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[umichhockey]

Things were beginning to go really well lately. I had been having a good time with life in general. Being the dork I am I went to ACen and had an absolutely amazing time. Earlier my Mom had told me my Dad was getting tests done but she didn't tell me the reason. Things were really looking up for me until Tuesday when she called me with the worst

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[chevaux1]

I never pray, but I will now for your father. I am so sorry...

[pinkpantiez]

i'm so sorry dave...seriously i am so sad about this. i know i met him like only once...but he seemed like such an awesome dad...wow. i really don't pray but i will truely pray for you and your dad. i'm so sorry dave...but you have to be strong for him...

[tristal]

*prays*

[modena_kid]

Whoa whoa whoa! Foul! Flag on the play! Mulligan! Bring it back! My dad smokes, drinks, eats nothing but fried food and thinks exercise is the name of an electronics manufacturer and yet YOU'RE dad gets cancer??? Words can't describe how much I'm baffled right now.

But I am sorry to hear that, I've only met the guy twice but he seems like a pretty upstanding guy so hopefully he sticks around longer than two years. Atleast you still have a good relationship with your father, I don't even call mine by that title anymore. Frankly, I really don't think I'm going to give a shit if and when he passes from this world.

Hopefully my attempt to add a bit of levity here didn't sound TOO blatantly tactless.

[plutoprincess99]

Unfortunately, part of what makes cancer so terrible is that it is entirely possible that you can live a perfectly healthy life and still get diagnosed with it. We face potential carcinogens every day - any burning organic material, in fact, has the potential to be a carcinogen. Our bodies often have cells that become cancerous, and usually our immune systems recognize this and destroy them. But if a person has a genetic predisposition, or perhaps was exposed to a mutanagenic substance during their life, it may not matter how healthy of a life they have lead. My father was a similarly healthy man, and he was diagnosed with lymphomic cancer. Once he told my mom that when he was a kid, he and his friends used to ride their bikes behind trucks spraying DDT before they knew it was a carcinogen. That might have been enough. Who knows. All through our lives we are all always at risk of one thing or another, but what matters is that we continue with our lives and enjoy them for what they are while we have them. And I'm confident

[modena_kid]

Well Jesus Christ! That just goes back to the whole notion of, "Well we're all gonna die anyway so why not prolong it?"

God damned cancer. It seems like all this time I've been exercising, staying clear of running microwaves, and not getting buzzed off of carbon monoxide and frieon is all for naught....... now I'm paranoid.

[plutoprincess99]

lol - well caution never hurts, and it can help. i'm just saying that this is not an entirely inexplicable occurrence, shocking and painful though it is. it helps sometimes to understand what's going on and not just wonder why.

[garnus]

:/