What's upsetting you today? - Page 654

DanaC · 05-18-2014, 12:19 PM

Oh that is horrible. Upsetting from every angle.

Clodfobble · 05-18-2014, 12:30 PM

I'm genuinely sorry, UT. No kid should have to watch a parent battle cancer, let alone potentially lose. Sucks all around.

sexobon · 05-18-2014, 05:58 PM

Sorry UT. You didn't say what kind of cancer she has or suggest a rationale for her treatment decision; so, I'll speculate she has already fought the good fight using Western medicine and now wants things to run their course before her kids are old enough to feel responsible for her. Pursuing alternative medicine sends a message to her family that she is still trying for them, even though SHE may have reached acceptance, so that they (especially the kids) won't ever think she didn't love them enough to keep trying to stay with them.

fargon · 05-18-2014, 06:01 PM

We are Praying for her.

Undertoad · 05-18-2014, 06:03 PM

I don't know all the details sb.

monster · 05-18-2014, 10:03 PM

FWIW my friend did a similar thing and she's still with us. I'm not an "alternative" meds person, but I do think the power of the mind is strong. if you believe in the path you are taking, it seems to do the world of good.....

xoxoxoBruce · 05-20-2014, 02:21 AM

Worked for Steve Jobs.

wolf · 05-22-2014, 02:02 AM

UT, I have a friend who is a really solid cancer surgeon who also uses complimentary medicine.

Undertoad · 05-22-2014, 08:21 AM

I will try to get more information. This is a good friend's wife and they have played it very close to the vest so I didn't even know her cancer recurred. And it's one of those things where he told me in an aside while she was out getting something, and then told me it was not a topic for discussion when she came back.

Griff · 05-23-2014, 09:48 AM

Sometime cancer takes the fight out of you. My Mom fought and beat breast cancer but didn't have the heart to fight her liver cancer later. Until you know what she knows, you probably can't judge her decision making.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-23-2014, 04:03 PM

People who have cancer rear it's ugly head a second time, now know what they face, like the doctors do. I think that why doctors tend to not fight it in some cases, but they can not make that decision for you, only you can.
That's why it's important to talk to your doctor and make your preferences known, before you end up in a living hell controlled by some well meaning relative.

Big Sarge · 05-25-2014, 06:52 PM

an investigator for the police department I used to be chief at was found deceased. I'm not enough in the loop to know much now. I had served with him previously in the military. I just have that sinking feeling in the gut that this is a suicide or accidental overdose

Lola Bunny · 05-25-2014, 06:58 PM

:-(

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Clodfobble · 05-25-2014, 10:47 PM

Sorry, Sarge.

BigV · 05-26-2014, 01:11 AM

Sorry Sarge.

05-18-2014, 12:30 PM	#9797
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I'm genuinely sorry, UT. No kid should have to watch a parent battle cancer, let alone potentially lose. Sucks all around. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

05-18-2014, 06:01 PM	#9799
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	We are Praying for her. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

05-18-2014, 10:03 PM	#9801
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	FWIW my friend did a similar thing and she's still with us. I'm not an "alternative" meds person, but I do think the power of the mind is strong. if you believe in the path you are taking, it seems to do the world of good..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-20-2014, 02:21 AM	#9802
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Worked for Steve Jobs. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-22-2014, 02:02 AM	#9803
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	UT, I have a friend who is a really solid cancer surgeon who also uses complimentary medicine. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-18-2014, 05:58 PM	#9798
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Sorry UT. You didn't say what kind of cancer she has or suggest a rationale for her treatment decision; so, I'll speculate she has already fought the good fight using Western medicine and now wants things to run their course before her kids are old enough to feel responsible for her. Pursuing alternative medicine sends a message to her family that she is still trying for them, even though SHE may have reached acceptance, so that they (especially the kids) won't ever think she didn't love them enough to keep trying to stay with them.

05-18-2014, 06:03 PM	#9800
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I don't know all the details sb.

05-22-2014, 08:21 AM	#9804
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I will try to get more information. This is a good friend's wife and they have played it very close to the vest so I didn't even know her cancer recurred. And it's one of those things where he told me in an aside while she was out getting something, and then told me it was not a topic for discussion when she came back.

05-23-2014, 09:48 AM	#9805
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Sometime cancer takes the fight out of you. My Mom fought and beat breast cancer but didn't have the heart to fight her liver cancer later. Until you know what she knows, you probably can't judge her decision making. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-23-2014, 04:03 PM	#9806
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	People who have cancer rear it's ugly head a second time, now know what they face, like the doctors do. I think that why doctors tend to not fight it in some cases, but they can not make that decision for you, only you can. That's why it's important to talk to your doctor and make your preferences known, before you end up in a living hell controlled by some well meaning relative. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-25-2014, 06:52 PM	#9807
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	an investigator for the police department I used to be chief at was found deceased. I'm not enough in the loop to know much now. I had served with him previously in the military. I just have that sinking feeling in the gut that this is a suicide or accidental overdose __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

05-25-2014, 06:58 PM	#9808
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	:-( Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk

05-25-2014, 10:47 PM	#9809
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Sorry, Sarge. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

05-26-2014, 01:11 AM	#9810
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Sorry Sarge. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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