9.5 years in. MRI this morning. No Evidence of Disease. Just a Duck Egg Sized hole full of spinal fluid (or water). Enrolled in a smoking cessation program, and got a referral for an E.N.T. to look at the hearing issues from radiation.

Keep Going. Don't Quit

Good news Pasta.

My mum's came back with a vengeance this past month and she's currently on chemo with radio set to follow. She's doing as well as can be expected but it'll be a couple of months before we know if she's fighting it off.

Fuck cancer.

Excellent news indeed, Pasta! This week, an old friend lost his almost-two-year battle with cancer. Fuck cancer forever.

My chest CT two weeks ago picked up a lesion on my liver. I went for my ultrasound today and got the results immediately. Benign cysts. Thank fucking God. I had been acting all blasé about it for the last fortnight, but inside I have been deeply afraid. Cancer killed one of my closest friends last year (she was in her 40s), and a good friend's friend this year (also 40s).

Good on you FM Pasta!

FM's A Man Who Tries and Maurice, I am so fucking sorry.

Cancer - go and fuck yourself

seby wrote: Thu May 06, 2021 1:33 am Benign cysts.

It is not the case that news is bad.

Three lectures down. Fuck those wffs though.

A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Thu May 06, 2021 2:18 am

seby wrote: Thu May 06, 2021 1:33 am Benign cysts.

It is not the case that news is bad.

Three lectures down. Fuck those wffs though.

News is very good!

Keep wffn'! Three down is solid

I lost my Dad and my Stepmom both to sudden cancer diagnosis over the last 6 months. Fucking terrible. Please get your check ups and follow up with doctors!

My uncle was just diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer a few weeks ago, and passed away yesterday. It seemed to come from out of nowhere. I'm traveling home for the funeral in a couple days. Cancer can go fuck itself.

Last year was maddening. My dad was battling cancer and I couldn't see him. He was sick and I'm immune system compromised so we just didn't see each other for a year. He's pretty old and is freaked out so it makes figuring out what is exactly going on with him a little difficult. Over time he started doing better; he's great at implementing lifestyle changes immediately, so they took him off chemo for a few months to see how he would hold up. Last week's diagnosis was grim. It's back and in more places in his stomach. Stage 4. Last year he was at 40% chance to live and this year, 30%.

I was just getting ready to tell them that I'm moving further away from them. I had gotten all these ducks in a row and wanted to tell them after I'd heard the good news. It's hard to know what to do or say. Having this come up again meant that I was a little more mentally prepared for this. Last year I was an utter mess. I don't want to make this about me at all, but I feel pretty helpless. I'm trying to support him and his new diet and willingness to try meditation. What else is there?

noise&light wrote: Wed May 12, 2021 8:16 amI don't want to make this about me at all, but I feel pretty helpless. I'm trying to support him and his new diet and willingness to try meditation. What else is there?

That's enough.

My relationship with my mum isn't great and never will be and we both know why, but I'm calling in daily even if it's just ten minutes to quickly shoot the shit and there's no doubt it makes a difference. There's a dialogue there that isn't necessarily dominated by cancer now it's been established some. Just be a sounding board and take it wherever it goes.