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Just wanted to remind everyone we are all vulnerable. My wife just called to tell me that one of her friends. A 31 year old nurse, who is in great shape, very healthy, non smoker, and very occasional drinker has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and has less than 1 year.

We just recently played cards with this person and I cannot imagine this happening to someone so young, in such great shape and having such a great attitude. Life can really throw curve balls at you quickly so enjoy it while you have it.

I'm trying to find the positive here and I'm really grasping at straws. Thats just too damn young.
 
Sorry to hear that. I've been thinking about mortality a bit today, my bother-in-law had a car crash this morning. He was fine but could very easily have been different
 
Life is the one thing that has no morals. Good people are kicked in the backside all the time. I'm pretty sure your wifes friend is living a good life, and although it is sad we all must die one day. My father passed away not too long ago, he was in great shape, exercised all the time, ate healthy but had a heart attack. We must all realize that it's not about when we go, but what we achieve before we do :)
 
Kraken said:
Just wanted to remind everyone we are all vulnerable. My wife just called to tell me that one of her friends. A 31 year old nurse, who is in great shape, very healthy, non smoker, and very occasional drinker has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and has less than 1 year.

We just recently played cards with this person and I cannot imagine this happening to someone so young, in such great shape and having such a great attitude. Life can really throw curve balls at you quickly so enjoy it while you have it.

I'm trying to find the positive here and I'm really grasping at straws. Thats just too damn young.
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I'm sorry she has gotten such bad news, but tell her not to let them dictate to her her mortality, they don't know. Doctors will often give you the worse case scenario to cover their butts. (Malpractice suits)

Short version story:

When I was in my twenties I became friends with a gal (21 yrs old) who started getting headaches. I insisted she go see someone and it turned out she had a tumor the size of a baseball right behind her eyes. They gave her 2 years. I talked with her many times daily and it was really rough. She was married, and had never had any medical problems. Well, my father is a doctor and I would relay the info to him form the other doctors to see just how "honest" they were being with her. I told her often it she had to hang in there and she could get thru this. The doctors were telling her the worse case scenario. I provided her with as much support as I could. She had her family and her husband who also did everything to keep her positive. Well, they had to operate and go thru her face (literally thru her mouth and nose) to remove it.

This was 20 years ago. They told her she wouldn't have kids. She has two beautiful kids. They said she wouldn't live past 2 years and it's been 20. No signs of anything.

Keep positive, keep her positive, it can make a whole lot of difference.

I'll keep positive thoughts for her too.....:)
 
Ditto phate, except it's nature and myself in my own hands ;)

Gotfit - hows your dad like being a doctor, do you know how much he earns :p. That's what i want to be.
 
matt182 said:
Ditto phate, except it's nature and myself in my own hands ;)

Gotfit - hows your dad like being a doctor, do you know how much he earns :p. That's what i want to be.
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Then DO IT!

Keep the HEAT in the HEART of what you desire to be.

ROCK WITH IT! Matt!


Chillen
 
Uncle is a brain surgeon, makes over 500K a year.

Could never be a surgeon though, still shiver when i see people operating inside another person plus i dont have steady hands.
 
matt182 said:
Gotfit - hows your dad like being a doctor, do you know how much he earns :p. That's what i want to be.
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My dad loved being a doctor (he has passed away) My sister's, husband is an ER Doctor and husbands aunt is a ER nurse. All of them love working in the feild. If that's what you want to do, all I can say is:

GO FOR IT!!!! Do what you love!!
 
it is very sad.

a woman i know had the kind of pack rat sickness where she collected tons of things; she perished under them a few days ago. so unnecessary.

it's all very sad.
 
Sorry that he passed away. Thats great though how they all enjoy it.

I would have though brain surgeons would get more than that considering most cardiologist earn over 800 000 grand, i guess that probably because brain surgery is less frequent.

On the topic though. One of my friends friend (i met hime a couple times) died from luekemia i think it was, got into his bone marrow. He was only 20, pretty crazy. But still, thats 20 years that he was lucky to have been a part of..
 
matt182 said:
Sorry that he passed away. Thats great though how they all enjoy it.

I would have though brain surgeons would get more than that considering most cardiologist earn over 800 000 grand, i guess that probably because brain surgery is less frequent.

On the topic though. One of my friends friend (i met hime a couple times) died from luekemia i think it was, got into his bone marrow. He was only 20, pretty crazy. But still, thats 20 years that he was lucky to have been a part of..
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Thanks :) He was in his 80's so it wasn't unexpected really.

It definitely depends on the field, but they make great money....
 
matt182 said:
Sorry that he passed away. Thats great though how they all enjoy it.

I would have though brain surgeons would get more than that considering most cardiologist earn over 800 000 grand, i guess that probably because brain surgery is less frequent.

On the topic though. One of my friends friend (i met hime a couple times) died from luekemia i think it was, got into his bone marrow. He was only 20, pretty crazy. But still, thats 20 years that he was lucky to have been a part of..
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He lives in Germany, so I'm not sure on the exact price. But he makes bank.
 
This is the exact reason why I live life the way I do, You never know when you are going to be zapped from existance and as someone has said its what you achive before you go that depicts how people remember you.

I have seen a few people die unfortunately. I have had close friends die I have had family die and I have seen strangers die.

There was a definate turning point for me when I knew that I had to live life to the fullest and be appreciative for every moment god gives me on this earth. We pulled three people of a four person family out of the water. The youngest child had been caught in a rip the father had tried to help then the oldest son. They all drowned.

You never know when you are going to go, sorry about your friend. Hopefully she is remembered for what she achieved and not for how young she went.
 
They say there's a reason why young people die young and that's because they've fulfilled their juties on this earth and when I think of those who have passed before what I believe is before their time they've truely made an amazing contribution to this earth in the way of love to their friends and family which to me proves what the most important thing on this earth is human relationships.

Everyday I wake and do all I can to show love and kindness to those around me because I want to know if I happen to walk across the street and be hit by a bus that I can smile saying I lived completely and fully and shown everyone who I care for that I do.

I send all my love to you, your wife and your friend, I hope you're able to spend some quality time with her and live in the moment because it's truely the only way to live completely.
 
LiveFromNY said:
it is very sad.

a woman i know had the kind of pack rat sickness where she collected tons of things; she perished under them a few days ago. so unnecessary.

it's all very sad.
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What? She was crushed to death by things she collected?

I think that when we die, we become nothing...and therefore are liberated and become everything. If you believe in God, I believe that we are assimilated into God. Or if you are matt, we are assimilated into everything. Into the universe. We lose our identity and achieve nirvana. So the time that we spend living, establishing that identity, is really all we have. I feel that you will never again be the same person you are at this very moment. Every microsecond, you change a little. In death, there is infinity...so it doesn't matter. Everyone reaches the same end when their life is over. Should your life, therefore, be one where you do right by those you are connected to? To do something with your life? Apply yourself to something?

Those who have done that or are in the process of doing so really have nothing to be ashamed of when their time comes.
 
LeiYunFat said:
What? She was crushed to death by things she collected?

I think that when we die, we become nothing...and therefore are liberated and become everything. If you believe in God, I believe that we are assimilated into God. Or if you are matt, we are assimilated into everything. Into the universe. We lose our identity and achieve nirvana. So the time that we spend living, establishing that identity, is really all we have. I feel that you will never again be the same person you are at this very moment. Every microsecond, you change a little. In death, there is infinity...so it doesn't matter. Everyone reaches the same end when their life is over. Should your life, therefore, be one where you do right by those you are connected to? To do something with your life? Apply yourself to something?

Those who have done that or are in the process of doing so really have nothing to be ashamed of when their time comes.
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Couldnt have put it better myself.
 
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