I had just finished my PMR when my mom was diagnosed with colon cancer. I was pretty naive back then and once she came back from operation, I thought that everything would be back to normal.

In the span of 2 years, her condition got worse. She had to move around with a urine bag connected to her body. Not long after that, the pain was too unbearable that she had to be put under morphine all the time.

It was definitely heart-wrenching to see her in semi-conscious state. Sometimes she could not even recognise me. It was at that particular moment that I wished for her to pass away ASAP to release her of all the pain.

I was finally granted that wish on my 2nd day of SPM. Until today, I still can't imagine how it felt to put myself in my mom's shoe.

Anyway, just live life to the fullest as if everyday is your last day. I have been thanking God silently every time I woke up in the morning for giving me another day to look forward to.

Sad to hear that. My granny is ill now. I understand your situation.

my dad didnt lasted 2 years
just 6months when the cancer was notice
till the last 3months he needed morphine all the time
being all drowsy and weak thru out the day
he past away holding my hands on his bed during the last moments of his life breathing for air till it slow down to nothing

Condolence to you. Seriously, how long they lasted from the day the cancer was detected played no importance at all if they succumbed to the internal invasion at the end of the day.

Anyway, they moved on and our life goes on. Looking back, I guess most of the diseases today are in fact something that was started by human themselves. Human exterminating their own species, pretty ironic eh?

I just hope, really really hope that we will find the cure for cancer one day. it is just simply unbearable to see tons and tons of relatives, and very vlose friends perish fighting this deadly desease.

Statistics showed that one in four people get cancer.

my late grandmother died of womb cancer.
Countless people i know have died of cancer too. some as young as the age of 30+
Some get cured but it relapses.

Cancer can be cured.
However, once there is cancer cells in our body, the cancer cells will produce again.
If you are lucky, cancer cells won't replicate and harm your body.

personally, the closest relative that has cancer in my family is my aunt..
she has colon cancer and has part of her colon removed..
she's a firm believer in positive thinking and tries to eat mainly organic food..
she's quite well off, so she can afford all the organic stuff and she even has gone for treatment overseas..

about the support group questions..
i've yet to discover a support here in malaysia..
but us cousins have tried our best to support our aunt's children n grandchildren..
basically we just educate ourselves about colon cancer and i personally read up on what the things support groups in the states and other parts of the world do..
basically, we try to be there for our aunt and her kids/grandkids..

is that the equation now..? quality of life = rm10k a year?
correct me if i'm wrong, but if part of his colon is removed, then he should not be able to eat certain food right?
and do you seriously think that it's ok to lose a part of your internal organ just because your body can survive if that organ is removed?
i think your friend still has to undergo a lot of treatment, medication etc..
i just think that since he has insurance, then good for him.. at least the money can cover his medication needs etc.
but to say that it's "not so sad for him" is another thing altogether, imo.

i think you're talking about cancer of the cervix..
or cervical cancer.. a cancer on the female reproductive system..

cancer can be cured depending on the type of the cancer itself..
cancers like leukimia and hodgkin's disease can be cured..
breast cancer can also be cured if discovered early..

but of course, there is always the risk of the cancer recurring..

2 years ago my uncle died of lung cancer stage 4. he got it when he feel a little back ache. then went check up and comfirm its stage 4 cancer. done 8 times of chemo therapy and recover after 5 months. doctor say he can eat anything he wants like a normal human. Asam laksa , char kuay tiao , water melon juice and stuff.. 3 weeks after recover , cancer comes again. 2nd relaps. in 2 short weeks ... coma for 1 day and died

yes cancer can be cured.. but in a very complicated way...

most cancer patients have to suffer before they actually get cured..

chemotheraphy kills not only the cancer cells but the good body cells as well, thus making you weak.

what i meant is that i cant wait for the invention of a medicine that kills only cancer cells.

I understand how u felt that time. My father had the same situation too...semi-concious state when the cancer cell spread to his brain. My father had to take steroid to keep concious. You know, the feeling of looking at my father when he coundn't recognise me, hardly talk. He just responded to us with his eyes everytime we spoke with him. The tears coming down from his eye, i know he got a lot of things to say on the last day of him.........

I was passing by this big MLM conference in JW Marriott last week and saw a lot of members clad in black suits in the alleyway outside the hotel SMOKING!

What a bunch of hypocrites, selling antioxidant wonder pills while smoking like chimneys.

Hi! I'm a newbie here. I have a not so dubious solution to cancer. It's a theory from this website:

http://fusionexcel.com/BarronReport.pdf

It's on the 4th page, just scroll down to cancer section. After reading it, tell me your comments..
I believe that this theory can work. In fact, I can actually bring you to see an ex-throat cancer patient who had recovered.

Happy reading!

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Added on February 16, 2008, 9:53 amHi! I'm a newbie here. I have a not so dubious solution to cancer. It's a theory from this website:

http://fusionexcel.com/BarronReport.pdf

It's on the 4th page, just scroll down to cancer section. After reading it, tell me your comments..
I believe that this theory can work. In fact, I can actually bring you to see an ex-throat cancer patient who had recovered.

Anyway, it won't hurt to read it....the Barron Report, I mean...

Happy reading!

This post has been edited by tcboleh: Feb 16 2008, 09:53 AM

of course there is no problem but it will make the cancer patient more lethargic and tiredla...

my friend just got leukemia, however this is the first time I overcome this situation where I need my to do my part as a friend..so need suggestion, should I be with him?, comforting him?

I don't mind though..what the hardest part is, this guy won't meet anyone include his family/relative except his parent, he's just wanna be alone right now

the only thing that I did is made a new thread for him as a support, in playstation thread

This post has been edited by Bancho: Jan 4 2009, 04:30 PM

you re right, you should accompany him.. i feel sorry for your fren..

my aunt n uncle both died of cancer in the last 4 years ago.. auntie breast cancer, uncle liver... pity them, hopefully it doesnt runs in the family

sorry bout that

yea, so far no problem. and because of that, my grandpa passed away, he doesnt have cancer but because he miss my uncle n auntie too much d.

alot..sigh =(