james t kirk said:
Obviously not.
He has NO CLUE of what Cancer means.
I lost both my parents to cancer, my father being 4 years ago now and it scares the shit out of me. Till you actually get the treat of seeing it up close and personal like I have you have no appreciation for what it means and the affect it will have.
That's why when I see movies like "the bucket" I just shake my head. When you are fighting cancer, there's no trips to Paris or jumping out of planes while you still have time. There's hospitals, doctors, tests that kick the crap out of you and treatments that leave you so weak you can't walk. No trips to Paris, but a trip to the bathroom if you're lucky is good.
Well put, unfortunately. My heart goes out to you as those around the cancer patient suffer as well. The most important person in my life is currently struggling with cancer. She is only 42 and it has robbed her of her energy, her zest for life and quite possibly her (and mine) future. She lived a healthy life, no smoking or excessive drinking etc. Unfortunately, she must have had a genetic disposition to getting cancer and detection was not as soon as it could have been. I watch as life goes on, as it must, with her at the sidelines, struggling day to day, often feeling too ill to get out of bed. I can't do anything for her except be supportive-that is frustrating as all who have been in this helpless position know. We spend our lives searching for our soulmate, maybe stopping along the way with others who are close, and I found mine-3 weeks later she was diagnosed with cancer-22 months ago. It doesn't matter that my life is in turmoil, I cannot allow myself to visualize our future together because it is so unsure, she is the one in pain, throwing up, helpless, the living dead. This disease continues to wreak havoc on so many lives, hurting so many beautiful people. Who ever said "things were fair" in life? They aren't as you can see from the posts in this thread.
