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This Guy’s Wife Got Cancer, So He Did Something Unforgettable.

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Re: This Guy’s Wife Got Cancer, So He Did Something Unforgettable.

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Post by roderick3427 »

ludicast wrote: post #4

Very touching. My own wife (at 33) was diagnosed with breast cancer this year, but I feel almost guilty to say everything turned out okay (we believe). The disease is a motherfucker. I can't imagine watching someone I love going through the later stages, unable to protect them. Now back to my regularly scheduled trolling.

Don't feel guilty. It's stories like yours that give other people hope that breast cancer can be and will be beaten. Thank you for sharing.

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Post by jamesbritt »

yodsanklai wrote: post #6

Very depressing. These pictures may serve some purpose but I'd rather avoid anything that would reminds me of this horrible disease.

... but I'd rather avoid anything that would reminds me of this horrible disease.

I think I understand this, but I fear this or similar feelings lead people to react with either disgust or avoidance when encountering chemo patients out in the world.

I can only image what it must be like to try to go about a pale version of your normal life, and have people avoiding eye contact or moving away.

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Post by yeukhon »

I just can't imagine what it would be to suffer from a cancer. This is a horrible thing. A lot of pills and a lot of radiation treatment and watching yourself getting ___. I just can't even think about it. Rest in peace and I hope your husband will be happier now.

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Post by primelens »

yodsanklai wrote: post #6

Very depressing. These pictures may serve some purpose but I'd rather avoid anything that would reminds me of this horrible disease.

I do understand your reaction. However, the fact that he can extract such beauty from utter despair is a testament to the human spirit. It might not be uplifting in a simple sense and it might not serve some immediate tangible purpose (raise money/awareness perhaps ?) but I did feel the series was worthwhile and deserving of attention.

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Post by danso »

At a previous job, I helped out on the web side for a photojournalist who spent a year documenting a mom and her young son's last year fighting cancer.

http://www.pulitzer.org/archives/8358

I saw those photos countless times up to production, and even years later when I come across them (the project won a Pulitzer and so is occasionally linked to today) I'll still tear up. It's funny that the blogspam title for the OP says the "The Last 3 Photos Destroyed Me"...In photoseries like these, I always find the photos of the patients struggling to live yet knowing the end is near to be much more heartwrenching than photos after the death.

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Post by kunai »

chasing wrote: post #3

Maybe link directly to the guy's site, instead of some random content aggregator: http://mywifesfightwithbreastcancer.com/

Am I the only one that finds the blog section of the site a bit... odd?

I mean, many of the posts are repeat stories or events, and the whole thing reads like a bot that was designed to post boilerplate about the guy and his wife. Consistently, for the past several months, it's been Jen this, Jen that...

I'm not trying to not be empathic. It's just that it seems so... staged. Set intervals and patterns of pictures, along with these patterned "I miss her so much." and then immediately after "Be sure to buy my book!"

I know that emotion is hard to convey in text... but I don't know. Something just doesn't feel right.

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Post by Guest98130 »

Falling3 wrote: post #16

I cried when I made it to the last photo.

http://cdn.viralnova.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/11-T86Pc...

I think that photo did it for me. Just the contrast between people with a smile on their face going about their everyday life, and someone a few feet away fighting for their life.

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Post by ninh »

These pictures are beautiful, and I wish I had thought of doing this as well. As someone who has seen this disease run its course on a loved one, they brought back a lot of memories. Especially the effect chemo and a mastectomy usually has on that someone and their family. From losing their hair to having a swollen face due to retention of water, to being bedbound etc. The last 3 pictures are unfortunately all too familiar.
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