Toriel wrote: im a high risk stage 4 neuroblastoma cancer survivor and my mom is a leukemia survivor i was diagnosed when i was 4, and it was put into remission when i was about 6 years old, and my mom was diagnosed a year later. neuroblastoma is one of the most common forms of childhood cancer, but had a very low survival rate back when i was a kid. I was one of the first curable cases at the time for a high risk stage 4 patient, and the kids and i that i knew during treatment were kind of like the test rats for the future of neuroblastoma. the survivors and i are currently being watched now for the long terms effects, since we are the oldest survivors, which is very very humbling to be accounted for in medical history. high risk survivors have a 40% survival rate even after remission, due to the risk of secondary cancer, which is how i lost most of my friends. i had a 20% chance of survival when my cancer was at it's peak, and i overcame that.
I had a tumor that started in my left adrenal gland, and it wrapped around my lungs, heart, ribs and other vital organs and by the time they found the cancer, it had metastasized through my entire body (which is stage 4, high risk) ive told the story of my tumor and how it disappeared on my youtube channel before, so i'll link the video below.
and then shortly after, i almost lost my mom to her cancer, and when i was in 10th grade, she got a bone marrow transplant that saved her life and now we're both very healthy and happy
if you ever need to talk to someone, and i mean this in all sincerity, please don't hesitate to message me watching my own mother go through treatment was one of the hardest things for me and i wish i had someone to talk to back then about it.
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beholder wrote: Breast cancer runs in my family and is one of the common ways for people in my family to die. I really hope research keeps at it in finding solutions, especially ones that are less harmful to the body ie radiation.
^ same.
------ Both my grandma's died from it - one of them had it twice; Breast and Bone cancer. My other grandma had pancreatic. My mum has had cancer too, when I was only a couple of years old. Luckily she survived as it was one of the 'best' (as in best to treat) kinds. It is worrying though that she may be susceptible to getting it again - but worse (the type she had has two kinds - one is the the easiest to treat, the other is one of the worst kinds you can get). She thinks radiotherapy (the one where they blast the cancer directly) may have given her angina though as it may have caught her heart :/ radiotherapy gave my grandma (the one who had cancer twice) a burst lung too (it didn't sound pretty o.o).
We have a lot of things like this is my family - it's not very nice to think about but I believe talking about it makes it better and doesn't give it so much power (if that makes sense)
TheWayfaringStranger wrote: I'll try to go through more of these comments, later. It's finals week for me, so if I don comment back right away it's because I'm stressing.
beholder wrote: Breast cancer runs in my family and is one of the common ways for people in my family to die. I really hope research keeps at it in finding solutions, especially ones that are less harmful to the body ie radiation.
^ same.
------ Both my grandma's died from it - one of them had it twice; Breast and Bone cancer. My other grandma had pancreatic. My mum has had cancer too, when I was only a couple of months old. Luckily she survived as it was one of the 'best' (as in best to treat) kinds. It is worrying though that she may be susceptible to getting it again - but worse (the type she had has two kinds - one is the the easiest to treat, the other is one of the worst kinds you can get). She thinks radiotherapy (the one where they blast the cancer directly) may have given her angina though as it may have caught her heart :/ radiotherapy gave my grandma (the one who had cancer twice) a burst lung too (it didn't sound pretty o.o).
We have a lot of things like this is my family - it's not very nice to think about but I believe talking about it makes it better and doesn't give it so much power (if that makes sense)
agh radiation is a real son of a bitch. i still to this day blame myself and the radiation i received for my moms cancer because when i would get treatment and high levels of radiation, she was always in the room with me (the only thing "protecting her" was that metal cloth that they sling over your shoulders like a bib) when you're exposed to such high levels of radiation on a number of times, it's going to have effects on you in a negative way.
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Toriel wrote:
Quinzelle wrote:
beholder wrote: Breast cancer runs in my family and is one of the common ways for people in my family to die. I really hope research keeps at it in finding solutions, especially ones that are less harmful to the body ie radiation.
^ same.
------ Both my grandma's died from it - one of them had it twice; Breast and Bone cancer. My other grandma had pancreatic. My mum has had cancer too, when I was only a couple of months old. Luckily she survived as it was one of the 'best' (as in best to treat) kinds. It is worrying though that she may be susceptible to getting it again - but worse (the type she had has two kinds - one is the the easiest to treat, the other is one of the worst kinds you can get). She thinks radiotherapy (the one where they blast the cancer directly) may have given her angina though as it may have caught her heart :/ radiotherapy gave my grandma (the one who had cancer twice) a burst lung too (it didn't sound pretty o.o).
We have a lot of things like this is my family - it's not very nice to think about but I believe talking about it makes it better and doesn't give it so much power (if that makes sense)
agh radiation is a real son of a bitch. i still to this day blame myself and the radiation i received for my moms cancer because when i would get treatment and high levels of radiation, she was always in the room with me (the only thing "protecting her" was that metal cloth that they sling over your shoulders like a bib) when you're exposed to such high levels of radiation on a number of times, it's going to have effects on you in a negative way.
It really is. I hate the idea of it. My mum's theory hasn't been proven right but I think she's right as the hospital told her she is one of the youngest people they've ever seen develop Angina - she's only in her early fifties and most people that develop it are around 10+ years older. When my grandma's lung burst, apparently it stuck together and she couldn't breathe - I hate the idea of that happening, it sounds terrible. I really don't think you should blame yourself for what happened though. If anything, it's the doctor's fault for not protecting your mum better <3 - after all, they are supposed to be trained to do that. It really is. I personally don't care if it's the 'more effective' way of treating cancer, I'm starting to think it does more harm than good at times :/
if you ever need to talk to someone, and i mean this in all sincerity, please don't hesitate to message me watching my own mother go through treatment was one of the hardest things for me and i wish i had someone to talk to back then about it.
I'm ok about it atm, but there's times where it just gets to me and then it would be so calming to talk to someone about it. So thank you, that means a lot to me ♥
Valentine wrote: I don't mean to be insensitive to all your stories, but it is like a week until Christmas. And you guys want to sit around for a week... talking about cancer? Wtf is wrong with this website? I'm sure ya'll had good intentions with this 'event' but like couldn't it have waited until after the holiday season. lol
I really wish you had sent this to the teams involved and let us explain our reasoning to you.
I get where you're coming from. Many people find it very helpful (for coping) to share their stories while others (like yourself) may be triggered by it. Either way, everyone copes differently and we need to realize that and not put others down for coping differently than we may do ourselves.
That being said, I hope you have a nice holiday season!
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