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Fuck cancer. I lost my brother to cancer almost 2 years ago now and found out a few days ago that my best friend since the 3rd grade might have it. One of the worst things in the world is seeing someone you love in pain and not being able to do a damn thing about it. Nobody deserves to go out like that.

I'm also interested in how foszor is, an update would be excellent.

We're all with you buddy.

My ex just got diagnosed with cancer. I really can't stand her, but I feel so bad for her at the same time.

i hope you're not dead [img]http://sae.tweek.us/static/images/emoticons/emot-smith.gif[/img]

Yeah, it has been a while since the last update. Really hope you're doing well man. Keep fighting.

Sounds like it would have caused a [i]splitting headache.[/i]

His last activity was 7 hours ago, so I guess he's doing fine.

Hope everything is going all right for you foszor [editline]6th August 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=TheGronk;31567081]Sounds like it would have caused a [i]splitting headache.[/i][/QUOTE] You are such a terrible poster.

[QUOTE=TheGronk;31567081]Sounds like it would have caused a [i]splitting headache.[/i][/QUOTE] 1: That isnt even a good pun. 2: Seriously the wrong thread.

[QUOTE=TheGronk;31567081]Sounds like it would have caused a [i]splitting headache.[/i][/QUOTE] Hey Hey listen TheGronk I am talking to you ... Fuck you.

his last post on the blog was june 14th. He could have died since then, or is still in the doctors. either way......im sad, and hoping hes alright.

I am optimistic, but i believe OP has passed due to the tumor :( Edit : OP IS OKAY ! HOORAY !

[QUOTE=Itsjustguy;31573272]I am optimistic, but i believe OP has passed due to the tumor :([/QUOTE] If you look at his posts, you can see that his most recent post was two weeks ago. He made this thread sometime in April.

[QUOTE=Itsjustguy;31573272]I am optimistic, but i believe OP has passed due to the tumor :([/QUOTE] That is a horrible thing to say. You have no evidence of this and could make some people very upset. He was online 15 hours ago.

I've got a history of cancer running all the way through my family, basically i'm never going to be older than fifty or sixty years. Stay strong for me man. Cancer is the scariest thing i know.

huh..

[QUOTE=Itsjustguy;31573272]I am optimistic, but i believe OP has passed due to the tumor :([/QUOTE] Last Activity 16 Hours Ago

Oh hey, sorry I thought this thread died off weeks/months ago. I just finished my first week of chemotherapy and radiation. It makes me feel run down and nauseous. The chemo is basically a pill I take an hour before I go into radiation and radiation is like being shot by a cannon out of Fallout. Its basically a beam of radioactive proton particles being shot into my head in two different places. One straight through my left eye and the other behind my left ear. Its pretty amazing how it all works. Its weird because where the protons go in, they go through my smell and taste receptors of my brain, so I can "taste" and "smell" the beam as it hits me. It horrible. It smells like some sort of metallic ink or something. It makes me sick to my stomach even talking about it. The weirder part is it really doesn't smell or have any flavor, its just my brain reacting to the radiation particles. So even if I hold my breath to try to avoid the smell, its still there. Plus to make sure I don't move, I'm wearing a special mask like this: [img]http://puu.sh/44R1[/img] (no that's not me) It's hard like plastic and is specially molded to fit my face. Its not very comfortable. The other crazy thing is when they go through my eye I see flashes of light, like someone is shinning a flashlight at me for a brief second. I did a follow up MRI a few weeks ago, and they said that the tumor hasn't grown which is REALLY good news. Hopefully with the treatment it will shrink. Who knows. I also did a different type of MRI before that, it's called a Functional MRI. Basically they do an MRI while giving you different number, letter, word, etc questions. The idea is to determine how my brain is functioning. Oddly enough, they found out the part of my brain that controls speech (which happens to be where the cancer is) has started moving itself to a fresh location. My surgeon was really impressed he says that normally peoples brains don't do that unless they've had a removal done... which I didn't. So right now everything is going okay. I'm alive. I still have 5 more weeks of treatment.

It's so great to hear from you, bro.

It nice to hear everything is going well.

Foszor I've seen you around her for years at this forum. I am sorry man. I know you can beat it man, improvement is already showing now!

Progress is progress my friend. However I would find it scary thinking that my brain is directly reaction to radiation being 'blasted' at it. Perhaps its just me but I really hate things that are out of my control in my body so stuff like tasting horrible things is my worst nightmare, Stay strong my friend.

So...are you okay OP? Did you beat the tumor?

[QUOTE=cyclocius;31575742]So...are you okay OP? Did you beat the tumor?[/QUOTE] [quote]Oddly enough, they found out the part of my brain that controls speech (which happens to be where the cancer is) has started moving itself to a fresh location. My surgeon was really impressed he says that normally peoples brains don't do that unless they've had a removal done... which I didn't.[/quote] Sounds to me like he's beating the [B]fuck[/B] out of that tumor.

Good to hear from you :smile:

Semi-related, I got an MRI of my brain and it showed a cyst, but my neurologist says it is fine, though I'm going for a week study where they will induce seizures in me and try to find if there is a certain portion of my brain that is screwing up. If they can pinpoint it and it makes sense to do, they'll do brain surgery to take it out. If they don't find anything, they'll figure out a new medication or tell me that something else is wrong with me. Did you get to keep your MRI pictures? I don't think I was supposed to, but for some reason they gave me a CD to give to my neurologist, which I of course made a copy of. Part of my brain. [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/00092.jpg[/img]

Kick that god damn tumors ass and send him back to where he came. Edit, well, 5 seconds after I made this post, "where he came" would be your brain. Fuck. But regardless, good luck bro, you have a tough road ahead, but you will still beat this cancer! Go you!

I love how if fozor doesn't respond Facepunch turns into a nervous wreck.

Foszor! holy shit was it great reading that last post.