Coping

• Yoorah wrote on 2013-02-08 21:33
  This is most heartbreaking. I mean, I could tell from your other thread that something serious was going on, but I'd never have imagined that things would be this bad. x_x
  
  That said, there's always hope--probably more so than you think right now. I've taken a look at the survival rate data, and it seems to be compiled from over 20 years ago. Science and cancer treatment medicine has improved since then. Those rates are also averages, and account for a majority of patients likely being older people, whose chances of survival are significantly less than those of a younger patient like yourself. As a Mabinogi expert, you should know well that %s suck and you can't ever depend on them. D:<
  
  And more importantly, you're not average, period. Just think back on your life, and how many problems you've managed to overcome and survive. If you could survive the death by reptile, you'll survive this!
  
  Then there's your energetic outlook on life in general. It's like your secret weapon--don't ever lose it! As long as you stay strong in spirit, your chances of recovery will be good.
  
  I really wish there was something I could do to help. I don't know if god exists, but I'll be praying for your recovery.
• Lewd wrote on 2013-02-08 23:34
  You said something about less than a coin toss, so I'll assume that that's ~50%
  You could go to a casino with those odds and be the luckiest person there!
• Taycat wrote on 2013-02-09 00:01
  ACME I...
  
  :cry:
  
  I really don't know what to say, I really don't.
  My great grandmother died of colon cancer, or was it the same as yours, who knows.
  But I know it feels bad.
  A lot of my family, they were rather old don't worry, have died of some type of cancer...
  Please pull through.
• Lie wrote on 2013-02-09 02:54
  It's impossible for me to say what I want here.
  
  So I'll find another way.
• Iljimae wrote on 2013-02-09 02:56
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• Claudia wrote on 2013-02-09 02:59
  I'm not brave enough to even say those things out loud, and i'm healthy.
  
  If there's any way you can/want to talk, i'll be available. You're in my thoughts all the time, girl.
• Cannibal wrote on 2013-02-09 06:36
  I'm bad at stuff like this, so I won't say much.
  
  It bothers me that such awful things happen to such great people. We don't know each other and our interactions are very little, however, I know from your posts that you are a very kind and genuine person.
  
  You've just gotta take each day as it comes. Keep your head up. The only thing you're guaranteed in life is death, and it is something that will eventually come to all of us, young or old. Try not to let it consume you, and instead of living each day like it's your last (whether you live for 5 more years or 90 more), just live it like you always would. Dwelling on "what if's" only makes it worse.
  
  I wish you luck in your journey, and while nothing is certain, I'm sure you'll be just fine.
• Aubog007 wrote on 2013-02-10 11:42
  Cancer.
  
  Not something i have good experience with.
  You are doing much better than anyone i know would, however, if death comes, death comes, live that life to the end, do not spend your last moments fighting,(and i mean therapy after therapy after therapy) for if you lose that fight, you will have spent that time for naught, fight with your spirit, not with your body.
  Just live out the days, that's all there is to it. Whether they be painful or happy.
  
  
  
  My advice will probably be misunderstood, but... I am not particularly good with death.
  I just end up running from it.
  
  
  
  

  Quote from Cannibal;1029246:

  
  and while nothing is certain, I'm sure you'll be just fine.

  
  
  I wish...
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  I could actually do something for someone besides just words.
  
  
  
  EDIT: reread my post, still cannot comprehend what i wanted to instill, i suck at this. So much.