Stijn!!

[Flieger]

Who did that?

[Flieger]

So I need an idea for a mini comic book for the English class. I have to come up with the story, dialog, how to portray it, and draw it.

He said don't use your life story if it is boring. So... I can't do that.

[Outback Porsche]

Bugger me, my mate has a good attitude about the brain tumor. Rather humbling really. At 46yo, they've given him 1 - 2 years at best.

[slodave]

Originally Posted by Flieger

So I need an idea for a mini comic book for the English class. I have to come up with the story, dialog, how to portray it, and draw it.

He said don't use your life story if it is boring. So... I can't do that.

Good thing you said it or else I was.

You can use my story from last Friday night. That's "A" material right there.

[Flieger]

Originally Posted by Outback Porsche

Bugger me, my mate has a good attitude about the brain tumor. Rather humbling really. At 46yo, they've given him 1 - 2 years at best.

Wow. I wish I could attain that sort of level of peace. Reminds me of the story of Socrates facing his death with optimism about the afterlife being everlasting and also being what he had spent his life trying to achieve.

[slodave]

I pretty much bladed full speed into the back of some lady this evening. Yelled "on your left" 3 times. She jumped right in front of me - she was walking in my direction. I had enough time to get my hands up, grab her right above her waist and "move" her to my left. She let out a huge scream.

[Flieger]

Originally Posted by slodave

Good thing you said it or else I was.

You can use my story from last Friday night. That's "A" material right there.

Valley Vampire? I like it. We have the option of doing color. Should I give you pink and purple Vans -- with glitter -- or just do black and white?

[Flieger]

Originally Posted by slodave

I pretty much bladed full speed into the back of some lady this evening. Yelled "on your left" 3 times. She jumped right in front of me - she was walking in my direction. I had enough time to get my hands up, grab her right above her waist and "move" her to my left. She let out a huge scream.

Was she hot?

[slodave]

I think she was in her 50's. I never turned around.

[Outback Porsche]

I guess what makes it easier for him is that he's single, and always has been.

After his chemo and radiotherapy, he says he's going to sell up, move interstate and build. He can draw on his superannuation early, and he'll also get an insurance payout. He can pool all the remaining funds into a managed portfolio that'll pay a monthly income. Then he's going to 'live every day like there's no tomorrow'. He also said he's signed up to a drug trial and he's sorted his will already.

Diagnosis was only a week ago when the biopsy result came back.

As he said, 'we all die at some point, I just know that my time is a little sooner than you all'.

He's now focused on getting the most out of what's left. I'm a little moved by it all.

[GH85Carrera]

That sucks about your friend.

[Flieger]

I think it is very admirable and cheerful how he is handling it, though.

[tweezers74]

Jeff, I am so sorry to hear about your friend. What a timely post. People always told me I was an "angel" or asked me how I did it when I was a oncology/hospice nurse. The thing is, ultimately, your friend is right. We all die one day. And I was lucky as a hospice nurse to watch a lot of people die. That sounds so strange but it's true. I always said that my patients taught me more than I helped them. I learned what a peaceful death was. I learned how cancer doesn't have to be a death sentence but rather a life sentence. I gurantee your friend will tell you over the next several months that this is the first time he felt like he has REALLY lived. With no constraints. With no fear.

You know, a lot of people call me crazy. No, I am not. I am just lucky to see how it is to die when I am alive. So I don't ever take anything for granted. I don't hold on to trivial things. But you know, everything is trivial. Everything. The moment we take our last breath, most of the things that we thought meant everything, really mean nothing. And the things that we let slip through our fingers and put in the depths in our memories, those are the things that mean everything.

So gentlemen, all I can say is that even if it is for one minute a day, take a minute to realize that everything is just temporary. So embrace it. Before it's gone.

Love to you all.

[Outback Porsche]

Thanks everyone. Much appreciate the support.

[tweezers74]

Big hugs and kisses!!!!

Make sure you spend a lot of time with your friend. Doing nothing. Talking. Whatever. That will mean more to him than anything you could give him.

Hang in there. Come here and vent often.

[Geronimo '74]

Morning guys,

Jeff, sorry to hear about your friend.
I hope he makes it and if he doesn't, I hope he makes the most out of the time he has left.

[slodave]

Yeah, like hookers and blow, every night.

[livi]

Guten tag, freunden!

[slodave]

Morning, Markus.

[RKDinOKC]

I feel obligated to tell anyone diagnosed with tumors or cancer, get some Nutrilite XX, it's a daily vitamin from Amway. Take 3 times the normal dose of 3 pills twice a day.

My Mom had breast cancer, did that and not only did the cancer disappear but all the fibrous lumps she had along with it. Too bad her doctor put her on Tamoxifin as a post cancer treatment, it gave her two strokes and basically took her mind away before we realized the side effects and changed doctors. Been 10 years, she now has post stroke dementia, but no cancer.

My brother had Prostate cancer, took the Nutrilite for a couple of months while deciding on his treatment options. When he went for Prolotherapy they couldn't find the cancer to treat.

Friend of my Mom was given 1 year with brain tumor. Started triple dosing Nutrilite XX, sold her business and moved to Cali so she would have good weather for her last year. Took a couple of months for her to move. When she got herself setup with a doctor in Cali, she went through a big deal about the wrong medical files being sent to the new doctor because the files showed a brain tumor she did not have. She moved back, bought back her business, and is still going today 20 years later.

I just feel obligated to tell people when I hear about their terminal diagnosis. They can make their own choices. My grandmother and aunt both passed from cancer and would not try the Nutrilite XX thing because it was just vitamins.