Cancer - what a fucking horrible disease

[Munkymagic]

My boy Jack (almost 7) has a best friend called Taylor they are always staying round eachothers houses, they play in the same footy team etc etc. Anyway Taylors dad (paul) i get on really well with, we've become good mates since our lads have become best mates and he is a really really top bloke who would do anything for you, we go round there for barbies etc. now he lost his mum to cancer in May...he was a pretty broken bloke, his kids also loved their nan and were rightly devastated too. The kids are now starting to get over it.

Anyway..

Paul has had bad pains in his stomach since just after his mum passed away. He's had loads of tests done and they didn't know what was wrong with him, we all assumed it was inflammatory bowel disease as we know someone with colitis and they have the same symptoms. So he's still in pain and on pain killers and this morning he got the results of some more test he had done and guess what?...yep you got it...that cunt of a disease, the one that shows no mercy, doesn't care who it picks, has reared its ugly head again and he has cancer. Not sure about any other details yet as rightly so needs time to sink in only just found this out this morning but either way...its pretty damn sad.

Kids have only just got over losing their nan to the big C. Obviously kids will be shielded from the news until the time is right but they know something is up, especially the 10 year old girl who is exceptionally bright and is on the gifted register.

This fucking disease pisses me off, not only is he a good mate of mine, he's 2 years older than me (37)...got two lovely kids and is a top bloke. Why doesn't this fucking thing strike down people like Gary Glitter, Roy Whiting and countless other fucking nonce cunts and shit kickers. NO it picks kids and good people.

People who choose to believe in god (i'm not knocking you by the way...thats your choice) how the hell do you maintain faith when shit like this happens.

Anyway sorry for rant guys just very pissed off at the mo.

I hope they find a miracle cure for this shit soon.

[LEGION]

Sorry to hear that Munky; I hope your friend can beat this.

My best friend passed away from stomach cancer in March of 2000 and I watched him fight it since mid 97'. He was the best friend I ever had and watching him go from about 230 to 120 and be able to pick him up broke my heart. I would have traded spots with him as he was older and had a wife and 2 kids and watching the family go through that was difficult. He was more like a father to me than anything; and the day we said goodbye was the day something inside left me.

Probably not what you wanted to hear but I know 1st hand about this particular kind of cancer. Best wishes to your friend and his family

[El Kabong]

My Grandfather on my Dad's side (he was around 68 when he passed cigars...he got stomach cancer) AND on my Mom's side (he was 37 when he passed, Camel unfiltered cigarettes, he had lung and breast cancer and yes men can have breast cancer and it's curtains when they get it) died from cancer along with a couple family friends and my best friend since I was like 3 years old had leukemia when he was growing up, you could never tell today though.


Cancer is a horrible disease but sometimes things just happen bad and good and it rains on the just and unjust alike. ALS is a pretty horrible disease too


I will still have a cigar every once in a while but it's rare that I have more than one every other month.

[CFH]

Sorry to hear about your friend Munkey.

In July, my Uncle had an operation to remove cancer from his intestines. They took out almost a foot of his guts, but he's been testing negative for it since then.

I'm supposed to get screened for it because of my Uncle, but I haven't been able to bring myself to provide a stool sample yet. I know that's a stupid reason and that I'm playing with fire, so I'll get to it soon, but I'm just embarrassed about having to do it.

Anyways, people do survive it, so hopefully your friend is one of them.

[El Kabong]

One of my family friends had cancer but he apparently took the news with a good attitude, he's always in good spirits (both in thought and drink ). He had colon cancer and had surgery and after he told everyone that he said "Now I have a semi colon".....true story

[Andre]

Yeah its a prick, sorry to hear about that too.
Strange thing is when people get over it (which ever way) they say 'oh he fought cancer and won' but really the ones who get over it for real, Firstly imbrace it or life first, it second. When you fight theres friction and cancer likes friction when you send it or the area it is effecting your love,it frequently diminishes.
You asked how someone can keep faith when we get such things.' The Creator and the creative forces of love and light don't give you anything except exactly that which it is;love and light, the rest is up to us. We are not victums of some higher source while we are down at this level.God fearing people do that but theirs is what is known as blind faith and blind they are.
We can have anything and everything from this platform and we have the numbers to explore every single avenue open to us all and we do it, for better and for worse. Every disease is horrible and every disease is simply
dis ease which usually starts with deep feelings mainly secret fears that then run into subconsiouss and sometimes even consiouss thoughts, then your whole system has been given the power and backing to turn it into physical dis ease.