Beating cancer

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MisterGobbles said:
Hey Escapists. I've been fighting a form of bone cancer for around 10 months, and a couple days ago my scans came back clear. Presumably, I am now cancer-free. Needless to say, this is wonderful news. I have to thank this community for keeping me entertained during my hospital stays and tenure at home; I can't say how many new bands I've found and new sites I've learned about from you guys.

So, what have been you guys' experiences with cancer? Have any of you had it/have it? Loved ones who have had it?
Recently lost my Aunt to Cancer a month ago

It's a horrible thing to have and seeing what it does to people just makes me scared of getting it.
 

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MisterGobbles said:
Hey Escapists. I've been fighting a form of bone cancer for around 10 months, and a couple days ago my scans came back clear. Presumably, I am now cancer-free. Needless to say, this is wonderful news. I have to thank this community for keeping me entertained during my hospital stays and tenure at home; I can't say how many new bands I've found and new sites I've learned about from you guys.

So, what have been you guys' experiences with cancer? Have any of you had it/have it? Loved ones who have had it?


My grandmother had bladder cancer but did not survive her battle. That was seven years ago back in 04. I miss her everyday.
 

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Congrats.

my thoughts... well, its an evil disease, and possibly the worst thing to happen to a person. it took a friend from me (lead to him killing himself, though I cant honestly say I blame him), and ofr that, well Id ont know. I hope it goes away forever.
 

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That is a huge victory, I sincerely hope you remain healthy and cancer-free.

My personal experience with cancer occurred roughly three years ago. Two good friends were diagnosed about 6 months apart. Both were killed.
Watching them wither away was one of the most horrifying experiences I've had, and I hope to never see anything like it again.

Tonight, I will drink to your health. And their memory.
 

Saelune

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People always say beat cancer...never cure, but they act like they are cured, which I thought is currently not possible. So...enlighten me on Cancer's curability please?
 

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My family has a history of skin cancer, but I haven't gotten it yet. My grandfather also died of lung cancer before I was born. But he was a smoker.
 

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I had thyroid cancer from my military days of working near nuke reactors, sleeping next to ICBMS and standing watch under a active radar for 6 hours at a time.

Go Submarines!


If anything it's your will to win that gets ya, I heard silly crap like brocilli has chems that fight cancer...


But really, cut down on the chemical filled foods, eat fresher, keep MOVING and know it's not gonna beat ya.

It's all about your mental will to beat it my friend...

My mom had breast cancer and was told she had 6 months to live...

She died 14 years later.

All in the mind.

My big kick in the nuts? I was told on July 14th, 15 years to the day she died...I had cancer. And I'll be damned if it beats me.
 

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Both my grandfathers and my step-grandfather died of cancer, but my real grandfathers died awhile before I was born. Other than that I've had pretty much no contact with the stuff.
 

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Childhood best friend's dad died of it a few years ago. I was pretty bored at the funeral, and I knew the guy pretty well.
 

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i have had three experiences with cancer. i lost my uncle to lung cancer when i was fifteen, my grandmother to lung cancer when i was eighteen, and my mother has been pretending to have various forms of cancer for a year and a half. i wish there was a reasonable way to find a cure, but it's not going to be economically viable for the pharmaceutical companies.
 

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My father died of lung cancer. He worked around toxic fumes, asbestos and he smoked. The doctor said it was impossible to point to anyone thing. My grandfather also died of lung cancer . He had smoked for around 30 years then gave it up for 30 years.
 

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Congrats, OP. Here's hoping the cancer stays away for good.

My experiences, though... my father has had four tumors removed in his life, and none of them spread. His secret: refuse the biopsy, and just have 'em cut the damn thing out with a little extra flesh for good measure. Not possible with bone or brain cancer, of course... but it's food for thought.
 

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Congratulations to you! It's a happy day indeed when someone beats this insidious disease. :)

Looking back at my genealogy, I suppose my family's burdened with cancer on either side. From what I can tell, my grandpa had it twice, but luckily he survived both occurrences (though not without some organ loss) and is still with us.
Sadly, my mom had breast cancer, and it got her the second time around, about six years ago. :(
 

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Wonderful to see that a human can defeat cancer. I don't know anyone close to me who's suffered from cancer asides from my teacher from last year, who is an overall great person.

This makes me wonder if those who use the internet are in fact, not humans at all. This is because there's a lot of cancer which needs battling, and it doesn't seem to be winning or losing. Terrible state of miserable limbo.
 

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I had a bit in my danglin bits. Two trips under the knife, a little bit lighter, and i'm all good to go.

No where near as bad as your brother.

Keep strong.
 

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I had bowel cancer from ages 2 to 10. Nasty stuff, but instead of going for a colonoscopy and removing 3/4's of my bowel, my mum and dad went into hardcore holistic and natural medicine. The stuff I drank while finding a cure was insane - Cicada shells, snakeskin, honey, ground bark, all that kind.
Eventually we found something that genuinely worked. No cancer, been free for a decade and will be going strong - take that, both sides of my family! (All who have large histories of rampant cancer.)
 

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MisterGobbles said:
Goomboss said:
how ironic i atm have a bone marrow cancer and have been allotted a 10 month time period to be "clear" im about halfway through it and am doing well, losing my hair sucked ass but other than that i've been extremely lucky, i've had the highest dose of chemotherapy my hospital has ever given and i managed to endure that with nothing more than a little vomiting, (48 hour drip of methotrexaine if anyones wondering) probably didn't spell that right
That sounds about right, I didn't have much trouble with the chemo either, though I pretty much overdid it the week after my last chemo and threw up a couple times. Also, I got fevers a LOT but no infections (it's annoying because they still keep you in the hospital even if it's nothing).

Initally it wasn't supposed to take this long, but a lot of the chemo sessions got delayed; my counts just don't want to come up very fast.
alas i guess im not as lucky as you last wednesday i went to see my doctor he said that i have one last type of chemo to try and if that does not keep my aggressive cancer at bay then all i can do is supress it before it kills, it really sucks being told you might not reach the age of twenty, but ive not lost hope yet, im just hoping this chemo does the job, congratulations btw i never gratz'd you in my previous comment