Oh god, I have cancer.

[Commander Fuckass]

Could Be a lymph node

[Sam]

yeah i dont think you should joke about it when other members may have seriously dealt with such an issue.

I never really joked about it. 

I am legitimately worried about my lump and my hand mark. I've had family die from cancer. I'm losing a cousin as we speak. I did Relay this weekend.

[Sam]

It is for me too. Look up Hodgkin's lymphoma . Better yet:

Hodgkin's lymphoma, previously known as Hodgkin's disease, is a type of lymphoma, which is a type of cancer originating from white blood cells called lymphocytes. It was named after Thomas Hodgkin, who first described abnormalities in the lymph system in 1832.[1][2]  Hodgkin's lymphoma is characterized by the orderly spread of disease from one lymph node group to another and by the development of systemic symptoms with advanced disease. When Hodgkins cells are examined microscopically, multinucleated Reed-Sternberg cells (RS cells) are the characteristic histopathologic finding. Hodgkin's lymphoma may be treated with radiation therapy or chemotherapy, the choice of treatment depending on the age and sex of the patient and the stage, bulk and histological subtype of the disease.

The disease occurrence shows two peaks: the first in young adulthood (age 15ââ,¬â€œ35) and the second in those over 55 years old.[3]

The survival rate is generally 90% or higher when the disease is detected during early stages, making it one of the more curable forms of cancer.[4] Hodgkin's lymphoma is one of the handful of cancers that, even in its later stages, has a very high cure rate, in the 90s.[5] Most patients who are able to be successfully treated and thus enter remission generally go on to live long lives.

Patients with a history of infectious mononucleosis due to Epstein-Barr virus may have an increased risk of HL.[citation needed]

Many times the first sign is a lump on the neck. 

oh great 

[Veal]

I would makeout with a boy.

[??????]

Remember not to each your favorite foods during chemo!
The radiation will cause a feeling of incredibly sickness: the clammy, coldness of your skin colliding and mixing with sensations of heat flashes and a heavy, tightening feel that gropes your intestines down to your rectum, giving birth to diarrhea.

[l a c e y]

cancer is not a fun topic..

[Travis]

my mother has stage I breast cancer and needs a lumpectomy and radiation therapy 

[l a c e y]

my mother has stage I breast cancer and needs a lumpectomy and radiation therapy 

that happened to one of my friends mom last year. she if fine now though.

[Volvagia]

/derailed into talking about experiences with cancer

gran (moms side) had skin cancer, survived it
other gran (dads side) had some form of cancer in the bowls, died from it
best friend had a cancerous lump and was lucky to get it out of the way before it spread
great aunt died of cancer, she was fighting it for 3 years, she was ok, but she had to wear a wig then suddenly became frail and weak and eventually passed on
close family friend's daughter had a brain tumour (cancerous) and is lucky to be alive & still have the full capacity of her brain, she just has facial scars now.
step brothers birth mother died of cancer (so talking about cancer in the family always upsets someone.)
dad's had cancerous lumps, nothing that spread though
friend who i travelled a lot with through smash with died of cancer in late 2008.

etc... cancer is never pretty and is really hard to talk about without upsetting someone.  

oh yeah and my younger years of worrying lilke fuck about every lump i find cause' of all that shit and being forced to get it tested on every time i found one.

edit: forgot about my great aunt that passed.

[Daddy]

Oh god, I have cancer.

Okay, not really.

I never really joked about it. 

[Slim]

This thread is giving me cancer.

okay not really LOL

[??????]

Once upon a time JMV loved to tell me stories right before I've drifted on to sleep about cancer patients and kids with cerebral palsy.

[Sam]

Okay, you guys caught me. I'm a crazy insensitive bitch who doesn't care when people die because I just think it's life and it happens. Excuse me for bringing it up. 

[Andria]

To be honest I have thought about what would happen if I ever had cancer and I don't know that I would ever take the treatment. I don't want to be made miserable and such just to live a year or two more and have cancer come back and go through it all again. Then there is the emotional and financial impact on my family and it isn't something I want to do. I would probably just live till it was unbearable and off myself.

[Volvagia]

To be honest I have thought about what would happen if I ever had cancer and I don't know that I would ever take the treatment. I don't want to be made miserable and such just to live a year or two more and have cancer come back and go through it all again. Then there is the emotional and financial impact on my family and it isn't something I want to do. I would probably just live till it was unbearable and off myself.

It's ran through my head multiple times too, I'd probably fight it if I had kids and shit but because I'm just a student all there really is in life for me, at the moment anyway, is friends, some close family, work and studying. I'm not planning to get married any time soon or settle down and have kids so if I got the damn disease now I'm not sure how I'd feel or what I'd want to do. I think my family would most likely try force it upon me to fight it though by paying for treatments and major ops etc.