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I have a cancer. It has metastasized to my liver and I am awaiting tests to see what treatment might extend my life for a while longer.
I play video games to help me relax and keep my mind off of things.
I’ve really been enjoying Red Dead Redemption 2.
I just found out my main character has tuberculosis, which is a fatal disease during the era the game takes place. He’s going to die from tuberculosis! Omg, really?!?! I’ve been playing for weeks to keep my mind off my medical issues!
Thanks a lot, Red Dead Redemption 2!
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Oh gosh, I hope you're gonna be okay. It happened to my sister. I'm glad you've found a way to keep your mind off of it.
ReplyI did, until I just found out that my game character is also dying of a terminal illness.
ReplyI know! That's crazy. I hope you can find a different game. Good luck and take care! I wish the best for you.
ReplyThank you. I’m hoping I can stay strong for the next month and they can find a treatment for me that will work. It’s been three years of successful treatment then suddenly, bam! Cancer back in full force.
ReplyWow, you've had it for a while. I can't imagine what it's like for you.
ReplyIt’s awful. I can keep my mind off of it during the day, because I haven’t had too many bad symptoms. Though I’ve had three fractured vertebrae which get pretty sore after a while. I used to be much more active and athletic. Now I just try to keep busy. But the nights are tough. I don’t want to go to sleep because I don’t know what trouble the next day will bring. And the mind wanders...when will it happen... how will it happen...will it hurt....will I suffer...? Then the thought of me just not existing anymore, while all my loved ones get to go on without me. I thought o would live into my 80s like my parents. Now I’ll be lucky if I make 50. I worked hard all my life so I could move to some nice place to retire. Now my weeks are full of doctors visits and scans and more doctors. My next test is a liver biopsy where they put a needle through my ribs to pull out a piece of my liver. That sounds kind of like it’s going to hurt. Nothing I can do about it though, another necessary evil.
ReplyGosh, I kinda get some of it. I have a chronic illness, and used to be really active, biking and hiking and working, but now I'm stuck at home and I never know what the next day will bring.
I'm sorry you're going through that. I can't imagine looking at the possibility of not being here. I thought I'd be biking into my 80s. I get that.
ReplyGosh, I kinda get some of it. I have a chronic illness, and used to be really active, biking and hiking and working, but now I'm stuck at home and I never know what the next day will bring.
I'm sorry you're going through that. I can't imagine looking at the possibility of not being here. I thought I'd be biking into my 80s. I get that.
Replyweird that my post repeated itself Lol
ReplyI hope it hasn't been in your liver too long. You must hate going to the doctor so much. Ouch, about your fractured vertebrae. Sorry!
ReplyYou probably already know this, but I'll say it just in case...that some cancers feed on sugar and some feed on fat. My nephew has melanoma which feeds on fat. They do cancer imaging with glucose, because the cancer lights up when there's sugar. I've saw a video on the 700 Club YT channel, of a guy who had cancer and went completely carb free and healed his cancer. I don't know if I can post it here, but if I find it, I will.
ReplyI’m a Biochemistry student in a research lab, and I believe this....
This is the grain of truth at the heart of the concern around sugar and cancer — yes, sugar feeds cancer cells.
But it fuels them in exactly the same way it feeds all other cells in the body.
And our body can't dictate which cells it sends energy to and which it doesn't.
What happens if we eliminate sugar?
"Stopping sugar getting to cancer cells would also mean that your body's healthy cells get starved of necessary sugars," says the CEO of Cancer Council Australia, Professor Sanchia Aranda.
"I think that would make you lose weight, [and] would make your immune system less efficient and more likely that a cancer would progress."
What's more, our bodies are clever — they have other ways of getting glucose.
Even if you do try and cut it out, the body will just convert fat and protein stores into glucose where necessary
ReplyHere's the video. I hope I can post it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnZcU7z_OT4&t=1s
ReplyThough I have been eliminating carbs from my diet whenever possible
ReplyYour replies weren't showing up last night. There must have been a trigger word.
After I commented about the cancer being fed by sugar, I felt badly, as you must be tired of people telling you about miracle cures. You must be inundated with them. I wish the best for you and I'll pray for you. Do you believe in God and an afterlife? Regardless, I hope you stick around and get healed.
ReplyHaha, yeah, I do kind of get sick of hearing about “miracle cures”. I’ve lived a pretty healthy life and vegans and heath nuts get cancer too. Sometimes I get mad because my parents smoked like chimneys when I was growing up and I wonder if that had anything to do with it, but who knows, right?
My medicine worked great for 3 years, it looked like all the cancer was gone on my PET scan. It just mutates and things change.
I’m not that afraid of dying, though I don’t really think anything comes after...I’m just afraid of suffering. Dying is a weird thought kind of...i think it would be just like when you have surgery... you just go... only you never wake up to know the difference. Though there is a little jealousy that everyone else will keep living without me.
ReplyThis will sound weird, but sometimes I envy people who get to die. I think of dying as the reward. My dad died from a brain tumor and he didn't seem to suffer much in the end. He was on morphine, of course.
My sister had cancer and she and her husband hated healing advice.
I used to be agnostic, but believed in something after this. Now I'm a Christian, so I definitely believe in an afterlife.
ReplyOh gosh, sorry for talking so much about death. I'm rooting for you to heal. I wish the best for you.
Replyguess I said some trigger words Lol
ReplyI don’t envy anyone who gets to die. Everyone gets to die, and I’m sure not in any hurry for it.
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