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Posted by Vivid Boy on Dec-10-2003 18:49:

amazing news i got today

so i made a thread a while ago here abt my father getting diagnosed with cancer..though my fathers surgery was not a success...and after weeks of bad news of how the cancer is the one that spreads quickly (forgot medical term for it) and that it had spread very deep and may have spread to other major organs...today we recieved great news that his next surgery which is next week should be his last one and that the cancer will be totally eliminated but theres still a risk it may have spread to other major organs but for now im more then thrilled and a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders...he has to go for testing to see if it spread but its supposedly a slim chance that it did

Posted by squirrelly on Dec-10-2003 19:28:

That's great! I'm happy for you vivid!

Posted by AnotherWay83 on Dec-10-2003 19:53:

yeah i remember u mentioning it a while back. great to hear its gonna be gone

Posted by MindShifter on Dec-10-2003 20:05:

Re: amazing news i got today

quote:
Originally posted by Vivid Boy
spreads quickly (forgot medical term for it)

I believe the term is 'matastisize' (sp?)

good news for your fam btw. . . .

Posted by keithos27 on Dec-10-2003 20:48:

That's great news! I'll keep your dad in my prayers. I'm sure everyting will work out.

-Keith

Posted by Dj-Gingi on Dec-10-2003 20:57:

good news
hope the surgery goes well, good luck!

Posted by tranceDJ on Dec-10-2003 22:06:

Good news...it's great so many more people are surviving cancer nowadays, hopefully one day it'll be something that we won't have to worry about at all

Posted by Pete K on Dec-10-2003 22:10:

Hope all is well

I lost my father to cancer that spread through his body in 2 weeks.

Posted by UWM on Dec-10-2003 22:11:

Good to hear that everything is getting better, been though that myself.

Posted by Omegasox on Dec-10-2003 22:33:

Glad to hear it bro. I hope no signs are evident after this surgery. Either way, I'm sure your relationship has changed with your father.

Posted by St_Andrew on Dec-10-2003 22:34:

good news for you and your family (and esp your father..)

quote:
Originally posted by tennessee_raver
I lost my father to cancer that spread through his body in 2 weeks.

is that possible?

Posted by Shad0wmaster on Dec-10-2003 22:36:

good luck, hope all goes well.

Posted by mentalbarter on Dec-10-2003 22:45:

quote:
Originally posted by tranceDJ
Good news...it's great so many more people are surviving cancer nowadays, hopefully one day it'll be something that we won't have to worry about at all

unfortunately that will never be true

but of course it is great that survival rates and quality of life with cancer are improving

Posted by DR86 on Dec-10-2003 22:52:

Awesome news!

I hope your father has a speedy and quick recovery.

Posted by St_Andrew on Dec-10-2003 22:52:

quote:
Originally posted by mentalbarter
unfortunately that will never be true

but of course it is great that survival rates and quality of life with cancer are improving

and why couldn't that be true? as far as i know if reaserch in gene technology comes far enough cancer will not be a problem!

Posted by tranceDJ on Dec-10-2003 23:02:

quote:
Originally posted by St_Andrew
and why couldn't that be true? as far as i know if reaserch in gene technology comes far enough cancer will not be a problem!

You never know...it could very well become true.

Telling someone today "there's going to be a cure for cancer" is something like telling someone in the 50's about cellphones. In both cases people would have thought u to be crazy but the technology did come about.

Posted by mentalbarter on Dec-10-2003 23:34:

quote:
Originally posted by St_Andrew
and why couldn't that be true? as far as i know if reaserch in gene technology comes far enough cancer will not be a problem!

its because cancer is an ever evolving and changing phenomenon that can effect every different cell type in the body in different ways, hence the huge variety of different cancers

the causes of many cancers are still unknown and even if we do know the cause of a specific cancer i.e. a mutation in a particluar gene product, we cannot know how this interacts with all the other proteins and processes in the body to eventually produce a cancerous cell

sorry im a scientist by the way
obviously im not saying that in a 1000 years there might not be a "cure" for some cancers, but there is a huge difference between curing cancers (due to the nature of cancer) and curing other diseases

also the lack of humans to investigate what happens in cancer (ethical reasons, obviously u cant do tests on humans very easily)
and the animal models we use to discover more about cancer are not identical to humans
oh yeah, and research in gene technology is not really gonna make a difference to cancer because it is being discovered that gene replacement therapies (where a bad gene is replaced by a working version of this gene) are not gonna be very viable and unlikely to occur in humans

this may of course all change in the future, but definitely not the immediate future, your looking a long way ahead

etc.
sorry if u dont wanna read this shit, i'll stop now

Posted by jinxed84 on Dec-11-2003 01:30:

great news man! good luck to your dad and your whole family. cancer struck my family too. we werent as lucky though.

Posted by Streakfury on Dec-11-2003 01:48:

Sorry to hear about everyone's families. I didn't realise cancer is so common, it really makes you appreciate what you've got when you hear people's stories.

I hope all goes well for your pa, Vivid.

Posted by Dmatrox on Dec-11-2003 02:59:

Great news dude!

Unfortunately however, too many lives are lost to cancer

Posted by Vivid Boy on Dec-11-2003 03:49:

thnk u too everyone...yeah ive been happier today then i have been in the last month or so.....well the thing abt cancer is that its always been a #! killer and it always will be...well now i got 2 parents who will most likely have to go for testing every 6 months... but the thing abt cancer is catching it early..if yu can ctach it early its way better then catching it late..my father was lucky he had noticed these dementations on his skin for a year and a half but never went to go get them check because he has an old school frame of mind...he got really freakin lucky considering the type of cancer it is....but its not all over yet theres still alot of testing he has to do....it may have spread so u never know...and to anyone who has cancer strucken family member, my best advice is to keep a positive frame of mind...and plan for the future....

Posted by vmc on Dec-11-2003 14:39:

quote:
Originally posted by Dj-Gingi
good news
hope the surgery goes well, good luck!

That's exactly what I was going to say. Let's have a good hope!

Posted by TheFutureIsNear on Dec-11-2003 14:47:

Great news man =D

Posted by nchs09 on Dec-11-2003 18:08:

i never read the first one, but im happy for you and hope everything goes well