Yeah heās in good spirits. Heād be a well balanced lad which will help.
Covid is a bollox in these situations as heās allowed no visitors. Not even wife or kids.
It would shake you up.
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Sorry to hear mate. My best
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Sorry to hear that.
Heād have less chance getting it out for lunch than in a hospital.
How would they know the tumours are only secondary?
Not sure how they know but they know. CAT scan showed nothing so they think primary might be skin or testicles.
He was texting away asking was I out for a beer as pubs are open.
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Thatās tough going ā¦Maybe itās the age weāre at but every day I hear of someone else who has got it ā¦
In the last week Iāve also heard of two people who I would have been in school with or played football against who died ā¦ life really does hang by a thread
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Itās terrible to think how fragile and mortal we are. You just have to put it to the back of your mind, live as full a life as possible and hope for the best
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My missus had a biopsy a month ago. It had been delayed since March. Then delayed when was Covid positive. Anyway they said if anything sinister they would let her know in ten days and otherwise a check up in January. Itās now 3 weeks so weāre assuming itās ok.
Another pal of mine missus went to dentist who didnāt like a lump and sent her in. Tongue cancer but because so early she was fine.
Itās a cliche and I got a dose of it when my dad was very sick in summer but you need to enjoy it and do things while you can. Ultimately itās going to end sooner than you think.
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Simple things really , enjoy them and donāt spend your life chasing your taleā¦
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Fucking hell. Thatās not easy lad
Take a photo of the pint
Drink the drinks
Kick a ball with the kids
Stop for the chat
Go for the run
Buy the silly thing you donāt need
Tell your pal you love them
Be nice to your wife
Be nice to yourself
Be kind
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Itās a funny one and @iron_mike is much better placed to comment but we all have much wider shoulders than we think
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Interesting.
Whatās the cause of it. Nutrition? I have this unscientific theory that hard exercise puts huge stress on the body and lowers the immune system, combine that with other factors and it can open the door. Iāve just heard of a few ānever drank, never smoked, ran marathonsā victims. I suppose a combination of stresses.
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I think they are intertwined - enjoying things and knowing that It ends sooner than you think ā¦it makes basic things that you never imagined being enjoyable exactly thatā¦thereās a real letting go as you age ā¦
Iām pig ignorant when it comes to cancer ,I donāt know the different terms ā¦ I havenāt been to a doctor in 20 yearsā¦
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Seriously?
No idea. Extreme exercise lowers immune system. Cancer is in all of us but immune system zaps it until it doesnāt.
I think itās a lottery.
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Conservatively. Sorry bar a prescription after a knee operation.
As half a hypochondriac I canāt identify. Mind you being so has caught a few things for me early on.
There is a fella I hurled with who has months to live, Iād meet him the odd time and havenāt a fucking clue what to be saying to him. Met the wife and kids this evening in the local shop and your heart would go out to them.
Youād be getting stressed with the silly shit that happens from day to day and then you encounter people who are having their worlds turned upside down and it puts things into perspective.
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Very hard to come to terms with it. I miss my twenties when these things didnāt occur to you at all.
Once they told me they could sort it, I was grand. Granted the liver infection was a bit of a gamechanger but itās all about attitude. One needs to meet this cunt head on. Iāve been asked by the consultant if Iād volunteer to talk to people with the same ailment as me. I said absolutely.
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