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[redcolours]

First off - the big one:
last week around this time, we learned about the news of my 14year old nephew's death from drowning.

A day later, one of my uncles from my mother's side of the family calls up, and we learn hes got liver cancer, and its advanced. im not sure how much time he has left.

Then a couple of days ago, we also heard from my youngest aunt (also from my mother's side), and shes got cervical cancer.

one after the other after the other... :disa:

[DarkFury]

Dayuum man.. my condolences go out to your family. :sad:

[Sirrich3]

Sorry to hear about this...my condolences go out to you and your family...

[MJordanash]

Sorry to hear that.

[nickel]

First off - the big one:
last week around this time, we learned about the news of my 14year old nephew's death from drowning.

A day later, one of my uncles from my mother's side of the family calls up, and we learn hes got liver cancer, and its advanced. im not sure how much time he has left.

Then a couple of days ago, we also heard from my youngest aunt (also from my mother's side), and shes got cervical cancer.

one after the other after the other... :disa:
:( that's so awful about your nephew, and well... cancer sucks.

why can't we find a cure for cancer? why? the principle of the disease is so simple. :( :( :(

[DarkFury]

:( that's so awful about your nephew, and well... cancer sucks.

why can't we find a cure for cancer? why? the principle of the disease is so simple. :( :( :(
Probably for similar reasons why they can't cure the common cold...


But then again, some research avenues (i.e. stem cell and whatnot) have drawn the ire of some folks and are not as aggresively pursued in looking for a cure.

[oblongmelon]

wow..what a run of bad news..that is terrible terrible news about your nephew. My uncle died on Saturday but he had lived a long full life..(83 y.o)..
regardless of age though-a death in the family is always sad.
Cancer..UGH..someone should take a big stick and beat it to death like a snake in the grass..(if only)

[speedracer120]

My thoughts and prayers are with your family.

[InfiniteNothing]

:( that's so awful about your nephew, and well... cancer sucks.

why can't we find a cure for cancer? why? the principle of the disease is so simple. :( :( :(

Because it's more profitable to treat cancer than to cure it. (Not really the reason but alot of people think it is)

[ufcrusher]

Sorry to hear that. They say bad news normally comes in three's, so you shouldnt get any more bad news for a while.

[redcolours]

thank you for all your support. we appreciate it all.

this morning, my mom and two of my sisters and my niece (the sister of my nephew that passed away) flew back home for the funeral (which was extended so they can be part of the viewing).

those of us here who have stayed behind can only imagine what my eldest brother and his family is feeling right now. a father should never have to bury his son....

needless to say, its been very exhausting for all of us here. and since its easter week in a predominantly religious family, everything puts it more in perspective. even i (who hasnt been religious for years) felt the need for some divine intervention these past few days.
The need has not gone unheeded, in some way or another, and im grateful for that.

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personally, its made me think about what ive been doing with MY life, if ive lived one that i can call fulfilling or fulfilled. Ive found that i dont have many things i want to do, as im still wondering about that.

But i do know one thing: i want to tell people i love how much i love them. Or let them know more, because i dont say it often enough. Or simply tell them i love them, period.
i need to tell them that before anything happens to me, or to them.
before its too late to say so.
And i need to stop being scared of saying it. i dont even know why im scared to begin with.

thats why sometimes i feel so much regret for losing contact (for some reason or another) with some people i know, people who have come to mean so much to me. I never got to tell them how much they mean to me.

i guess this is a way for me to tell them, even if theyre not reading this (maybe they'll come across it by some coincidental googling on their part, i dont know) that i love them. that they meant so much to me, and im sorry i didnt say it soon enough.

"life is full of twists and turns
as everyone of us sometimes learns..."

doesnt mean we have to stop - we can only brace ourselves for the ride.

[Cheesypuff]

:( that's so awful about your nephew, and well... cancer sucks.

why can't we find a cure for cancer? why? the principle of the disease is so simple. :( :( :(


because pharmaceuticals make money off of sick people! I honestly believe this!!! they won't cure because it'll put them out of business. WITH that aside! sorry for going tangent.


I feel for you and your family. Death, and sickness is a hard phase to deal with. And with it happening all at one time makes ask ones self many questions. My prayers are with you and your family. Stay strong.:hug: