The Day I Found Out My Life Was Hanging by a Thread (2017)
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#2I almost wish stuff like this had something like a content warning. Reading this made me quite sad.
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#3Man that ending was very brunt. I did not expect to just see "he died a few months later" as a footnote at the end.
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#4This story is in the same vein as that of the CloudFlare cofounder[1] who suffers from a rare neurodegenerative disease and has had his life pretty much taken from him at far too young an age.
This quote in particular gnaws at me: "We had promised each other that in a few years, when the girls headed off to college, we’d work less and travel more. Amy didn’t deserve to lose those dreams, or her companion, just as we were on the brink." I, presumably like many others here, have spent a lot of time on my career, perhaps to the detriment of other aspects of my life. Is it worth it? That seems like an impossible question to answer.
[1]: https://www.wired.com/story/lee-holloway-devastating-decline...
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#5I remember this article when it first came out. It was like a gut punch. Things like this are so scary and you can do everything right and still die early. When I read he died a few months later it was just horrible to me. I still think about this story often and it scared me to my core that I could have undiagnosed cancer and be dead in months.
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#6One of my previous bosses and then my client for +10 years, have cancer and is very close to the end. He also spent his life in work and also have regrets. He was fit and healthy, at his peak in life and then have it all taken away. Cancer sucks do damn much..
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#7I remember this article when it first came out. It was like a gut punch. Things like this are so scary and you can do everything right and still die early. When I read he died a few months later it was just horrible to me. I still think about this story often and it scared me to my core that I could have undiagnosed cancer and be dead in months.
Same. Why I am against the idea of ever having a family unless I have a fuck you pile of cash. At least that way, you won't have many regrets and you should be able to hire someone to take care of things that you won't live to. It won't be 100% same as when you were there but at least, it won't be the worst.
Death isn't as scary as the idea of leaving someone dependent on you behind. They might become dysfunctional without you.
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#8I'm going to go out on a limb and request that people not post this sort of thing here. HNers, I believe, have a higher-than-average rate of anxiety and psychosomaticism (myself included). Articles like this that don't include any real hopeful message or interesting takeaway just cause pointless distress for many of us.
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#9So it was weird when my primary care doctor put me on a cocktail of pain killers, nerve blockers, and cortisone shots. I even tried acupuncture. But as my back began to improve in late June, I started to feel off. Sick to my stomach. Weak. Couldn’t sleep. I lost more than 10 pounds. [...] My doctor said I was fit and healthy and that there was no need to run any blood tests. He wondered aloud if this was all in my head.
It never stops shocking me how different the American health care system is...
Re: The Day I Found Out My Life Was Hanging by a Thread (2017)
#10I'm going to go out on a limb and request that people not post this sort of thing here. HNers, I believe, have a higher-than-average rate of anxiety and psychosomaticism (myself included). Articles like this that don't include any real hopeful message or interesting takeaway just cause pointless distress for many of us.
On the other hand, many people on HN just like most likely pretty much every human you meet needs to hear something like this in the end blurb:
> If I get a soapbox, here’s my short shtick: We are all so fragile. Each day is precious. And the most important parts of our lives are the relationships we invest in.
Carpe diem! Do something nice for your loved ones. Make friends with someone you dislike. Go be good to somebody who doesn't deserve it. Our time here is limited, there's little space to be petty.