cancer.. again.

Sorry for your loss. I have lost many friends and family from cancer. I have 2 sisters that are cancer survivors. Right now we have a great friend going thru the fight of her life.:(

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

I am very uspet and just want to type things out and vent a little. I found out tonight that my uncle (dad's brother) passed away from his lung and bone cancer today. It was just a few months ago that we even found out that he was sick. He was just out at our house in September, and at our wedding a month before that, and seemed to be just fine. I am so mad; he was only in his mid 50s; almost the same age as my dad (younger actually.) He led a very rough life full of drinking and drugs.. still there are those who do, that live to be 100..
Cancer.. I can't stand it. It would take me forever to name the people I know and love that have either succombed to, are succombing to, or fought it yet fear its return. It saddens me to the bone to see a friend of mine, still at work, going through weekly chemo sessions that have robbed her of her hair and now even her fingernails. And my other friend at work underwent a hysterectomy due to uterine tumors. Yet my other friend underwent radiation therapy for breast cancer. On my team alone; that's three out of 6 of us that had/have it.
This post I guess is more of a vent against cancer, and a place to vent if you want to. It just angers me that, in this age of astounding technology, cancer is not curable really. It could crop up even after someone goes into remission.. man am I upset now.

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Jen first off i am so sorry for your families loss.I agree that the word "cancer" is the worst word in the whole world.It has ruined my life and then some.You and yours will be in our prayers.

I've lost just about all of my family to cancer. Only have my two aunts, cousion, granmother, and father left. My father has lung cancer again and isn't doing good at all. Sadly I don't think he has much time left. Cancer is so bad. It has ruined my life and so many other peoples lives.

My 27 year old daughter has leukemia. She has two very young sons. Cancer sucks. I'm so sorry Jen that you have to feel this hurt. Be kind to yourself.

Thanks. I symathize with everyone who has had a family member or other loved one go through this. Now go figure; I learned that my husband's friend has cancer as well. He has been living with it awhile though.. not sure what kind it is.
Thanks for the support everyone. I will need it when I call up my cousin this afternoon (uncle's daughter.) I feel terrible that we can't make it down to Ohio for the funeral, but I can't go away overnight with the horses. No one can get down our driveway to take care of them and bring them in/out.. if it were summer I could just leave them out, but not with this wicked blizzardy stuff we are getting.. I just hope that it goes ok for my grandma (dad's mom) and my aunt (uncle's wife.) They get along so badly that my grandmother herself did not get to the hospital (where aunt works) to even see my uncle before he went. So sad.. I hate family grudges like this and am glad I have none. Life is too short.