I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer at 16. I was diagnosed in March, and I just had surgery a week ago and now I’m cancer-free! My heart goes out to those who weren’t able to get rid of it.
I got diagnosed with thyroid cancer in March also! Unfortunately they did not get it all in my surgery and there is a nodule in my lung and liver (the one on my liver is showing up malignant in CT scan). They aren't sure if the thyroid cancer has spread, or if I also have liver cancer as well. I had cancer all throughout my neck, so I am still recovering from the surgery and will be doing RAI in 3 months and in the mean time, figuring out what is going on with the liver... scary time. Congrats on being cancer free. I am assuming your cancer was contained to just your thyroid? If so, it is unlikely to come back which is great. 16 is young, I am 32 and the average age of diagnosis is like 50. I thought I was young. Wishing you a cancer free life from now on!! :)
2:50 she was PREACHING! I’ve had people in my life who had cancer and they describe that experience this way. We have to continue to treat people as a human no matter what they’re dealing with. Such a tough topic but a necessary discussion ❤
Thank you for making this. My mom had cancer when I was 14, she beat it but still has to go for yearly check-ins, my little cousin beat leukaemia at 11 years old, cancer has impacted my family so much. It ducking sucks but it’s nice hearing others stories and healing during this time
Oh this video hit home for me. My mom was diagnosed with cancer, two actually these past years. Two Years ago, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, we caught it really early and we’re able to removed it in time. Last year, she rang the bell in March but then April 9 there was a different cancer that came back to here. It was leukemia. She fought through it so hard, we as a family fought so hard together hoping, and believing we can beat this sickness. She had a blood transfusion and things were going great. April 8 this year she passed away, one doctor appointment that was supposed to be in and out lead to her having a allergic reaction to one of the medication, she was stuck in the ER for a week, then turn into months. It was a breaking point and we knew it was time to stop fighting and allow her to be free from the suffering. She did her best, I don’t blame her for leaving, but that selfish side of me wish she stayed longer. I miss her everyday. She was a loved woman, as the funeral home was a full house for her. Fuck Cancer
I battled Neuroblastoma from the age of 13 months old until my final remission at age 12. I had gone into remission and relapsed at least five times before I finally beat it. However, when I was about 6 or 7, I relapsed again after receiving an autologous bone marrow transplant and at that point, my doctor told my mom that statistically, my chances of growing up had dropped to 0%. Here I am now at age 31 thinking that my six year old self really meant it when she responded to the doctor - "I'm gonna make NEW statistics!" Did I know what statistics were? No, but I was a confident child with no sense of tact haha. I am so thankful to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for saving my life in the 90s and 00s. I do my best to give back by fundraising and public speaking on behalf of the hospital and I always will!
It hit me when one of these people said "people treat cancer patients like they're already dead", and i feel like that happened in other way around with my dad.. He was diagnosed and i think as a health care professional himself he just knew.... 😢 I tried to convince him and myself that he'll beat it and it'll be fine.. But he got in a very bad shape very fast and died a year later, which is now two years ago. The last weeks or maybe even months you could tell he wanted to go, he was in so much pain 💔 The way he looked the very last time i saw him is etched on my mind forever.
i lost my mom to cancer when i was 15, and tomorrow is my 18th birthday. nothing feels the same anymore and i’m not excited for things anymore, still processing everything, but she was an amazing mom and fought hard and long. she had colon cancer twice and was very strong and stayed positive so much. i hope people who have also gone through the same stuff find comfort in this video and know they aren’t alone. 💕
I lost my mom when I was 19 and my dad when I was 21 (neither from cancer). I just wanted to say I am sorry for your loss and I totally get the feeling that nothing is exciting anymore. I am 40 now and it took me a long time to start enjoying simple things. Keep your head up! It does get easier.
I lost my Mother 32 years ago to cancer and I missed her everyday since. RIP to those who passed away from cancer and to those who have it now, Keep Fighting and God Loves You and so do I.
For some reason, the story of the penultimate lady who lost her two grandparents to cancer and is now a cancer researcher touched me. I am at the beginning of my research carreer as a PhD student (and in a somewhat related field to cancer), I find so cool that there is people in this godforsaken world that actively dedicate their lifes to cure cancer and overall trying to make the world a better place for humans, it's just so fucking dope. I feel so honoured to share this profession with other brilliant and dedicated minds, my hope is to some day help to make an advancement that helps humanity, even if it's in the form of a few research papers. I am committed to that objective
It’s so weird how I came across this vid today because today makes a year of which I loss my sister who was 56 to breast cancer 😢. Loss my dad to bone cancer 2 years ago n I, myself have been diagnosed with brain cancer almost 3 years ago n I’m still fighting. Unfortunately cancer has spread from my brain to my lungs, to my breast n now to my stomach but I thank GOD every day wen I wake for HIM to have given me another day to spend with my grandkids. I am truly sorry for those who have lost their loved ones. It’s NEVER easy losing someone u love but I pray 🙏 that you’ll keep their memories alive. Aloha from Hawaii 🌈
My mom died from cancer 6 days ago, she was strong and wanted to live, she tried to fight it for 4years, but it won at the end. I am 20 and honestly I don't know what to do with myself right now, she was my best friend in the whole world. She was an incredible doctor, she was very honest and helped anyone she could, she was loving, she was a good person that deserved to be seen.
The woman who talked about her grandfather passing away in the same hospital she was born at before she was born, is devastating. I can’t imagine the family having to deal with the joy of her being born but also the sadness and grief of his passing. I’m not ashamed to admit that I cried a fair bit watching this video.
My chosen dad is a lymphoma survivor. He’s been in remission for almost 6 years now, and his battle took place years before I met him. It’s still one of those things that hits home though. The thought of it coming back to take one of my best friends is something that haunts me.
My dad passed away just over six months ago from liver cancer, four months after he was diagnosed. He was 65. My heart wants to only remember all the good things and all the memories we made, but my mind relives the trauma of those four months, and especially the last month like it was yesterday. Seeing him so quickly deteriorate absolutely broke me and breaks me to this day. To all of you suffering from cancer or having a loved one who does, I send you all of the strength and love in this world. You are not alone ❤
Just lost my wife of 7yrs in Oct. she was 33...I really felt that part where you said you only want to remember the good but last months being traumatic.Youre so right,I've dealt with loss before but that was one of the most agonizing processes I've experienced.I hope you're doing better.
I lost my mum in May due to colon cancer, and I really really miss her. I was crying while watching this video, it’s so hard to accept that your mum is gone and all you do every day is miss her…
I had just lost my dad to cancer last week. He was diagnosed a couple years ago while I was pregnant with my first. I just thank God he got to see her through her first birthday and one last Father’s Day. I pray for healing for those who have also gone through a loss like this.
I was 3 months pregnant with my first when we found out my dad had brain cancer. He passed 2 days before my son turned 5 months. He said he thought he was gonna die before he got to be a grandpa but he did live to meet him.
My uncle passed several years ago due to stage 4 melanoma. Thank you for making this video and really showing how many people have shared this experience and gotten through it.
The first one hit me at the start of the video. My grandmother passed away this year from lymphoma and was a huge shock to me. She was so strict in taking all natural supplements and I didn’t know she previously had ovarian cancer when she was younger. I miss her like crazy. It’s hard loosing someone for such a long time of not knowing that feeling.
My mum was diagnosed with Metastatic lung cancer in May of '22 at the age 59. She passed away 4 months later & died a month before my wedding, everything happened so quickly. I never thought I would plan a funeral & a wedding at the same time. So many emotions during those 4 months. My paternal Grandmother has Melanoma for the last 5+ year's.
That last story really hit me. I've gone through stage 4 ovarian cancer. Right now it's in remission, and I'm so glad - I really hope it never comes back, but the chance is still high. Music is my passion and I love singing, it's like therapy to me. I wish I'd do it even more. I really should. Love to all who have been affected by cancer .
"It" has taken away my mother and grandmother. I was diagnosed last year at 43 years old, the youngest so far. It has been quite a learning lesson. Blessings to those affected. Keep your head up!
Both my mother and her mother had breast cancer that spread to their bones and they passed from bone cancer. I lost my mom when I was 13, a week into my freshman year of high school. I don’t ever tell people this because I don’t like the follow up questions and the uncomfortable sympathy that comes with it. I wish I didn’t complain so much, I wish I didn’t take any of that time for granted, I wish we had more time, I wish she got to see me graduate from high school undergrad and grad school, I wish for so much, but I am grateful for getting to know that woman for the short time we had. So thank you for this video so I can vent this out. #fuckcancer
I met my friend, let's call her L, when we were both in middle school and approximately 10 years old. We grew apart in high school but we still kept in touch for our birthdays. When I was 17 and freshly out of high school, we started to hang out together again, she wanted a friend to walk her dog with and I happened to have a dog as well. We walked our dogs together twice a week, my dog unilaterally decided to break up with me by crossing the rainbow bridge, I was devastated to say the least, but L was there, and even though she was very annoyingly childish sometimes, she was a good friend. I got her a job and we both worked together at a middle school for two years, at this point she was a childhood friend, my second dog's favorite auntie, and the best coworker ever. The last month before we both decided to quit our job in order to study, she told me that the lower part of her belly hurt but her doctor told her that it was nothing, probably cramps because she was a woman.Turns out she had cysts. I started to study biology in 2020 and had to go very far away for two to three weeks every year for my exams. That's when I got the first message. She told me that she was at the hospital because there was blood when she 💩. The same doctor told her that it was probably nothing, maybe she had her period or something. Well, it was not her period, she had colon cancer and I wasn't even there to help her when she got the news. She was only 24 years old. She started the chemotherapy right away. She was a fighter, she saw her dreams go down the drain one by one but was still smiling (she wanted kids with her boyfriend more than anything but cancer got to her ovaries first), still willing to go walk the dogs together even though the walks became shorter and shorter each time. I was busy with competitive exams this year, she wanted to meet me in December 2022 but I couldn't because I was working non-stop (to pay for the exams and studying). I still managed to free an afternoon but she told me that her legs were not working anymore so we had to wait for her to get better first. I waited. On Christmas Eve, she sent me a video, telling me she got engaged with her boyfriend and was so happy. I congratulated her but I knew deep down that I would never have the chance to be her maid of honor, and her boyfriend probably proposed because he didn't want her to have any regrets. L passed away in January 2023, three days after her 26th birthday. I can't even understand the last message she sent to me because she was woozy from the painkillers 🥺 Sadly, she is not the only one. My nanny has colon cancer as well, she is the closest thing to a grandma to me, she had an appointment yesterday and it's getting worse. But she at least had the time to live (+80 years old), not like L. 7 of my neighbors also had cancer at some point and two of them died from it. When so many people you know are getting sick, you start to wonder when it's going to be your turn and it's terrifying.
My best friend was diagnosed with cancer a long time ago, and never told me. He has blood and bone cancer, it is treatable, but it is difficult to beat. I found out in class, he text me about it. I knew something was wrong because he had fallen in the floor and couldn't get up a day before. He always said he was sick or not feeling great, and I never knew he was in bed unable to move. This has always affected me tremendously, we came to terms that one day he wouldn't answer me back and he would be gone. We came to terms with his passing. Thankfully though, treatment has started to work, and things are getting better. Slowly but surely.
i had acute t cell leukemia at 18 and have beaten it but from this video and my own experience i hated having people that i barely knew or haven’t talked to in such a long time come see me in my hospice space. i didn’t know it then but now do on why it was so begrudgingly upsetting to me and it’s because they associated cancer with death, as i did too. but now the difference is that it felt like they were observing me from a distance like i was on death bed or even my casket as i was already dead. most of them came to me saying we’ll hang and talk when i’m all better and after they left that door there hasn’t been a word from any of them. it was as if they came to say goodbye to me for the very last time, as it was like my funeral. this comment isn’t to hate on any of them, but it’s an awareness to any of you who read this. please don’t make any promises you won’t keep, we’ll remember it and as it has been 5+ years since i was diagnosed, i still remember all those feelings, all those faces, all those words on wanting to be apart of my life but then cutting me off like i was already gone. please keep up with them, ask how they’re doing, don’t be shy with wanting to know more, because i wish that i had those feelings of security with me instead of broken promises. all it takes is to just ask.
I miss my Nans. They were my last grandparents and both died when I was only 16. I am 30 now, and all of my closest friends are older than me and still have 3-4 grandparents left. It feels really unfair that I don't even have one and haven't for nearly half of my life, while they get to see their grandparents that they love every week. I just wish I had one.
I lost my fur-baby to cancer last November. He was a beautiful all black kitty and was 11 years old. My mom and I were taking him with his litter-mate/brother to their standard check up in October 2021 and our vet found a mass in his stomach. They did blood work to determine if it was cancerous and it was. It was so incredibly unexpected that even just once finding out he had a mass, my mom and I broke down in the room after finding out. We were referred to a vet specialist about two hours from where we live and the vet determined, based on where the mass was located in his stomach, surgery wasn’t even in the running as an option for him so we did chemo treatments with him for a year and we were able to give him an extra year of life. The day we lost him, he was acting very out of character for him; urinating on the floor and sitting in it, very slow reaction time and sitting down wherever you placed him if you were to pick him up and put him somewhere. We took him to our ER vet we were doing the treatments with and they told us he was in pain and it was up to us on whether or not we wanted to take him to the hospital or put him to sleep. When you have a home full of animals, there is going to be that one animal that you comment with the most and he was that for me. That being said, my mom thought it would be best me to make the decision and told me if I couldn’t it was okay and that she would do it. Something we’ve talked about from the beginning with our primary vet and our ER vet is quality of life and how it important it was to us. I ended up making the decision to put him to sleep. It was about him and the fact that he was in pain and there was nothing we could do. It wasn’t about me or anyone else and from there, I got to hold him as the vet helped him pass. Since losing him, as part of the healing process for my family and I we decided to adopt two new kitties, both all black males from a local cat rescue. Both of them were found on the streets and taken in by the rescue and we adopted them at the same time and brought them home late January of this year and we couldn’t be any more in love with them. Something I think, we as people get in the habit of saying when losing someone we love, without even realizing it, is how much we loved them; saying it in the past tense because they’re gone but we don’t mean it in the past tense in terms of how much we love them. Even though they’re gone, you don’t stop loving them. I truly realized this when he passed because even though, he’s not here with me physically, I didn’t stop loving him and I don’t love him any less now that he’s not here with me physically. I really hope that wasn’t confusing what I trying to get across but I do believe anyone who has lost a loved one, will be able to understand this. I’ll continue to love him and miss him everyday for the rest of my life. This was mine, my brother’s and my sister’s first time having to deal with losing one of our fur-babies and I can strongly say, it is one the most difficult, painful things we’ve ever had to endure. If you’ve ever had to deal with the pain of losing a fur-baby, I am so sorry, I feel for you. I know there is nothing anyone can say or do that can make you feel better but I’m here for you and I’m sending all my love and many well wishes for you and your loved ones. 🖤
I’m so sorry for the loss of your cat! No matter what species, cancer sucks and is devastating 😞 My golden retriever was diagnosed with brain cancer and I had to put him down within 6 weeks when he started to have seizures. It’s awful!
I’m really sorry for your loss. I lost my cat of 13 years (I am 21, grew up with him basically) on February 18th. He also had cancer, lymphoma, a mass in his stomach that spread to his large intestine. We also considered to put him to sleep, but I just couldn’t do it. I remember about 3 weeks before he passed away we went to our vet for a final check up (I wanted to ask her how long he had, wanted her opinion as to when was the right time) and she sort of looked at him, then looked at me, and said “I can see how it matters to you. He can hold on for a little longer”. In his last month he was very weak, he was barely moving. My mum and I fed him three times a day with a liquid diet, I carried him to the bathroom, I spent every moment I could with him. He passed away during the night, and I remember how I put my head on the pillow and he was at my legs. I sort of thought to myself, he always comes to sleep with me, he used to frequently lay on my chest and fall asleep. He couldn’t do it anymore, so I had to move to him. I turned around in my bed and slept, hugging him until he passed away shortly after midnight. Anyway, don’t know why I wrote all of this. Guess kinda had to get it off my chest. But it sucks, and it sucks so bad. I know it gets a little easier with time, it’s been 4 months and I certainly cry once a day instead of four times now 😂 but I feel like he took a piece with him that I’ll never get back. ANYWAY! What I wanted to say was, I am very sorry. I know how shitty it is. But I hope, as time goes on, it’ll heal us.. at least a little bit ❤
@@camilagorelik, aww, sending you with so much love, hun. and yes, absolutely. you have to get this kinda stuff off your chest. you can’t keep it bottled up. it may not have felt like it as you were typing out your message but I think it was actually therapeutic for you in a way. 🖤
My Papaw. It still eats me up to this day and its been a lil over 3 years since his passing. I didn't think death would affect me as much as it did. It felt so unfair. He suffered a lot in his life, it just wasn't fair. He fought for my country in Vietnam when he was in the army. To later in his life having to relearn his love of woodworking because blindness took over him. He took us grandkids to Disney and got to see me graduate before he lost his vision completely. My favorite graduation day picture will always be the one where I'm in his face so he can see me better, telling him I love him. Skin cancer was found 6 months after my graduation. I didn't visit him much anymore cause I had a lot of trauma to get through because of my dad and step mom. And I regret that more than anything. I wanted time to heal but time wasn't on my side. He handled it for 3 years before it took him from us. He waited till I visited him the last time, I pushed through all my anxiety so I can see him and tell him how much I love him for the last time and when I got home my dad told me. Cancer isn't fair. It will never be. I'm sorry for all that lost loved ones to it and I'm thankful of those who survived it and are still with us today.
Both my parents died of cancer 5 months apart 17 years ago. My mother's was particularly difficult since she raised be.I also had a sister who died of pancreatic cancer. My father's sister died of cancer. I have friends that had it and survived. It's a rough thing to witness. 🙏❤
Cancer changes your life. Nine years ago I found out I had blood cancer, and the first year was very intense with treatments. At first you can’t believe that it happened to you. Then you’re busy learning and fighting it. Finally you get into a treatment groove, and as long as your numbers are good, you finally accept it and calm down. About two years ago I went into remission, which was wonderful. I’m still doing a monthly immune system treatment because my immune system is shot. COVID really impacted me because I couldn’t risk being around strangers. I’m still very cautious about COVID, I keep up on my boosters, shop remotely, and avoid crowds. Life has become lonelier but it’s the price I have to pay to stay safe.
my coworker turned friend had cervical cancer. She was an amazing woman and watching it take the life from her pained me deeply. I was able to be a part of her life and bring her comfort during her last days and that brings me peace.
I lost my little sister to cancer, she was 9, she had been sick for a year and a half and she passed away on Nov 27 2016. It's been a long mourning, I always miss her. She was 9 when she passed and I was 14, and recently i realized that now that I'm 21 we could have had an awesome sisters relationship, she would had been my best friend, my confident, someone i could have trust but that's something i never had and never will. I just know that God had a good reason to take her❤I love you Alondra and always will
my aunt was diagnosed with an incurable internal skin cancer this past year, with 5 years max to live. she’s my dad’s baby sister with a daughter and it was one of the hardest things to hear. it’s really something that is so hard to grasp :/
We found out my grandmother had lung cancer on a vacation to Orlando back in 2014ish. I was still young enough to not fully understand what was going on, just that she was being taken to the hospital and we wouldn't see her for the rest of the trip. She's cancer-free right now, but the idea of it coming back, as well as a cancer scare of my own, still remind me of the fact that it always lurks.
I work on a pediatric oncology unit, I’ve seen cancer take beautiful innocent children from this world. Even in the face of death they were powerful. Remembering all of the faces of those we’ve lost over the years is a heavy peace. I’ve also seen them look cancer in the face and say “fuuuuuuck you, not today! I get to LIVE!” Getting to care for them, cheer them on and send them on their way cancer free is a pure joy that my words cannot explain. Cancer found its way into my world when I was maybe 12, it came for my grandmother. She was the matriarch, the pin that held us all together..a lot of people in my family lost a bit of themselves that day. To come full circle, being able to be there for those fighting the good fight is a privilege. Love those you hold dear with the intensity of a thousand suns. And spare some of that same love for yourself. Stay on top of your health, get a full check up at least once a year. It’s scary I know..very much so, but we can fight back now. Better to live aware than in fear. Stay Safe & Stay Healthy everyone!
My grandmother who is my best friend had stage 3 cervical cancer and I remember she was bleeding for months straight and when she went to the doctor she found out she had cervical cancer, she is a fighter and she made it
My grandpa had stage 3 brain cancer, he became paralyzed in his legs, he was a very stubborn man and he hated having to be taken care of, you could tell how ashamed he was that he had to wear a diaper and have a baby monitor in the room when he needed help. I came in one time to help and the look on his face was just so embarrassed that his granddaughter saw him that way. He was different, he was quick to temper and aggravated and sad. My grandpa wasn’t like that, every time he saw me and my brother he would take us to our favorite restaurant, take us to the local shop and get us our favorite soda. He would stand outside waiting for me to get off the school buss at the front door and would say “hey sweetie” with the biggest smile and hug. I still have one of his shirts, and sometimes when another old man is by me it reminds me of my grandpa because of that signature grandpa cologne :) it smells like him.
Great video. I got cancer when i was 16, which is now about 5 years ago. I still get triggered almost daily, because i live in a country where ‘cancer’ is used as a popular cuss word, mostly by teens and young adults. It’s very very painful to see people the same age as you use the disease that ruined your life as a cuss word, and thinking it’s funny and no big deal
@xoluciaxo_3721 I hate it when people use diseases like "tyfus" and "tering" in combination with "mongool". Also, I thought using cancer as a cuss word was at least trying to be reduced since 2013 or something 🫠
@@tararain97Yea i think they did a whole campagne back then to try and stop it, don’t think it worked that well tho😂 At least in Noord-Holland it’s still used A LOT, mostly by highschoolers though
My mom died from brain cancer two months ago, today. It was the hardest thing ever watching her fall apart. She was my rock, my soul, my best friend, my everything. I’m in tears just thinking about her being gone. I still can’t fathom it. I would do anything to have her back. Life isn’t the same without her. I want to tell you all how much I love you, and I’m so sorry for anyone that has gone through this. We must support each other. Now all I have to say is FUCK cancer.
My dad passed in march due to cancer he fought for as long as he could but he was in so much pain… I miss you daddy, I miss you so much, your grandson isn’t born yet but I know you will be looking over us. I can’t wait to tell him all about you..I love you baba.🥺😔
Fuck, this one hit home. My momma passed last year after given a 6-7 month prognosis back in 2018. She loved life more than anyone I've ever known and always found light in the darkness. She was so transparent about her journey and inspired SO many. I was her caretaker, but I prefer hype woman because her fight was 1000% her. I'm still learning to harness that strength to carry me through each day, for her until I want to for myself again but it's so hard when your best friend just isn't there one day. Your world stops and it seems impossible to go on, but like others have mentioned, you learn how to carry the pain as your life grows around the grief. So much love to everyone who has been affected by cancer, from my heavy heart to yours. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. ❤️🩹
My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008 and was a fighter for 10 years. I am convinced in those ten years that she fought for me and my sister so that we could have a mom. The end of her life happened so fast. It hurts thinking about it because I did horrible and selfish things while she was fighting to be my mother. I was 16 when she passed and it’s hard to live life without her here watching me be the daughter she meant to raise. And she never got to see me the way I wanted her too. I miss her a lot these days.
My mum was diagnosed with breast cancer when was 17. I blocked it out for months and I can’t even remember parts of it. I remember that she was so tired, sick and physically a lot of things changed. Thank you to our NHS because my mum is healthy and thriving today.
Oof. I knew this was going to be a rough watch and it was. I cried as soon as the first person started crying. I lost my friend to leukemia when he was 26 and I was 25. We had known each other since we were 11. It was absolutely devastating to watch his body betray him. He was such an amazing person and I feel the injustice of not having him around every time that I or someone around our age reaches a milestone that he never got to see.
My mom died 5 and a half years ago from complications of her second fight with breast cancer. It's just a really terrible thing. It has completely changed me forever, and I hate the changes because it has made me colder. Less forgiving, and just kind of numb to life. Going through life without really being present in it is pretty interesting. Unfortunately, it's the only way I know how to get by. For anyone reading this and think you're like me, don't be like me. I'm fully aware of how I've changed, I'm just powerless to do anything about it, but be stronger than me and deal with your grief. Don't give up.
most of the close family ive had die over my entire life was the result of different cancers or complications from cancer. been at least one every other year since i was five, including my grandfather just a few months ago. many of the things that affected most of my family are curable today, if only they had had more time. love and miss them all
-My Grandpa -My great-uncle Jack (Grandpa's brother) -My Uncle Harvey -My friend Andre -An Aunt (survivor) Aside from my aunt, the rest are gone. I was a teen when my Grandpa died. My one aunt who was a nurse was going to take time off to take care of him when he got out of the hospital. As you can see that never happened. Talking an aunt at my dad's funeral about how to deal with loss of a parent (lost my dad in January), she said said Grandpa was in a lot of pain and it was best for him. I didn't know how much pain Grandpa was in. Even though I didn't know how bad it was, hearing my aunt say it was for the best that he passed puts things into perspective. If people are suffering and even though losing friend or family member is tough, sometimes it's for the best that they pass so they're no longer suffering. My Uncle Harvey was able to be at home where he wanted to be when he died. My Uncle Jack was the man. They don't make people like him anymore. When he raised his finger, you knew he had something to say. When he spoke, you listened. He loved coming over to the farm to help do whatever. Uncle Jack was the man, the myth, the legend. My friend Andre passed away last summer. A friend of ours texted me asking if I heard what happened to Andre. I responded asking what's up. He said he passed away. It was a WTF kind of moment. He called me and told me that at his wedding reception (July 1, Canada Day), Andre wasn't feeling good. You couldn't tell. So he went to the doctor and was diagnosed with cancer. In the hospital and went quick. When talking to my friend that day, I said we should do something to honour Andre. He was having something at his place, so I went over and we partied and honoured Andre's memory. He was only 39. Andre was one of the best people I've ever known. I have my cousin Drew to thank for meeting him. Rest in peace to not only these four, but to all who were taken from us because of cancer.
My aunt was diagnosed not too long ago, and we're not sure if she'll survive. Even so, my family and I try to visit them when we can (they live far), the first time I went to visit her after she received the diagnosis, a lot more relatives showed up than we expected. Many of them worked a lot so it was amazing to see that they managed to come despite their busy schedules, my aunt was very happy to have many of her family around her. We plan on visiting again soon for a birthday party and they might move back closer to us so they can be near their family (they originally moved due to rent). I want to make sure that if she doesn't have much time left, she'll spend her moments with her family and not go through it alone, we are also making sure her husband and kids are okay too.
my grandma who basically raised me and my sisters died because of brain cancer. she was such an angel and a warrior, went through 2 surgeries and lived a few years longer than it was expecting, but yeah it just kept coming back. i miss her
My grandma had breast cancer.. She never smoked, drank, and was very clean, and she was such a amazing woman, she was an incredible gramma, she passed away in 2015 when I was about 7 years old, and only have so many memories, but she is in my heart. I feel horrible because my baby brother who is know 5 is going to grow up withour her, never knowing her and her never knowing him, and my little sister is only a baby when she passed away.... We have no close relatives, And I like to say I have no grandparents because none of them are good people, and never cared to have a relationship with any of us.. I have never met my grandmother on my dad's side cause she never cared to meet us and she never cared about us.. We never had a relationship with any of our other grandparents, My mother's step dad who was married to my gramma we had a relationship with but as soon as she passed away we lost contact with him because he never cared to keep contact with us. My mothers grandma, my great grandma, passed away with Breast cancer as well... I agree with what that one guy said- FUCK CANCER..
My dad died in March from pancreatic cancer and we didn't know how fast this type of cancer could deteriorate a person. This was definitely hard to watch. Right now, I have been starting to accept it but it still hurts when I think about it...He didn't deserved it. Even myself, I have health anxiety bc of it so sometimes when I have a symptom I just go straight into thinking it could be cancer. He was only 59.
This hit close to home. Lost my dad one year ago. He was initially given six months after his initial prognosis, but my family and I were given 8 full years with him. I miss him every single day.
8:15 You are inspirational. I am also trying to study to be a researcher and finding cures and treatments has been my passion since childhood as well. Passion that developed from seeing and hearing stories of suffering. This video motivated me again.
More and more people get cancer, I hear that certain someone (I know or people I know know) have got some kind of cancer every few months, it’s scary how spread it is, it is all around. My friends, my relatives, acquaintances - everyone is effected by it. My mam is fighting now too (ovarian), I always hope but I know there’s may not be much time left and I’m afraid, it’s hard to see her this way, she’s young and beautiful and kind, have so much to experience yet, the one and only sincerely good natured person I know, I’m blessed to have such a person as my mam, as my example to follow, have never thought that’s what we will have - the war and the cancer. Their life wasn’t easy even without it all. Surviving and fighting constantly. I’ve excepted it all but I will forever hate that the world is this way. Unfair in every single aspect. Yet you ought to except it as there is no other choice. And people are able to find a light a smile a joy despite it all, strong people, you just doing it but there are always buts. We thought too light of it when it was found first - if only we could have started to fight it sooner, please get your check ups, be serious about it and I wish you to be healthy🤲InşAllah
My grandmother died from leucemia, my grandfather from prostate cancer, my other grandfather currently has prostate cancer, my mom survived colon cancer and I survived bone cancer. My heart goes out to anyone affected by it
My grandma was diagnosed with colon cancer almost a year ago and her son passed in 08’ from leukemia. My uncle was literally the rock that held the family together.
My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer on 11/7/2018 and on 07/03/2019 she passed away… and ever since then, life, no matter who is on it, is not the same and My heart is permanently broken💔
Boy, this hits home. My dad had Hodgkin’s lymphoma when I was in high school and I dealt with the same cancer myself as an adult last year. It was a tough time, but I am in remission now since March of this year I hope to never have it again.
I had cancer when I was 11 I have been cancer free for 12 years I am very happy and grateful I survived but the things that I saw and experienced will never leave me
My pop had leukemia and he had been fighting it for 7 to 8 years and in 2021 he got really sick and the chemo wouldn’t help anymore so they put him on hospice care. He was my bestfriend and I would do anything to see him again just for a few minutes. He passed in august of 2021 so it will be like 4 years this august. I miss him everyday! Love you pop ❤️❤️
the only two people that ive ever loved have cancer,and sometimes just accepting that fact is hard because i don't know how much time i have with them and at any minute i might lose them. I don't honestly know if i'll ever be ready to say goodbye to them😶
My mom had cancer when I was in middle school and she survived, but now she is dealing with Alzheimers at age 73. Her dad had prostate cancer (he survived that, but died at 78) and my dad's brother had lung cancer despite never having been a smoker and he passed away from that. I work as a hair stylist and have had multiple clients who have passed away from various types of cancer, but I also have some who are survivors and others who unfortunately are still battling the disease!
I’ve lost both of my maternal grandparents to different types of cancer and my boyfriend is currently undergoing chemotherapy for stage 1 Hodgkins Lymphoma. It’s so hard to watch the people you love get so sick. I can only do so much to help and I feel so powerless. I wish I could just take away the pain.
My best friends mum passed away from cancer last week, one month to the day after her diagnosis. I just can’t wrap my head around how quick it was. It took 4 weeks to completely wipe her out. Beyond awful.
This video helped put a lot of things into perspective for me I just had a realative I’m very close with got diagnosed recently and I’ve been struggling trying to come to terms with the weight of the situation
My mother was diagnosed with stomach cancer in july 2021. This year in January the doctors told that the chemo isn't working anymore and she has 6 months to live. June's about to end and the time is near. Death can be in many ways but cancer takes away people in the most slowest and painful manner. I don't think I'll ever recover from this trauma.
My Nan died of stomach cancer at age 49 - I remember being six years old looking over at my uncle (her youngest son, 13 at the time) bawling on the sofa. About 7 years later my aunt started complaining of stomach issues age 29. She was convinced it was something similar to what my nan had but the doctors told her she was too young and it was likely IBS. She died age 33 leaving behind a 4 year old son and 2 year old daughter. My other aunt read over her medical notes after she died and noticed her and my nan had issues with their CDH1 gene. She reached out to a cancer research facility who tested her, my mum and my two uncles. They found that my aunt and uncles had the gene - my mum was the only one that didn’t. My aunt and uncles both had to have their stomachs removed, and when all my cousins (there are a lot of us) turn 18 they will be tested too. Myself and my siblings won’t carry the gene bc my mum didn’t, but seeing my cousins go through this one by one is hard. One of my cousins who is my age tested positive for it and will have to have her stomach removed. Cancer has ravaged my family but I’m so thankful my aunt took initiative and did this. If she hadn’t, it’s likely my mum would have lost all four of her siblings to the same cancer. I’s devastating that my aunt and my nan weren’t provided the same chance, but their deaths potentially saved the lives of my aunt, uncles, and cousins. RIP Nanny Pearl (1953-2002) and Aunty Yazy (1980-2012) cancer is a shitty fucking thing but we’re all fighting through together for you guys and we’re trying our hardest to make sure this stomach cancer ends with you guys
My grand mom died because of cancer when I was a kid and it made me wish to be an oncologist, so I remember saying that it was frustrating to think that the diagnosis of cancer is like a death sentence while other diseases have many options of treatments, so I thought I would dedicate my life to treat patients with cancer and investigate about it to find any way to make they live longer and with a better quality of life. And it’s me right now being a doctor specialized in oncology, an oncologist, dedicating my life to research of cancer. Thanks grandma, it’s all because of you ❤
My grandmother passed away from bile duct cancer a week after she was diagnosed. I missed her passing by minutes bc I was new to my job and didn’t want to leave work early. She died as I was pulling up the driveway.
my grandad was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2008. a few months later he sadly passed. seeing my mother grieve for him was and still is the hardest thing ive had to see. she became depressed and anxious to the point her hair started to fall out and she stopped caring for herself. she spent years in her room. its been 15 years and it still affects her and us. it is such a scary thought of losing someone you love with your whole world. her father was the most important thing to her and losing him made her lose herself. it makes you appreciate the people around you and opens your eyes to how things can change so fast and affect your life
I never had the chance to meet my grandma because she died when my father was still pretty young. she had leukaemia and then cancer spread in other parts. She was a beautiful, funny, free and determinate woman and everyone always tells me that we would have understand each other so well because we are so similar. Sometimes I feel like she would have been that kind of relative besides parents that I always felt I needed. I always felt that missing spot. I miss you and I love you even if I never had the chance to speak with you. I hope I'll be able to meet you someday somewhere, nonna.
My mom had uterine cancer and overcame it.A few weeks she celebrated 3years cancer free. My grandma had stage four lung cancer and she passed a few years ago. My 12 year old cousin had cancer that started in her leg and she found out when she broke her leg and they scanned it. The cancer then showed up in tumors all over her organs and she passed away less than a year ago. My dads step mom was just diagnosed. Cancer is terrible.This helped me cope.
I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer at 16. I was diagnosed in March, and I just had surgery a week ago and now I’m cancer-free! My heart goes out to those who weren’t able to get rid of it.
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You keep kicking ass!
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You did that!!! Congrats ❤
I got diagnosed with thyroid cancer in March also! Unfortunately they did not get it all in my surgery and there is a nodule in my lung and liver (the one on my liver is showing up malignant in CT scan). They aren't sure if the thyroid cancer has spread, or if I also have liver cancer as well. I had cancer all throughout my neck, so I am still recovering from the surgery and will be doing RAI in 3 months and in the mean time, figuring out what is going on with the liver... scary time. Congrats on being cancer free. I am assuming your cancer was contained to just your thyroid? If so, it is unlikely to come back which is great. 16 is young, I am 32 and the average age of diagnosis is like 50. I thought I was young. Wishing you a cancer free life from now on!! :)
2:50 she was PREACHING! I’ve had people in my life who had cancer and they describe that experience this way. We have to continue to treat people as a human no matter what they’re dealing with. Such a tough topic but a necessary discussion ❤
Why are you always the top comment on Cut videos? What's happening.
Why do I see you everywhere 😂
Agree. And, depending on the cancer and stage (amongst many other factors), cancer is NOT always a death sentence.
Lost my Dad to cancer in 2018. Getting to see a loved one die slowly is one of the most painful times ever.
Sorry for your lose
especially when they know they are dying
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Thank you for making this. My mom had cancer when I was 14, she beat it but still has to go for yearly check-ins, my little cousin beat leukaemia at 11 years old, cancer has impacted my family so much. It ducking sucks but it’s nice hearing others stories and healing during this time
An Angel is surrounding your family
@@NonyaBeezNWrdthen why are so many of them affected by cancer? a terrible situation ending okay isn't a blessing
Same thing with my mother, though I was only about 11.. She as your mother survived.❤️ Bless them.
Oh this video hit home for me. My mom was diagnosed with cancer, two actually these past years. Two Years ago, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, we caught it really early and we’re able to removed it in time. Last year, she rang the bell in March but then April 9 there was a different cancer that came back to here. It was leukemia. She fought through it so hard, we as a family fought so hard together hoping, and believing we can beat this sickness. She had a blood transfusion and things were going great.
April 8 this year she passed away, one doctor appointment that was supposed to be in and out lead to her having a allergic reaction to one of the medication, she was stuck in the ER for a week, then turn into months. It was a breaking point and we knew it was time to stop fighting and allow her to be free from the suffering. She did her best, I don’t blame her for leaving, but that selfish side of me wish she stayed longer. I miss her everyday. She was a loved woman, as the funeral home was a full house for her.
Fuck Cancer
I’m so sorry to hear that. Thanks for sharing, she is so proud of you ❤
I'm so sorry. I lost my mom as well to cancer in September of 2022. I'm still swimming in grief. Cancer is horrible.
I battled Neuroblastoma from the age of 13 months old until my final remission at age 12. I had gone into remission and relapsed at least five times before I finally beat it. However, when I was about 6 or 7, I relapsed again after receiving an autologous bone marrow transplant and at that point, my doctor told my mom that statistically, my chances of growing up had dropped to 0%. Here I am now at age 31 thinking that my six year old self really meant it when she responded to the doctor - "I'm gonna make NEW statistics!" Did I know what statistics were? No, but I was a confident child with no sense of tact haha. I am so thankful to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for saving my life in the 90s and 00s. I do my best to give back by fundraising and public speaking on behalf of the hospital and I always will!
It hit me when one of these people said "people treat cancer patients like they're already dead", and i feel like that happened in other way around with my dad.. He was diagnosed and i think as a health care professional himself he just knew.... 😢 I tried to convince him and myself that he'll beat it and it'll be fine.. But he got in a very bad shape very fast and died a year later, which is now two years ago. The last weeks or maybe even months you could tell he wanted to go, he was in so much pain 💔 The way he looked the very last time i saw him is etched on my mind forever.
I’m so sorry for your loss. ❤
i lost my mom to cancer when i was 15, and tomorrow is my 18th birthday. nothing feels the same anymore and i’m not excited for things anymore, still processing everything, but she was an amazing mom and fought hard and long. she had colon cancer twice and was very strong and stayed positive so much. i hope people who have also gone through the same stuff find comfort in this video and know they aren’t alone. 💕
Very sorry for your loss
I lost my mom when I was 19 and my dad when I was 21 (neither from cancer). I just wanted to say I am sorry for your loss and I totally get the feeling that nothing is exciting anymore. I am 40 now and it took me a long time to start enjoying simple things. Keep your head up! It does get easier.
I bet she’s so proud of you. I hope you can still sense her love. You’ve got this
5:05 “makes me love even harder.” powerful statement/sentiment.
I lost my Mother 32 years ago to cancer and I missed her everyday since. RIP to those who passed away from cancer and to those who have it now, Keep Fighting and God Loves You and so do I.
Sorry for your lose
For some reason, the story of the penultimate lady who lost her two grandparents to cancer and is now a cancer researcher touched me. I am at the beginning of my research carreer as a PhD student (and in a somewhat related field to cancer), I find so cool that there is people in this godforsaken world that actively dedicate their lifes to cure cancer and overall trying to make the world a better place for humans, it's just so fucking dope. I feel so honoured to share this profession with other brilliant and dedicated minds, my hope is to some day help to make an advancement that helps humanity, even if it's in the form of a few research papers. I am committed to that objective
It’s so weird how I came across this vid today because today makes a year of which I loss my sister who was 56 to breast cancer 😢. Loss my dad to bone cancer 2 years ago n I, myself have been diagnosed with brain cancer almost 3 years ago n I’m still fighting.
Unfortunately cancer has spread from my brain to my lungs, to my breast n now to my stomach but I thank GOD every day wen I wake for HIM to have given me another day to spend with my grandkids. I am truly sorry for those who have lost their loved ones. It’s NEVER easy losing someone u love but I pray 🙏 that you’ll keep their memories alive.
Aloha from Hawaii 🌈
it's crazy how common cancer is these days
My mom died from cancer 6 days ago, she was strong and wanted to live, she tried to fight it for 4years, but it won at the end. I am 20 and honestly I don't know what to do with myself right now, she was my best friend in the whole world. She was an incredible doctor, she was very honest and helped anyone she could, she was loving, she was a good person that deserved to be seen.
The woman who talked about her grandfather passing away in the same hospital she was born at before she was born, is devastating. I can’t imagine the family having to deal with the joy of her being born but also the sadness and grief of his passing. I’m not ashamed to admit that I cried a fair bit watching this video.
This makes me feel for everyone in this video ☹️☹️
My chosen dad is a lymphoma survivor. He’s been in remission for almost 6 years now, and his battle took place years before I met him. It’s still one of those things that hits home though. The thought of it coming back to take one of my best friends is something that haunts me.
My father lost his battle with cancer during my senior year in highschool this has made me feel sad and lonely.
My dad passed away just over six months ago from liver cancer, four months after he was diagnosed. He was 65. My heart wants to only remember all the good things and all the memories we made, but my mind relives the trauma of those four months, and especially the last month like it was yesterday. Seeing him so quickly deteriorate absolutely broke me and breaks me to this day.
To all of you suffering from cancer or having a loved one who does, I send you all of the strength and love in this world. You are not alone ❤
sorry for your loss, may he rest in peace 🥺❤️
Just lost my wife of 7yrs in Oct. she was 33...I really felt that part where you said you only want to remember the good but last months being traumatic.Youre so right,I've dealt with loss before but that was one of the most agonizing processes I've experienced.I hope you're doing better.
@remylebeau5212 so sorry to hear about your loss, that's absolutely devastating 💔
I lost my mum in May due to colon cancer, and I really really miss her. I was crying while watching this video, it’s so hard to accept that your mum is gone and all you do every day is miss her…
I started crying right when I started watching. I’m leaving this video 💔
I had just lost my dad to cancer last week. He was diagnosed a couple years ago while I was pregnant with my first. I just thank God he got to see her through her first birthday and one last Father’s Day. I pray for healing for those who have also gone through a loss like this.
I was 3 months pregnant with my first when we found out my dad had brain cancer. He passed 2 days before my son turned 5 months. He said he thought he was gonna die before he got to be a grandpa but he did live to meet him.
My uncle passed several years ago due to stage 4 melanoma. Thank you for making this video and really showing how many people have shared this experience and gotten through it.
The first one hit me at the start of the video. My grandmother passed away this year from lymphoma and was a huge shock to me. She was so strict in taking all natural supplements and I didn’t know she previously had ovarian cancer when she was younger. I miss her like crazy. It’s hard loosing someone for such a long time of not knowing that feeling.
My mum was diagnosed with Metastatic lung cancer in May of '22 at the age 59. She passed away 4 months later & died a month before my wedding, everything happened so quickly. I never thought I would plan a funeral & a wedding at the same time. So many emotions during those 4 months. My paternal Grandmother has Melanoma for the last 5+ year's.
Fuck cancer. Hugs to everybody affected by it
I really love these 100 ppl videos you should post them more often
That last story really hit me. I've gone through stage 4 ovarian cancer. Right now it's in remission, and I'm so glad - I really hope it never comes back, but the chance is still high. Music is my passion and I love singing, it's like therapy to me. I wish I'd do it even more. I really should. Love to all who have been affected by cancer .
"It" has taken away my mother and grandmother. I was diagnosed last year at 43 years old, the youngest so far. It has been quite a learning lesson. Blessings to those affected. Keep your head up!
As a breast cancer survivor, I wish you everything good. ❤️
@@Ceerads I appreciate you.
@@dinespeace2538 Thank you.
Both my mother and her mother had breast cancer that spread to their bones and they passed from bone cancer. I lost my mom when I was 13, a week into my freshman year of high school. I don’t ever tell people this because I don’t like the follow up questions and the uncomfortable sympathy that comes with it. I wish I didn’t complain so much, I wish I didn’t take any of that time for granted, I wish we had more time, I wish she got to see me graduate from high school undergrad and grad school, I wish for so much, but I am grateful for getting to know that woman for the short time we had. So thank you for this video so I can vent this out. #fuckcancer
I met my friend, let's call her L, when we were both in middle school and approximately 10 years old. We grew apart in high school but we still kept in touch for our birthdays. When I was 17 and freshly out of high school, we started to hang out together again, she wanted a friend to walk her dog with and I happened to have a dog as well. We walked our dogs together twice a week, my dog unilaterally decided to break up with me by crossing the rainbow bridge, I was devastated to say the least, but L was there, and even though she was very annoyingly childish sometimes, she was a good friend. I got her a job and we both worked together at a middle school for two years, at this point she was a childhood friend, my second dog's favorite auntie, and the best coworker ever. The last month before we both decided to quit our job in order to study, she told me that the lower part of her belly hurt but her doctor told her that it was nothing, probably cramps because she was a woman.Turns out she had cysts. I started to study biology in 2020 and had to go very far away for two to three weeks every year for my exams. That's when I got the first message. She told me that she was at the hospital because there was blood when she 💩. The same doctor told her that it was probably nothing, maybe she had her period or something. Well, it was not her period, she had colon cancer and I wasn't even there to help her when she got the news. She was only 24 years old. She started the chemotherapy right away. She was a fighter, she saw her dreams go down the drain one by one but was still smiling (she wanted kids with her boyfriend more than anything but cancer got to her ovaries first), still willing to go walk the dogs together even though the walks became shorter and shorter each time. I was busy with competitive exams this year, she wanted to meet me in December 2022 but I couldn't because I was working non-stop (to pay for the exams and studying). I still managed to free an afternoon but she told me that her legs were not working anymore so we had to wait for her to get better first. I waited. On Christmas Eve, she sent me a video, telling me she got engaged with her boyfriend and was so happy. I congratulated her but I knew deep down that I would never have the chance to be her maid of honor, and her boyfriend probably proposed because he didn't want her to have any regrets. L passed away in January 2023, three days after her 26th birthday. I can't even understand the last message she sent to me because she was woozy from the painkillers 🥺
Sadly, she is not the only one. My nanny has colon cancer as well, she is the closest thing to a grandma to me, she had an appointment yesterday and it's getting worse. But she at least had the time to live (+80 years old), not like L.
7 of my neighbors also had cancer at some point and two of them died from it. When so many people you know are getting sick, you start to wonder when it's going to be your turn and it's terrifying.
My best friend was diagnosed with cancer a long time ago, and never told me. He has blood and bone cancer, it is treatable, but it is difficult to beat. I found out in class, he text me about it. I knew something was wrong because he had fallen in the floor and couldn't get up a day before. He always said he was sick or not feeling great, and I never knew he was in bed unable to move. This has always affected me tremendously, we came to terms that one day he wouldn't answer me back and he would be gone. We came to terms with his passing. Thankfully though, treatment has started to work, and things are getting better. Slowly but surely.
i had acute t cell leukemia at 18 and have beaten it but from this video and my own experience i hated having people that i barely knew or haven’t talked to in such a long time come see me in my hospice space. i didn’t know it then but now do on why it was so begrudgingly upsetting to me and it’s because they associated cancer with death, as i did too. but now the difference is that it felt like they were observing me from a distance like i was on death bed or even my casket as i was already dead. most of them came to me saying we’ll hang and talk when i’m all better and after they left that door there hasn’t been a word from any of them. it was as if they came to say goodbye to me for the very last time, as it was like my funeral.
this comment isn’t to hate on any of them, but it’s an awareness to any of you who read this. please don’t make any promises you won’t keep, we’ll remember it and as it has been 5+ years since i was diagnosed, i still remember all those feelings, all those faces, all those words on wanting to be apart of my life but then cutting me off like i was already gone.
please keep up with them, ask how they’re doing, don’t be shy with wanting to know more, because i wish that i had those feelings of security with me instead of broken promises. all it takes is to just ask.
i'm so sorry. i hope you're doing okay.
I miss my Nans. They were my last grandparents and both died when I was only 16. I am 30 now, and all of my closest friends are older than me and still have 3-4 grandparents left. It feels really unfair that I don't even have one and haven't for nearly half of my life, while they get to see their grandparents that they love every week. I just wish I had one.
I lost my fur-baby to cancer last November. He was a beautiful all black kitty and was 11 years old. My mom and I were taking him with his litter-mate/brother to their standard check up in October 2021 and our vet found a mass in his stomach. They did blood work to determine if it was cancerous and it was. It was so incredibly unexpected that even just once finding out he had a mass, my mom and I broke down in the room after finding out.
We were referred to a vet specialist about two hours from where we live and the vet determined, based on where the mass was located in his stomach, surgery wasn’t even in the running as an option for him so we did chemo treatments with him for a year and we were able to give him an extra year of life.
The day we lost him, he was acting very out of character for him; urinating on the floor and sitting in it, very slow reaction time and sitting down wherever you placed him if you were to pick him up and put him somewhere. We took him to our ER vet we were doing the treatments with and they told us he was in pain and it was up to us on whether or not we wanted to take him to the hospital or put him to sleep. When you have a home full of animals, there is going to be that one animal that you comment with the most and he was that for me. That being said, my mom thought it would be best me to make the decision and told me if I couldn’t it was okay and that she would do it. Something we’ve talked about from the beginning with our primary vet and our ER vet is quality of life and how it important it was to us. I ended up making the decision to put him to sleep. It was about him and the fact that he was in pain and there was nothing we could do. It wasn’t about me or anyone else and from there, I got to hold him as the vet helped him pass.
Since losing him, as part of the healing process for my family and I we decided to adopt two new kitties, both all black males from a local cat rescue. Both of them were found on the streets and taken in by the rescue and we adopted them at the same time and brought them home late January of this year and we couldn’t be any more in love with them.
Something I think, we as people get in the habit of saying when losing someone we love, without even realizing it, is how much we loved them; saying it in the past tense because they’re gone but we don’t mean it in the past tense in terms of how much we love them. Even though they’re gone, you don’t stop loving them. I truly realized this when he passed because even though, he’s not here with me physically, I didn’t stop loving him and I don’t love him any less now that he’s not here with me physically. I really hope that wasn’t confusing what I trying to get across but I do believe anyone who has lost a loved one, will be able to understand this. I’ll continue to love him and miss him everyday for the rest of my life.
This was mine, my brother’s and my sister’s first time having to deal with losing one of our fur-babies and I can strongly say, it is one the most difficult, painful things we’ve ever had to endure. If you’ve ever had to deal with the pain of losing a fur-baby, I am so sorry, I feel for you. I know there is nothing anyone can say or do that can make you feel better but I’m here for you and I’m sending all my love and many well wishes for you and your loved ones. 🖤
I’m so sorry for the loss of your cat! No matter what species, cancer sucks and is devastating 😞 My golden retriever was diagnosed with brain cancer and I had to put him down within 6 weeks when he started to have seizures. It’s awful!
@@Kallierig, thank you, love. and yes, it absolutely does. aww, I’m so sorry, hun.
I’m really sorry for your loss. I lost my cat of 13 years (I am 21, grew up with him basically) on February 18th. He also had cancer, lymphoma, a mass in his stomach that spread to his large intestine. We also considered to put him to sleep, but I just couldn’t do it. I remember about 3 weeks before he passed away we went to our vet for a final check up (I wanted to ask her how long he had, wanted her opinion as to when was the right time) and she sort of looked at him, then looked at me, and said “I can see how it matters to you. He can hold on for a little longer”. In his last month he was very weak, he was barely moving. My mum and I fed him three times a day with a liquid diet, I carried him to the bathroom, I spent every moment I could with him. He passed away during the night, and I remember how I put my head on the pillow and he was at my legs. I sort of thought to myself, he always comes to sleep with me, he used to frequently lay on my chest and fall asleep. He couldn’t do it anymore, so I had to move to him. I turned around in my bed and slept, hugging him until he passed away shortly after midnight.
Anyway, don’t know why I wrote all of this. Guess kinda had to get it off my chest. But it sucks, and it sucks so bad. I know it gets a little easier with time, it’s been 4 months and I certainly cry once a day instead of four times now 😂 but I feel like he took a piece with him that I’ll never get back.
ANYWAY! What I wanted to say was, I am very sorry. I know how shitty it is. But I hope, as time goes on, it’ll heal us.. at least a little bit ❤
@@camilagorelik, aww, sending you with so much love, hun. and yes, absolutely. you have to get this kinda stuff off your chest. you can’t keep it bottled up. it may not have felt like it as you were typing out your message but I think it was actually therapeutic for you in a way. 🖤
My Papaw. It still eats me up to this day and its been a lil over 3 years since his passing. I didn't think death would affect me as much as it did. It felt so unfair. He suffered a lot in his life, it just wasn't fair. He fought for my country in Vietnam when he was in the army. To later in his life having to relearn his love of woodworking because blindness took over him. He took us grandkids to Disney and got to see me graduate before he lost his vision completely. My favorite graduation day picture will always be the one where I'm in his face so he can see me better, telling him I love him. Skin cancer was found 6 months after my graduation. I didn't visit him much anymore cause I had a lot of trauma to get through because of my dad and step mom. And I regret that more than anything. I wanted time to heal but time wasn't on my side. He handled it for 3 years before it took him from us. He waited till I visited him the last time, I pushed through all my anxiety so I can see him and tell him how much I love him for the last time and when I got home my dad told me. Cancer isn't fair. It will never be. I'm sorry for all that lost loved ones to it and I'm thankful of those who survived it and are still with us today.
My heart goes out to all those who are impacted by cancer. 🙏💙
Tough watch, but I really appreciate Cut tackling these more taboo topics.
Both my parents died of cancer 5 months apart 17 years ago. My mother's was particularly difficult since she raised be.I also had a sister who died of pancreatic cancer. My father's sister died of cancer. I have friends that had it and survived. It's a rough thing to witness. 🙏❤
Cancer changes your life. Nine years ago I found out I had blood cancer, and the first year was very intense with treatments. At first you can’t believe that it happened to you. Then you’re busy learning and fighting it. Finally you get into a treatment groove, and as long as your numbers are good, you finally accept it and calm down. About two years ago I went into remission, which was wonderful. I’m still doing a monthly immune system treatment because my immune system is shot. COVID really impacted me because I couldn’t risk being around strangers. I’m still very cautious about COVID, I keep up on my boosters, shop remotely, and avoid crowds. Life has become lonelier but it’s the price I have to pay to stay safe.
my coworker turned friend had cervical cancer. She was an amazing woman and watching it take the life from her pained me deeply. I was able to be a part of her life and bring her comfort during her last days and that brings me peace.
It’s only been a month since my mom has passed from breast cancer, seeing how fast she deteriorated broke me, that’s not something easy to witness.
even tho my mom has passed away like 8 years ago no matter what i will cry when i talk about her because i have so much unexpressed love for her
I lost my little sister to cancer, she was 9, she had been sick for a year and a half and she passed away on Nov 27 2016. It's been a long mourning, I always miss her. She was 9 when she passed and I was 14, and recently i realized that now that I'm 21 we could have had an awesome sisters relationship, she would had been my best friend, my confident, someone i could have trust but that's something i never had and never will. I just know that God had a good reason to take her❤I love you Alondra and always will
my aunt was diagnosed with an incurable internal skin cancer this past year, with 5 years max to live. she’s my dad’s baby sister with a daughter and it was one of the hardest things to hear. it’s really something that is so hard to grasp :/
2:39 that's such an important point and well put.
edit: That last part was beautiful and of course that counts for a lot more than singing too.
We found out my grandmother had lung cancer on a vacation to Orlando back in 2014ish. I was still young enough to not fully understand what was going on, just that she was being taken to the hospital and we wouldn't see her for the rest of the trip. She's cancer-free right now, but the idea of it coming back, as well as a cancer scare of my own, still remind me of the fact that it always lurks.
I work on a pediatric oncology unit, I’ve seen cancer take beautiful innocent children from this world. Even in the face of death they were powerful. Remembering all of the faces of those we’ve lost over the years is a heavy peace. I’ve also seen them look cancer in the face and say “fuuuuuuck you, not today! I get to LIVE!” Getting to care for them, cheer them on and send them on their way cancer free is a pure joy that my words cannot explain. Cancer found its way into my world when I was maybe 12, it came for my grandmother. She was the matriarch, the pin that held us all together..a lot of people in my family lost a bit of themselves that day. To come full circle, being able to be there for those fighting the good fight is a privilege.
Love those you hold dear with the intensity of a thousand suns. And spare some of that same love for yourself. Stay on top of your health, get a full check up at least once a year. It’s scary I know..very much so, but we can fight back now. Better to live aware than in fear.
Stay Safe & Stay Healthy everyone!
My grandmother who is my best friend had stage 3 cervical cancer and I remember she was bleeding for months straight and when she went to the doctor she found out she had cervical cancer, she is a fighter and she made it
I lost my grandfather to lung cancer 22 years ago. The most devastating loss I have ever experienced 💔
My grandpa had stage 3 brain cancer, he became paralyzed in his legs, he was a very stubborn man and he hated having to be taken care of, you could tell how ashamed he was that he had to wear a diaper and have a baby monitor in the room when he needed help. I came in one time to help and the look on his face was just so embarrassed that his granddaughter saw him that way. He was different, he was quick to temper and aggravated and sad. My grandpa wasn’t like that, every time he saw me and my brother he would take us to our favorite restaurant, take us to the local shop and get us our favorite soda. He would stand outside waiting for me to get off the school buss at the front door and would say “hey sweetie” with the biggest smile and hug. I still have one of his shirts, and sometimes when another old man is by me it reminds me of my grandpa because of that signature grandpa cologne :) it smells like him.
Great video. I got cancer when i was 16, which is now about 5 years ago. I still get triggered almost daily, because i live in a country where ‘cancer’ is used as a popular cuss word, mostly by teens and young adults. It’s very very painful to see people the same age as you use the disease that ruined your life as a cuss word, and thinking it’s funny and no big deal
Netherlands by any chance?
@@tararain97 lol yea😂 Gotta love it
@xoluciaxo_3721 I hate it when people use diseases like "tyfus" and "tering" in combination with "mongool". Also, I thought using cancer as a cuss word was at least trying to be reduced since 2013 or something 🫠
@@tararain97Yea i think they did a whole campagne back then to try and stop it, don’t think it worked that well tho😂 At least in Noord-Holland it’s still used A LOT, mostly by highschoolers though
@@xoluciaxo_3721 maar ECHT
My mom died from brain cancer two months ago, today. It was the hardest thing ever watching her fall apart. She was my rock, my soul, my best friend, my everything. I’m in tears just thinking about her being gone. I still can’t fathom it. I would do anything to have her back. Life isn’t the same without her. I want to tell you all how much I love you, and I’m so sorry for anyone that has gone through this. We must support each other. Now all I have to say is FUCK cancer.
My step father passed away a few months ago. Today is his birthday he would be have been 59 years old. Happy Bday old man I miss you! ❤
Thank you, TJ. Your're free. You can rest easy now.
My dad passed in march due to cancer he fought for as long as he could but he was in so much pain…
I miss you daddy,
I miss you so much, your grandson isn’t born yet but I know you will be looking over us. I can’t wait to tell him all about you..I love you baba.🥺😔
8:12 its nice she became a scientist to work on cancer after 2 grandparents died to cancer
Fuck, this one hit home. My momma passed last year after given a 6-7 month prognosis back in 2018. She loved life more than anyone I've ever known and always found light in the darkness. She was so transparent about her journey and inspired SO many. I was her caretaker, but I prefer hype woman because her fight was 1000% her. I'm still learning to harness that strength to carry me through each day, for her until I want to for myself again but it's so hard when your best friend just isn't there one day. Your world stops and it seems impossible to go on, but like others have mentioned, you learn how to carry the pain as your life grows around the grief. So much love to everyone who has been affected by cancer, from my heavy heart to yours. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. ❤️🩹
sending hugs to all those impacted by cancer
crazy this came out today. my mom passed this day in 2018, of breast cancer turned lung cancer.
My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008 and was a fighter for 10 years. I am convinced in those ten years that she fought for me and my sister so that we could have a mom. The end of her life happened so fast. It hurts thinking about it because I did horrible and selfish things while she was fighting to be my mother. I was 16 when she passed and it’s hard to live life without her here watching me be the daughter she meant to raise. And she never got to see me the way I wanted her too. I miss her a lot these days.
My mum was diagnosed with breast cancer when was 17. I blocked it out for months and I can’t even remember parts of it. I remember that she was so tired, sick and physically a lot of things changed.
Thank you to our NHS because my mum is healthy and thriving today.
Oof. I knew this was going to be a rough watch and it was. I cried as soon as the first person started crying. I lost my friend to leukemia when he was 26 and I was 25. We had known each other since we were 11. It was absolutely devastating to watch his body betray him. He was such an amazing person and I feel the injustice of not having him around every time that I or someone around our age reaches a milestone that he never got to see.
My mom died 5 and a half years ago from complications of her second fight with breast cancer. It's just a really terrible thing. It has completely changed me forever, and I hate the changes because it has made me colder. Less forgiving, and just kind of numb to life. Going through life without really being present in it is pretty interesting. Unfortunately, it's the only way I know how to get by. For anyone reading this and think you're like me, don't be like me. I'm fully aware of how I've changed, I'm just powerless to do anything about it, but be stronger than me and deal with your grief. Don't give up.
so weird the synchronicity i keep getting on yt, my mom j started chemo
she's stage 2 and she's gonna live so :) very grateful
seeing this remains me of my guy best friend that I lost because of cancer back in 2018. he's always in my thoughts and prayers 🕊🤍
most of the close family ive had die over my entire life was the result of different cancers or complications from cancer. been at least one every other year since i was five, including my grandfather just a few months ago. many of the things that affected most of my family are curable today, if only they had had more time. love and miss them all
6:15 hits so hard. i can relate to her, and i wish her well. it truly is difficult
the same, her feelings and words echoed within me
-My Grandpa
-My great-uncle Jack (Grandpa's brother)
-My Uncle Harvey
-My friend Andre
-An Aunt (survivor)
Aside from my aunt, the rest are gone. I was a teen when my Grandpa died. My one aunt who was a nurse was going to take time off to take care of him when he got out of the hospital. As you can see that never happened. Talking an aunt at my dad's funeral about how to deal with loss of a parent (lost my dad in January), she said said Grandpa was in a lot of pain and it was best for him.
I didn't know how much pain Grandpa was in. Even though I didn't know how bad it was, hearing my aunt say it was for the best that he passed puts things into perspective. If people are suffering and even though losing friend or family member is tough, sometimes it's for the best that they pass so they're no longer suffering. My Uncle Harvey was able to be at home where he wanted to be when he died. My Uncle Jack was the man. They don't make people like him anymore. When he raised his finger, you knew he had something to say. When he spoke, you listened. He loved coming over to the farm to help do whatever. Uncle Jack was the man, the myth, the legend.
My friend Andre passed away last summer. A friend of ours texted me asking if I heard what happened to Andre. I responded asking what's up. He said he passed away. It was a WTF kind of moment. He called me and told me that at his wedding reception (July 1, Canada Day), Andre wasn't feeling good. You couldn't tell. So he went to the doctor and was diagnosed with cancer. In the hospital and went quick. When talking to my friend that day, I said we should do something to honour Andre. He was having something at his place, so I went over and we partied and honoured Andre's memory. He was only 39. Andre was one of the best people I've ever known. I have my cousin Drew to thank for meeting him.
Rest in peace to not only these four, but to all who were taken from us because of cancer.
My aunt was diagnosed not too long ago, and we're not sure if she'll survive. Even so, my family and I try to visit them when we can (they live far), the first time I went to visit her after she received the diagnosis, a lot more relatives showed up than we expected. Many of them worked a lot so it was amazing to see that they managed to come despite their busy schedules, my aunt was very happy to have many of her family around her. We plan on visiting again soon for a birthday party and they might move back closer to us so they can be near their family (they originally moved due to rent). I want to make sure that if she doesn't have much time left, she'll spend her moments with her family and not go through it alone, we are also making sure her husband and kids are okay too.
my grandma who basically raised me and my sisters died because of brain cancer. she was such an angel and a warrior, went through 2 surgeries and lived a few years longer than it was expecting, but yeah it just kept coming back. i miss her
My grandma had breast cancer.. She never smoked, drank, and was very clean, and she was such a amazing woman, she was an incredible gramma, she passed away in 2015 when I was about 7 years old, and only have so many memories, but she is in my heart. I feel horrible because my baby brother who is know 5 is going to grow up withour her, never knowing her and her never knowing him, and my little sister is only a baby when she passed away.... We have no close relatives, And I like to say I have no grandparents because none of them are good people, and never cared to have a relationship with any of us.. I have never met my grandmother on my dad's side cause she never cared to meet us and she never cared about us.. We never had a relationship with any of our other grandparents, My mother's step dad who was married to my gramma we had a relationship with but as soon as she passed away we lost contact with him because he never cared to keep contact with us. My mothers grandma, my great grandma, passed away with Breast cancer as well... I agree with what that one guy said- FUCK CANCER..
My dad died in March from pancreatic cancer and we didn't know how fast this type of cancer could deteriorate a person. This was definitely hard to watch.
Right now, I have been starting to accept it but it still hurts when I think about it...He didn't deserved it.
Even myself, I have health anxiety bc of it so sometimes when I have a symptom I just go straight into thinking it could be cancer. He was only 59.
This hit close to home. Lost my dad one year ago. He was initially given six months after his initial prognosis, but my family and I were given 8 full years with him. I miss him every single day.
I'm so sorry for your loss❤️🩹
8:15 You are inspirational. I am also trying to study to be a researcher and finding cures and treatments has been my passion since childhood as well. Passion that developed from seeing and hearing stories of suffering. This video motivated me again.
My mom was dignosed with ovarian cancer and is fine now. My grandma had cancer but unfortunately passed away.
More and more people get cancer, I hear that certain someone (I know or people I know know) have got some kind of cancer every few months, it’s scary how spread it is, it is all around. My friends, my relatives, acquaintances - everyone is effected by it. My mam is fighting now too (ovarian), I always hope but I know there’s may not be much time left and I’m afraid, it’s hard to see her this way, she’s young and beautiful and kind, have so much to experience yet, the one and only sincerely good natured person I know, I’m blessed to have such a person as my mam, as my example to follow, have never thought that’s what we will have - the war and the cancer. Their life wasn’t easy even without it all. Surviving and fighting constantly. I’ve excepted it all but I will forever hate that the world is this way. Unfair in every single aspect. Yet you ought to except it as there is no other choice. And people are able to find a light a smile a joy despite it all, strong people, you just doing it but there are always buts.
We thought too light of it when it was found first - if only we could have started to fight it sooner, please get your check ups, be serious about it and I wish you to be healthy🤲InşAllah
My grandmother died from leucemia, my grandfather from prostate cancer, my other grandfather currently has prostate cancer, my mom survived colon cancer and I survived bone cancer. My heart goes out to anyone affected by it
So glad to be able to say: i have never known anyone with cancer. But giving love to everyone out there having a hard time.
My grandma was diagnosed with colon cancer almost a year ago and her son passed in 08’ from leukemia. My uncle was literally the rock that held the family together.
My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer on 11/7/2018 and on 07/03/2019 she passed away… and ever since then, life, no matter who is on it, is not the same and My heart is permanently broken💔
Boy, this hits home. My dad had Hodgkin’s lymphoma when I was in high school and I dealt with the same cancer myself as an adult last year. It was a tough time, but I am in remission now since March of this year I hope to never have it again.
I had cancer when I was 11 I have been cancer free for 12 years I am very happy and grateful I survived but the things that I saw and experienced will never leave me
My pop had leukemia and he had been fighting it for 7 to 8 years and in 2021 he got really sick and the chemo wouldn’t help anymore so they put him on hospice care. He was my bestfriend and I would do anything to see him again just for a few minutes. He passed in august of 2021 so it will be like 4 years this august. I miss him everyday! Love you pop ❤️❤️
My mom passed away last month from colon cancer. It still doesn’t feel real. I miss her so much ❤
the only two people that ive ever loved have cancer,and sometimes just accepting that fact is hard because i don't know how much time i have with them and at any minute i might lose them. I don't honestly know if i'll ever be ready to say goodbye to them😶
My mom had cancer when I was in middle school and she survived, but now she is dealing with Alzheimers at age 73. Her dad had prostate cancer (he survived that, but died at 78) and my dad's brother had lung cancer despite never having been a smoker and he passed away from that. I work as a hair stylist and have had multiple clients who have passed away from various types of cancer, but I also have some who are survivors and others who unfortunately are still battling the disease!
I’ve lost both of my maternal grandparents to different types of cancer and my boyfriend is currently undergoing chemotherapy for stage 1 Hodgkins Lymphoma. It’s so hard to watch the people you love get so sick. I can only do so much to help and I feel so powerless. I wish I could just take away the pain.
Lost my grandma to blood cancer back in 2021. She was so healthy before cancer. I got mad when the doctors/nurses kept testing her blood too much.
My best friends mum passed away from cancer last week, one month to the day after her diagnosis. I just can’t wrap my head around how quick it was. It took 4 weeks to completely wipe her out. Beyond awful.
This video helped put a lot of things into perspective for me I just had a realative I’m very close with got diagnosed recently and I’ve been struggling trying to come to terms with the weight of the situation
My mother was diagnosed with stomach cancer in july 2021. This year in January the doctors told that the chemo isn't working anymore and she has 6 months to live. June's about to end and the time is near. Death can be in many ways but cancer takes away people in the most slowest and painful manner. I don't think I'll ever recover from this trauma.
My Nan died of stomach cancer at age 49 - I remember being six years old looking over at my uncle (her youngest son, 13 at the time) bawling on the sofa.
About 7 years later my aunt started complaining of stomach issues age 29. She was convinced it was something similar to what my nan had but the doctors told her she was too young and it was likely IBS. She died age 33 leaving behind a 4 year old son and 2 year old daughter.
My other aunt read over her medical notes after she died and noticed her and my nan had issues with their CDH1 gene. She reached out to a cancer research facility who tested her, my mum and my two uncles. They found that my aunt and uncles had the gene - my mum was the only one that didn’t.
My aunt and uncles both had to have their stomachs removed, and when all my cousins (there are a lot of us) turn 18 they will be tested too. Myself and my siblings won’t carry the gene bc my mum didn’t, but seeing my cousins go through this one by one is hard. One of my cousins who is my age tested positive for it and will have to have her stomach removed.
Cancer has ravaged my family but I’m so thankful my aunt took initiative and did this. If she hadn’t, it’s likely my mum would have lost all four of her siblings to the same cancer.
I’s devastating that my aunt and my nan weren’t provided the same chance, but their deaths potentially saved the lives of my aunt, uncles, and cousins.
RIP Nanny Pearl (1953-2002) and Aunty Yazy (1980-2012) cancer is a shitty fucking thing but we’re all fighting through together for you guys and we’re trying our hardest to make sure this stomach cancer ends with you guys
This was heart wrenching, my thoughts go out to everyone xxx
My grand mom died because of cancer when I was a kid and it made me wish to be an oncologist, so I remember saying that it was frustrating to think that the diagnosis of cancer is like a death sentence while other diseases have many options of treatments, so I thought I would dedicate my life to treat patients with cancer and investigate about it to find any way to make they live longer and with a better quality of life. And it’s me right now being a doctor specialized in oncology, an oncologist, dedicating my life to research of cancer. Thanks grandma, it’s all because of you ❤
5:19 the blonde girl with the yellow fleece looks like cady from mean girls it’s the smile and the mannerisms
My grandmother passed away from bile duct cancer a week after she was diagnosed. I missed her passing by minutes bc I was new to my job and didn’t want to leave work early. She died as I was pulling up the driveway.
my grandad was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2008. a few months later he sadly passed. seeing my mother grieve for him was and still is the hardest thing ive had to see. she became depressed and anxious to the point her hair started to fall out and she stopped caring for herself. she spent years in her room. its been 15 years and it still affects her and us. it is such a scary thought of losing someone you love with your whole world. her father was the most important thing to her and losing him made her lose herself. it makes you appreciate the people around you and opens your eyes to how things can change so fast and affect your life
I never had the chance to meet my grandma because she died when my father was still pretty young. she had leukaemia and then cancer spread in other parts. She was a beautiful, funny, free and determinate woman and everyone always tells me that we would have understand each other so well because we are so similar. Sometimes I feel like she would have been that kind of relative besides parents that I always felt I needed. I always felt that missing spot. I miss you and I love you even if I never had the chance to speak with you. I hope I'll be able to meet you someday somewhere, nonna.
My mom had uterine cancer and overcame it.A few weeks she celebrated 3years cancer free.
My grandma had stage four lung cancer and she passed a few years ago.
My 12 year old cousin had cancer that started in her leg and she found out when she broke her leg and they scanned it. The cancer then showed up in tumors all over her organs and she passed away less than a year ago.
My dads step mom was just diagnosed.
Cancer is terrible.This helped me cope.