Effing cancer is an effing effer, frankly

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KonigBespoke said:

My father goes in to hospital tomorrow with an Op scheduled for Wednesday, Lung cancer and I'm fking stting it.

Look after yourself too, KB. Your Dad will need you strong for him.

To KB's father's cancer: "fk YOU, YOU fkING PIECE OF ING ttTING stBAG ARSEWIPE fkERY fk fk OF A CANCER". Again, no charge.


And a general "fk YOU, CANCER" for everyone else to be going on with.

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Teppic said:

Can I join in? Six weeks ago, after undergoing medical tests to find out why he had chronic pain in his right leg, he was told that while they didnt know what was causing the pain the doctor had discovered that he had prostate cancer. Today he got the results of a biopsy on his leg and was told he has secondary bone cancer.

Feel free. I can heartily recommend you a good dose of "fk YOU, CANCER, YOU ING fkER OF A METASTASING COCKRING".

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Teppic said:

Just noticed that my post didn't mention that it's my dad who has been diagnosed with this total buttmunch of a disease. I've now edited it slightly so that it makes sense.

Oh, and fk YOU CANCER, JUST fk YOU, YOU fkING fkER OF AN ARSEWIPE!

No worries. Feel slightly better for a burst of "fk YOU, CANCER"? I'm finding it quite therapeutic. Ultimately pointless, but still therapeutic.

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ikarl said:

I'd but that t-shirt!

fk you cancer!

ETA - can someone propose in the 'T-shirt thread' in the 'PH Shop' forum for a t-shirt to be made? (I can't access it at the mo)

Edited by ikarl on Tuesday 26th February 13:31

Maybe a "PHUCK YOU, CANCER" t shirt to stick with the PH theme?

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RSoovy4 and Zod, this one's for you.


"fk YOU, CANCER. YOU tt."

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Kentish said:

One of our best friends had a double mastectomy today - she's only in he mid 30's

My mum had a mastectomy just over 2 years ago, she was free of the cancer but sadly suffered a massive stroke and passed away just a few months after her all clear nearly 2 years ago

That's at least as tough mentally as physically. So from me, for your friend:

"fk YOU CANCER, YOU INSIDIOUS LITTLE fkING tt OF A stTY DISEASE"

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Killer2005 said:

The current mrs is currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer, and is just over half way through her chemo. I'm fully confident she'll be fine after all the treatments but is occasionally hard to get her to think the same.

I can agree cancer is a fking of the highest order.

Thoughts are with you. As I already said, Mrs D is a 13 year survivor, having been diagnosed and treated in her early 30s. So the little fker can be beaten. It is tough though.

So, for Mrs Killer2005:

"fk YOU, CANCER. fk RIGHT OFF AND LEAVE MRSK2005 ALONE, YOU NASTY LITTLE fkER"

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Zod said:

My Dad died yesterday. My Mother had called on Wednesday to say he was declining fast in the hospice where he'd spent the previous ten days.on Wednesday night, when my brothers and I arrived, he was still lucid and able to look at photos and videos of his seven grandchildren.

By Thursday morning, passages of lucidity were both increasingly brief and rare. By Friday morning, he wasn't conscious at all. We sat with him, talked to him to try to make him know we were there and then went out for lunch at 1.15. at 1.35, the call came, so we had to leave out lunches and come back. It was obvious this was no interim stage, as there was nowhere for him to go but death. He looked very different, even from the emancipated old man who'd been breathing raspilyhalf an hour earlier. We all said our farewells in our own ways and then took my mother home.

It had been expected for quite some time, but it's going to take me a long time to adjust to no longer having my father.

Damn that disease.

Really sorry to hear that Zod. My Dad died in 1994 and there isn't a day goes by I don't think of him. It will get easier - in time, but it'll never be the same I'm afraid.

So for you, Zod, and everyone else affected, once again:

"PHUCK YOU CANCER, YOU fkING tt".

Zod, I shall raise a glass for you, your Dad and your family tonight. Cheers.

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swerni said:

Uncle soovy will be along tp suggest opening a bottle of something nice and remember all the good times.

A friend of mine also lost her father this week.
While I can't share the amazing picture she took to commemorate his passing, I will share the caption.
"To live in the heart of others is to never really die"

After my Dad had died, a friend of mine (who's not at all religious) said the most useful thing anyone said to me in those days and weeks that followed, which was much in the same vein.

"Your Dad's still alive, he's just not using his body any more."

Zod, again, my sympathies are with you. Your Dad will live on, in your hearts and memories.

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drivin_me_nuts said:

Yes indeed, fk cancer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihGCj5mfCk8

And another:

http://youtu.be/BaQdwTsVtCY

PHUCK YOU, CANCER.

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I could do with some positivity, people.

My best mate, a guy I've known for the last 30 years, is in hospital tonight. What he thought was a slipped disc/bad back, after today's MRI scan, is a 2cm tumour on his spine. He's had the bad back a few weeks but went to a&E today after his legs felt leaden/dumb. He and his wife are (naturally) both stting themselves that it's cancerous. I'm hoping and praying (as they are) that it's benign, not malignant/cancerous.

They'll know more after he has surgery tomorrow to remove the tumour. I wish there was something I could do.

PHUCK YOU CANCER,YOU PHUCKING PHUCKER. PHUCK OFF AND LEAVE MY MATE ALONE.

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boobles said:

Chin up mate, It's probably nothing to worry about at all & he will the all clear as everyone is hoping.

Cheers boobles. Tried to rely earlier but kept getting an error message on the phone.

So today I've done the school run with his kids, driven his wife to hospital and spent the da waiting for him to go to theatre then to come back. Into theatre at 3.25, back to the ward at 9.30. The main thing is there's no obvious paralysis but no update on how successful the removal of tumour was. His wife should fbd that out tomorrow, then another 7-10 days wait to find out whether its benign or malignant.

I've just dropped his wife at home then driven home myself. Been a long day, but longer for them.

So, once more, from the top, with feeling:

PHUCK YOU CANCER, YOU PHUCKING PHUCKER. PHUCK. RIGHT. OFF. YOU UTTER, UTTER TWUNT.

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swerni said:

Dibble said:

boobles said:

Chin up mate, It's probably nothing to worry about at all & he will the all clear as everyone is hoping.

Cheers boobles. Tried to rely earlier but kept getting an error message on the phone.

So today I've done the school run with his kids, driven his wife to hospital and spent the da waiting for him to go to theatre then to come back. Into theatre at 3.25, back to the ward at 9.30. The main thing is there's no obvious paralysis but no update on how successful the removal of tumour was. His wife should fbd that out tomorrow, then another 7-10 days wait to find out whether its benign or malignant.

I've just dropped his wife at home then driven home myself. Been a long day, but longer for them.

So, once more, from the top, with feeling:

PHUCK YOU CANCER, YOU PHUCKING PHUCKER. PHUCK. RIGHT. OFF. YOU UTTER, UTTER TWUNT.

Just stay positive for him and the family

Ps YHM

Cheers Swerni. YHPM too.

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Not great news from my mate I'm afraid. The surgeon managed to get most of the tumour out, but not all of it... The surgeon thinks it's a secondary tumour, but even after a CT scan hasn't been able to identify a primary tumour. The radiologist is of the opinion that the tumour is a lymphoma, so even the experts aren't sure what they're dealing with yet. It'll be another 7-10 days until the histobiopsy results are back.

Of course my mate and his wife are both utterly stting themselves. I'm trying to remain upbeat (but realistic) for them but frankly, it's bloody hard work to put a brave face on it to try to keep them positive and I'm utterly drained, emotionally and physically, and I'm a couple of steps removed from it.

I'll be ringing my mate's work tomorrow (he's an engineer in the Royal Navy) and trying to sort all that for him.

PHUCK YOU CANCER. YOU PHUCKING PHUCKER.

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Thanks drivin_me_nuts. Wise words indeed.

I'm trying to remain positive yet realistic. I've told them both it's no good worrying "what if" until they know whether or not the tumour is benign or malignant. Once they know that, the surgeon will be able to go through treatment options with them and they'll know what they have to deal with and how.

I'm trying to help them with the practical stuff at the moment - school runs for their kids, getting their dinner, taxiing them about. I've also told them what I can't do (I'm working on a late shift tomorrow so I won't be available). They know they can call me day or night, even if its only to "vent".

It is fking terrifying though.

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AceOfHearts said:

I am only 24 and I keep reading threads like this. I swear its turning me into a hypochondriac

PS: Fingers crossed for some good news Dibble

Cheers for the good wishes. My mate and his wife have no news, but are scaring themselves stless by Googling like a pair of crack addicts and listening to people whose neighbour had a cousin who went to school with someone who probably had the same thing and died three weeks before it was diagnosed... Not helpful, IMHO. I think people should keep their gobs shut and not "try to help". They'll know for definite one way or the other soon enough.

In the meantime my mate is looking pretty well after his surgery, he's fairly mobile and most of our conversations revolve around him stting (or not) after the morphine! He's up and down in his moods which is understandable and we've had a few chats about what may be ahead - all instigated by him. I've been doing a few more school runs for them so his wife can keep working and do as much visiting as she needs to. I've had a few late night terry phone calls from them both, which I don't mind at all. I'm just glad they feel able to call me if they need to.

So, once again, until the next update:

PHUCK YOU, CANCER, YOU PHUCKING BELL END.

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swerni said:

Tell them to avoid all the American sites.

If they are going to look on the web
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/home/
Is very factual and explains things in quite basic terms.

Hope everything is okay with you!

Cheers Swerni

I don't know why I didn't immediately think of he Cancer Research website first! I've been paying £15 by direct debit to gem for the last 15 years or so. When they get a firm diagnosis, I'll definitely be pointing them in this direction. As you say, it's nice and easy to navigate and it does explain things in clear, simple terms.

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10 Pence Short said:

Dibble said:

My sister died of the same in 2005, just a few months before our wedding.

Are you from Norfolk?

Bindun?

Yup. Page one I think!

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Hopefully some positive news. My mate's surgeon has said from the CT scan, there are no tumours in his brain, spine or pelvis. Mate will hopefully get the firm results from the histopathology from the removed tumour on Monday. He's also being discharged tomorrow back home, so a bit of running round from me getting some stuff sorted for him.

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chrisj_abz said:

I'll add a great big Get Tae fk Cancer you fanny....

Quality.

Excellent! Glad to hear all is well with you too.