Fighting Cancer
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Fighting Cancer
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Re: Fighting Cancer
#2A important post for those of us that don't know Pieter since it reinforces that your personal attitude does not change the outcome of cancer [1]. Cancer is a horrific disease, but it is not one that bends to our will, only our science.
Re: Fighting Cancer
#3I also read one of his previous posts on how to prepare the family, and talk with friends about dying. I've rarely been so moved by a post and had such an understandment of the situation, than from his posts. I think they are a must read for most people, as we'll most likely encounter it either through friends or family, or ourselves.
Re: Fighting Cancer
#4A important post for those of us that don't know Pieter since it reinforces that your personal attitude does not change the outcome of cancer [1]. Cancer is a horrific disease, but it is not one that bends to our will, only our science. 1. http://www.apa.org/monitor/jan08/cancer.aspx
I think the above comment accidentally omits 'not'.
This whole story is very moving.
Re: Fighting Cancer
#5A important post for those of us that don't know Pieter since it reinforces that your personal attitude does not change the outcome of cancer [1]. Cancer is a horrific disease, but it is not one that bends to our will, only our science. 1. http://www.apa.org/monitor/jan08/cancer.aspx
I think the above comment accidentally omits 'not'. This whole story is very moving.
Yes you are 100% right (edited my post).
Re: Fighting Cancer
#6In a way, it's similar in nature to how people will, with best intentions, tell you to smile more if you have depression.
I think the issue is many people don't understand the problem and they can't see it. In fact, someone with a common cold can expect to get more sympathy and better advice than someone with a chronic illness. The second issue is that many people struggle to think of something to say, its quite uncomfortable and the automatic choice is to give advice.
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#7If you haven't heard it already, there is a really good and candid podcast interview with Pieter Hintjens over at Software Engineering Daily: http://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2016/06/23/death-distrib...
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#8A bit offtopic, but Hintjens has got the coolest activity graph on GitHub: https://github.com/hintjens
Re: Fighting Cancer
#9In a way, it's similar in nature to how people will, with best intentions, tell you to smile more if you have depression. I think the issue is many people don't understand the problem and they can't see it. In fact, someone with a common cold can expect to get more sympathy and better advice than someone with a chronic illness. The second issue is that many people struggle to think of something to say, its quite unco…
Interestingly for people with colds the sympathy is also commonly misplaced, at least mistimed, namely the outer symptoms often only show up after the worst parts (sore throat, dizziness, nausea, headaches) are already overcome.
Re: Fighting Cancer
#10A important post for those of us that don't know Pieter since it reinforces that your personal attitude does not change the outcome of cancer [1]. Cancer is a horrific disease, but it is not one that bends to our will, only our science. 1. http://www.apa.org/monitor/jan08/cancer.aspx
I think the above comment accidentally omits 'not'. This whole story is very moving.
What's really sad is that the state of progress in cancer treatment is extremely slow. Randy Pausch, for example, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer about 10 years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
There are people receiving the exact same death sentence today, with the same likely outcomes.
Anyway, there's a book and a PBS series for anyone interested in learning the more about the current state of cancer research: