"mazda616" (mazda616)
02/02/2015 at 11:26 • Filed to: None
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"mazda616" (mazda616)
02/02/2015 at 11:26 • Filed to: None | 1
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Sorry for non-car related post. A lady that I have known for all of my life (she was a hair stylist and she cut my mom's hair and actually gave me my first haircut ever when I was a year old) and was very good friends with my mom passed away yesterday at the age of 49. She had breast cancer about six or seven years ago, had a double mastectomy and chemotherapy, and she had it beat. Or so we thought. Three years ago, it came back...in her spine, brain, pancreas, and bones. She fought hard yet again but lost her battle last night. RIP Sabrina.
505Turbeaux
> mazda616
02/02/2015 at 11:28 |
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oof RIP indeed. Coming right up on a good friend of mine's 3rd deathiversary as well, pancreatic cancer, dead at 42. Sucks. Fuck cancer
Coty
> mazda616
02/02/2015 at 11:28 |
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My girlfriend had cancer when she was younger. She had to have a surgery for something else last month and I was the one who had to tell her, and when I sat her down the first thing she asked was "Do I have cancer?". It's scary stuff and I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
I'm sorry about your friend.
deekster_caddy
> mazda616
02/02/2015 at 11:36 |
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That's sad. One of the reasons I really like my job even though it's boring at times - we are on the verge of breakthroughs fighting cancer. I'm just an IT monkey, not a scientist, but it feels great knowing that they can get the serious research done that's advancing medicine in areas exactly like this.
Lekker
> mazda616
02/02/2015 at 11:53 |
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I lost my grandmother to cancer. It's a brutal, savage, painful thing. I'm sorry about Sabrina, at least she's at peace now.
PilotMan
> mazda616
02/02/2015 at 13:05 |
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I had a co-worker literally pass away in my office a few weeks ago from an major heart attack or blood clot. I tried CPR but the poor guy was probably gone by the time he fell out of his chair. His father died at 50 from heart disease, this great man was 58.
It really makes you wish for DNA repair as a viable procedure while also appreciating the future of healthy genetics. We're really only a generation or two from being able to manufacture human genetics.
In time a couple will provide eggs and sperm to create fertilized embryos for unique genetic material. DNA material is harvested, cataloged, and all genetic mutations are corrected and implemented into the next stage of embryos. Traits for intelligence and health are developed and selected after a number of generations of embryos and stem cells. When a genetic assembly meets the requested criteria, the embryos are implanted into the mother and a healthy child is born.
Eventually all of the genetic diseases will be cured, especially those associated with predisposition for certain cancers. Healthcare costs will be reduced significantly and Humanity's level of intelligence will rise. The future will be better.
Slave2anMG
> mazda616
02/02/2015 at 13:13 |
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A good friend just lost his wife at 62, her third bout with the stuff. They'd been in their new retirement house in Pinehurst NC about 15 months when she got sick in October; died about three weeks ago. He's lost...we're all trying to hang with him and help him out but he's still lost. Fuck you, cancer. Fuck you.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> mazda616
02/03/2015 at 02:51 |
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when it's in your bones , you're screwed.
guy i worked with had prostate cancer , had treatment then had bone cancer , sadly passed away 7 yrs ago.
never want to see another person suffer from it.
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pip bip - choose Corrour
> mazda616
02/03/2015 at 02:52 |
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my condolences to you on your loss.
49 years old.
way too young.