a scause for a cause. It translates to, "you are not alone." Certainly, I agree that we can be doing more.

As someone who lost a sibling to cancer, thanks for the translation.

I wish people would use "You are not alone" or "We also have suffered due to cancer. It is awful. You have our empathy and we offer our condolences." or something else instead of the shorthand "Fuck cancer". But I'll accept "Fuck cancer" too.

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

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Post by jacquesm »

ronyeh wrote: post #77
jacquesm wrote: post #35

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Bike accident (utterly self inflicted), 1000's of all-nighters, too little exercise (which I guess you can always point at, I bike a lot but that's not balanced exercise), diet, overstressed joints/muscles by doing too much physical work beyond my ability (usually when remodeling houses or constructing stuff). Coupled with a nice assortment of genetic heritage and some regular diseases (COVID, kidneys, gall bladder,…

Sorry to hear.... I'm a fan of your work and your writing. Hope you can put as much focus into improving your health (sleep, diet, mobility) as you do your work. (I have had the same tendencies so I know...)

Trying...

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

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Post by philliphaydon »

RazvanS wrote: post #80
pifm_guy wrote: post #65

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We also have a lot of data on ways to reduce cancer before it happens. Reduce obesity. Reduce pollution. Etc. Yet we really aren't doing an awful lot about those things. Imagine for example if we had an obesity tax - everyone obese must pay 30% of their earnings into a Medicare fund. Sure it would be unpopular, but obesity would very quickly be solved, and cancer rates would plummet.

Obesity is caused by lack of access to quality food, being too scarce or too expensive. Sugar and fats are cheap, so most of the pre-made foods are just that. So increase the quality of the food available to the masses and do proper education regarding nutrition and healthy living, and the obesity rate will decrease. Most of the obese people are like that not because they choose, but because they cannot do better.

There is nothing wrong with fat.

People were cooking with lard for 1000s of years until the US decided fat is bad and people started substituting fat with sugar because when you remove fat, you remove flavour.

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

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Post by scriptproof »

pifm_guy wrote: post #65
melling wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really wish people would stop saying “F cancer” As a society, we have the option of greatly reducing cancer deaths whenever we so choose. Let’s do that rather than raging against something that feels nothing. It has been over 15 years since the Last Lecture and we still have done little for pancreatic cancer, for example. https://youtu.be/ji5_MqicxSo According to Craig Venter, early detection is what we need to eli…

We also have a lot of data on ways to reduce cancer before it happens. Reduce obesity. Reduce pollution. Etc. Yet we really aren't doing an awful lot about those things. Imagine for example if we had an obesity tax - everyone obese must pay 30% of their earnings into a Medicare fund. Sure it would be unpopular, but obesity would very quickly be solved, and cancer rates would plummet.

You are surely aware of the campaign "Eat Five Servings of Fruits & Vegetables Per Day". People just don't care.

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

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Post by mrits »

imdsm wrote: post #54
lr4444lr wrote: post #20

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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.

I couldn't say this any better. Once you have kids, everything changes. The impact of getting ill is no longer how it affects you, if you've done enough with your time, but how it will affect them. It's like a dark cloud that follows, in the back of your mind every day. Ultimately, it helps you realise what really matters, and what doesn't.

I doubt you actually mean this is the case for everyone. Obviously there are a lot of parents that don't feel this way. I have a recent example where a few years ago my friends dad (friend is ~35,dad is ~75) wanted the son to give up a kidney even though he had other health concerns and most likely wouldn't last a few more years regardless. That doesn't sound like love as I wouldn't even ask that of a good friend.

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

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Post by adamredwoods »

nick__m wrote: post #15

My wife has one metastasis on her spine , it was detected 33 day ago, I fear that moment where she will be suffering enough that she will qualify for medically assisted death. According to the paper accompanying her incredibly expensive drugs (5700$/month) she has between twelve and eighty-eight months left ... I hope that she will cost money to my insurance for a long time! According to her oncologist we cannot know…

Sorry to hear. My mother had cancer in her spine for many years (10+) before she passed.

I hate cancer. Instead of building weapons of war, we should be building tools to help completely control it, for all cancers, for all people, so it is no longer this UNKNOWN thing that keeps us up through the night, wondering, worrying when our time will be.

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

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Post by tomrod »

melling wrote: post #53
tomrod wrote: post #18

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Fuck cancer. All the best to you and your wife.

I really wish people would stop saying “F cancer” As a society, we have the option of greatly reducing cancer deaths whenever we so choose. Let’s do that rather than raging against something that feels nothing. It has been over 15 years since the Last Lecture and we still have done little for pancreatic cancer, for example. https://youtu.be/ji5_MqicxSo According to Craig Venter, early detection is what we need to eli…

"Fuck Cancer" is what I feel and what I will share.

When we cure cancer, I'll back down. Until then, in memory of the folks I have lost and with empathy to those experiencing it or watching loved ones experience it, fuck cancer.

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Post by tintor »

trhr wrote: post #69
pyuser583 wrote: post #51

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I have a relative who joined Facebook in the early days, and then passed away shortly after. Her account is still up, and FB talks about her like she’s alive. There’s no way for me to inform FB that the inevitable has become actual. FB has a “memorial archive” feature, but distant relatives have to way of initiating it. The people closest to her don’t have a Facebook recognized connection. She’s been gone over a deca…

Pretty sure all you need is a death certificate, which should be on file at her local courthouse.

And to prove that person on the certificate is the owner of FB account.

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

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Post by Retric »

philliphaydon wrote: post #83
RazvanS wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Obesity is caused by lack of access to quality food, being too scarce or too expensive. Sugar and fats are cheap, so most of the pre-made foods are just that. So increase the quality of the food available to the masses and do proper education regarding nutrition and healthy living, and the obesity rate will decrease. Most of the obese people are like that not because they choose, but because they cannot do better.

There is nothing wrong with fat. People were cooking with lard for 1000s of years until the US decided fat is bad and people started substituting fat with sugar because when you remove fat, you remove flavour.

Don’t forget people also died much earlier for thousands of years.

There is a great deal wrong with very high fat diets, the issue is there’s also a lot wrong with very high carb diets.

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

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Post by jjtheblunt »

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.

that even generalizes to having "adopted" rescue animals, i confess and know innumerable others would too: one adopts them because they're good earthlings too, and while not genetic offspring, adopters feel they join a family which you don't want to have disrupted by horrid illness.
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