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  • whispering handswhispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    Halifax2TheMax said:

    I think it's awesome that this thread is almost 4 years old and 73 pages long and that you're still around, being the croc wearing elitist, expired yogurt eating, house cleaning, degenerate that you are. Save the Pooper indeed.

    +1 for every person here!!
  • whispering handswhispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    RKCNDY said:

    I will look for the Ken burns thing...you sure it wasn't a 2 hour show with 4 hours of 'pledging breaks'?

    Very curious to know why some people can beat certain cancers, and others cannot beat it. Like every person that I know who was diagnosed with stomach cancer lost their battle. Some people like my aunt (who got breast cancer, beat it, was clear for 3 years, but then it came back), decided to stop fighting, and let it take over them.

    Yeah by all rights and standards of Pancreatic Cancers.. My dad should be dead.. Six years ago.. But he and his one kidney, 1/3 of intestines, and half a liver, are just trucking along..
    Wonder why that is??
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,648
    RKCNDY said:

    I will look for the Ken burns thing...you sure it wasn't a 2 hour show with 4 hours of 'pledging breaks'?

    haha! no, six uninterrupted hours....pledge month is over.
    RKCNDY said:

    Very curious to know why some people can beat certain cancers, and others cannot beat it. Like every person that I know who was diagnosed with stomach cancer lost their battle. Some people like my aunt (who got breast cancer, beat it, was clear for 3 years, but then it came back), decided to stop fighting, and let it take over them.

    the show delved into all of that. they also talked about the seemingly endless cycle of "promising" drugs that the Big C later builds a resistance to. but, damn, those people in the white lab coats are smart...and dedicated.

    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    imalive said:

    wow! I just finished watching the 6 hour ken burns PBS thing on cancer....cancer: the emperor of all maladies....very emotional.

    I never gave a whole lot of thought to cancer research...I always thought it was just a never ending cycle...it could well be...but this show made me think it's NOT never ending...I think they're getting somewhere!

    THANK YOU to the scientists, doctors and nurses who are devoting their lives to understanding this awful disease...I'm still down on the money grubbing drug companies but, wow, these researchers are amazing....I gotta think 99.9% of them are in this for the right reasons (as opposed to say, breast augmenters and liposuckers). I feel like if any of your kids get cancer, things will be much better for them and it won't be the horrible diagnosis that it is now.

    one more thing that struck me?...how do we live in a world of wonderful people in one extreme and fucking assholes like ISIS on the other?? may all those mother fuckers GET cancer and have not not a single member among them with the brains or compassion to do anything about it.

    I hope some of you got a chance to see this show. if not, you can find it at http://www.pbs.org/

    I got to watch parts of it, especially the first night. I've been teaching a class on Wednesday nights so I didn't see any of part 3.

    I was very struck by the progress that's been made in the last hundred years or so. How leukemia used to be considered an automatic death sentence and now most forms of it are survivable. The changes in treating breast cancer--wow! I can remember when women had radical mastectomies. I never realized how disfiguring that was until seeing this program. Also, the stigma that used to be associated with cancer. People hid the fact that they had it and many people kept their children away from someone with cancer. It gives me hope that we'll keep getting past the stigma of HIV and other diseases.

    I agree, the researchers are genuine Good Guys. I think of how I used to hear cynical people say that it was all a racket and doctors wouldn't find a cure for cancer because it would put them out of business. Seriously? As if doctors don't get cancer or lose loved ones to it? The gynecologist that I saw for more than 20 years, a wonderful caring man with a great sense of humor, had to retire in his 50s because of cancer and died less than a year later.

    I think there's a lot of things to be hopeful about and we'll keep seeing improvements in treatments. People who do research don't get big promotions or CEO salaries but the work they do deserves it.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    whispering hands said:

    Halifax2TheMax said:

    I think it's awesome that this thread is almost 4 years old and 73 pages long and that you're still around, being the croc wearing elitist, expired yogurt eating, house cleaning, degenerate that you are. Save the Pooper indeed.

    +1 for every person here!!
    Double amen, as they say in AA.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • whispering handswhispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    Who Princess said:

    whispering hands said:

    Halifax2TheMax said:

    I think it's awesome that this thread is almost 4 years old and 73 pages long and that you're still around, being the croc wearing elitist, expired yogurt eating, house cleaning, degenerate that you are. Save the Pooper indeed.

    +1 for every person here!!
    Double amen, as they say in AA.
    Yep!
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    edited April 2015
    Enkidu said:

    Halifax2TheMax said:

    I think it's awesome that this thread is almost 4 years old and 73 pages long and that you're still around, being the croc wearing elitist, expired yogurt eating, house cleaning, degenerate that you are. Save the Pooper indeed.

    Amen.
    all of this

    and i just don't know if i can watch the cancer doc...your review is all i need :)
    Post edited by norm on
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Lizard said:

    .. i should have checked in here sooner.. geez.. took this old lady a while to accept the changes in here..

    :)


    this old man hasn't accepted it :angry:

    :waving: :)

    remember when we had a waving smilie?
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  • Amongst the AniAmongst the Ani @Wobbie Posts: 7,790
    Rob, that is so cool you did this thread. It gives me hope should I ever have to go through something like this.
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  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    norm said:


    remember when we had a waving smilie?
    image

    Hahahah.. Yes. I DO remember. :waving: to Norm.
    Yeah.. but Norm, you went the facebooking route......
    :wink:
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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 40,133
    Guy beats cancer but gives up on his Giants? WTF?
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  • Amongst the AniAmongst the Ani @Wobbie Posts: 7,790
    Halifax2TheMax said:

    Guy beats cancer but gives up on his Giants? WTF?

    It just goes to show a strong body doesn't always equal strong mind.
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    Rob
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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 40,133
    But he's summa cum laude but a little clumsy. Here's to a royal flush Rob. Let her rip!
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,447
    just found out lost a friend/fellow Pearl Jam fan to brain cancer. he was 41. image
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  • SD48277SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    eeriepadave said:

    just found out lost a friend/fellow Pearl Jam fan to brain cancer. he was 41. image

    I'm so sorry for your loss, Dave. :frowning:
    ELITIST FUK
  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 40,133
    eeriepadave said:

    just found out lost a friend/fellow Pearl Jam fan to brain cancer. he was 41. image

    Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrip! Fuck! Goddammit! GODFUCKINGDAMMIT! Dammit.
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  • whispering handswhispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    eeriepadave said:

    just found out lost a friend/fellow Pearl Jam fan to brain cancer. he was 41. image</blockquote

  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,447
    thanks, sucks though.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,648
    wow......this is familiar.....my sweet dog gracie had a lot to do with me beating cancer, but then she got it and only made it to 5.5 years old. she was an incredible dog.

    photo IMG_3446_zpsbdb53456.jpg

    https://youtu.be/xGahLzYtgIY

    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • SD48277SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    ^^^ This is going to make me cry, isn't it? Tell me now, so I can get the box of tissues ready.
    ELITIST FUK
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,648
    SD48277 said:

    ^^^ This is going to make me cry, isn't it? Tell me now, so I can get the box of tissues ready.

    it's just like my story....except

    a) he got 9 more years with his dog than I did

    and

    b) I'm not a world wide adventurer....I'm a degenerate.

    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • SD48277SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    Yep, crying now. Thanks, Rob.
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  • wasa1971wasa1971 Calgary, Canada Posts: 2,144
    Tears started at 1:35, still weeping
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,447
    imalive said:

    SD48277 said:

    ^^^ This is going to make me cry, isn't it? Tell me now, so I can get the box of tissues ready.

    it's just like my story....except

    a) he got 9 more years with his dog than I did

    and

    b) I'm not a world wide adventurer....I'm a degenerate.

    yeah i don't really need to start crying right now. I'll start getting teary eyed if i watch it i'm sure
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  • SD48277SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    Dave, don't watch it. It WILL make you cry.
    ELITIST FUK
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    After what we thought was a successful surgery (i.e., nothing detected in lymph nodes pre-op), my father-in-law had his post-op follow-up appointment today. Stage III, it's in his lymph nodes.

    Shit.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • kce8kce8 Posts: 1,636
    dankind said:

    After what we thought was a successful surgery (i.e., nothing detected in lymph nodes pre-op), my father-in-law had his post-op follow-up appointment today. Stage III, it's in his lymph nodes.

    Shit.

    I´m so sorry to hear that. I´m sending good thoughts and good vibes to you and yours!
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    kce8 said:

    dankind said:

    After what we thought was a successful surgery (i.e., nothing detected in lymph nodes pre-op), my father-in-law had his post-op follow-up appointment today. Stage III, it's in his lymph nodes.

    Shit.

    I´m so sorry to hear that. I´m sending good thoughts and good vibes to you and yours!
    Thanks a bunch. I'm gobsmacked. We were just all prepared to hear better news.

    Truth be told, I'm sure I'm probably taking it harder than he is. He is an unbelievably tough and constantly cheerful old man.
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  • Amongst the AniAmongst the Ani @Wobbie Posts: 7,790
    Sorry to hear this. Good thoughts being sent.
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