When you get cancer how are you going to handle it?

Hold my wife and let our emotions wash over each other, probably make love and curl up in each others arms.

Then get up and do what needs to be done with the biggest smile I could muster.
 
Tom_D said:
Well this thread is kinda relevant to me right now.

I had swollen lymph nodes in my groin for about 8 months. During the time I had them I had ultrasound scans which showed them as reactive (normal) and they didn't really get any larger. As far as I know all of my blood tests were normal. I then had an ultrasound guided core needle biopsy which came back negative for cancer but I'm told these aren't always as reliable.

My consultant then told me he wanted to take the nodes away by biopsy. This was done on Wednesday and I'm now awaiting results.

The surgeon sound one of the nodes was matted with a other one and apparently this is a sign of malignancy.

So it's looking like lymphoma.

To say that I'm scared is an understatement. I have been a nervous wreck since I came out of hospital and I'm getting about 3 hours of sleep a night.
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Good luck and I hope it all turns out ok.
 
RedvGreen said:
In about 8 billions years the Sun will turn into a Red Giant which will consume Earth, shortly around the same time as The Milky Way galaxy (ours) merging with Andromeda. That will be a fun thing to witness...
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I'd quite happily live that long if that's when I got to go out.

On topic: a cocktail of tears and whiskey I'm pretty certain. I'd like to believe is handle it well and I'm pretty sure I could put on a strong front for most people but realistically I'd be a utter shambles of a man.
 
Don my deal with it glasses and swag right outta that doctors office without a care in the world.

On a serious note: If it was terminal, just do the things left I've wanted to do.
Chance of recovery: Try and be positive and fight it as much as possible.
 
The same way I react to all bad news -

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I would adopt a Boxing stance & Punch Cancer in the Ovarys, Once beaten down I'd poo through it's letterbox nuke it from Orbit then kill it with Fire.

What else is an old OcUK'er s'posed to do ?


The Above also applys to when the Zombie Apocalypse happens.
 
Rroff said:
There is no evidence it didn't exist only that we aren't aware of any previous existence, neither is there evidence that any previous consciousness did exist mind but there are no sound grounds for having an absolute opinion either way.
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There is evidence previous consciousness didn't exist, maths.

The population of Earth, in both human and animal life has grown exponentially over the last 30,0000 years. Therefore it is impossible for everyone to have had a previous life.

Only if the amount of life remained constant could you claim that it is possible that we all had previous lives but that is not the case.
 
As I am the oldest & a smoker I should have just said, I'll let you know :p
 
Recently found out one of my friends from college has an inoperable malignant brain tumour at 28, she's taken it really well from the looks of it.

Were going to help her with her bucket list.

In my family we don't have any history of cancer (but the men do seem to die pretty young of a heart attack) - so thankfully I'm reasonably confident I won't have to experience it.
 
elmarko said:
In my family we don't have any history of cancer (but the men do seem to die pretty young of a heart attack) - so thankfully I'm reasonably confident I won't have to experience it.
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Don't want to scare you here, but hereditory cancers are only a very small portion of cases. The majority of cases are "other causes", IE; modern western lifestyles.
Cancer doesn't run in my family either, yet my mum survived breast cancer and my cousin survived leukemia.
 
Rroff said:
There is no evidence it didn't exist only that we aren't aware of any previous existence, neither is there evidence that any previous consciousness did exist mind but there are no sound grounds for having an absolute opinion either way.
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OT but worth debating.

If you believe consciousness is an emergent property of the network of billions of neurons in the brain, then the answer is tbyeah's: your consciousness developed as your nervous system did, and will cease when your neurons cease to be active.

If you believe anything else, then you need a mechanism of consciousness before you can start talking about what it was doing "before birth" or will do "after death". Until you've got one it's all metaphysics (i.e. untestable).
 
estebanrey said:
Nothing will happen.

Let's flip the question around, 'where was your consciousness before you were born?'

The answer's the same, it didn't exist. If it not existing before your life doesn't bother you then why should it after it?
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Consciousness always has and always will exist
 
I haven't a clue.

There's a lot of places I want to go and a lot of things I want to do, but I don't honestly know if I'd have the motivation (or indeed the money) to do them if it was terminal.

I'm not optimistic by nature.

My wife would take the news a lot worse than I would, and breaking it to her would be the absolute hardest part of it.
 
stopper said:
Don't want to scare you here, but hereditory cancers are only a very small portion of cases. The majority of cases are "other causes", IE; modern western lifestyles.
Cancer doesn't run in my family either, yet my mum survived breast cancer and my cousin survived leukemia.
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I know what your saying, but I don't work in any risk environments, don't smoke, drink often, eat meat or sunbath, at the correct weight, have any family history of it & regularly exercise.

Overall I'm 'unlikely' to get cancer, I still may but I'd be surprised if I did.

Even the base rate is 43.92% so I'm confident that I'm a fair bit lower than that.
 
JBod said:
And for those that have been unfortunate enough to have it, how did you handle it?

Good old statistics suggests my Topic will ~50% correct to all of us on this forum.

I am fully expecting heart attack or cancer to do me in. I think I will meet it with an air of "well finally".

My biggest fear is finding out too late to do anything about and as a parent having heart wrenching final few weeks/months with my two toddlers.
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Judging by how much Fukushima has been pumping out the last couple of years, I would assume the figure will be more like 85% in the next 20 years
 
tbyeah said:
My "sound ground" is any lack of proof to back the claim of a consciousness before or after birth/death respectively.

OT, I don't have a clue. I think I'd have to tell someone.
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I'm with this guy. There are also no grounds to know that a giant thermos flask full of vodka with a kangaroos tail and t-rex's arms didn't create the universe, but my logical mind tells me it most likely didn't...

Oh, and as for the big C, I'd likely vomit everywhere with fear upon finding out. I rather enjoy living, and would do absolutely everything to live a full and happy life while fighting my corner.
 
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