Comment by XCSme
4 days ago
I wish you the best!
My partner died of a very rare and aggressive cancer at 32 last year.
Apart from all the technical stuff, my suggestion is to still enjoy the time you have and treat the others as you as nice as you can, and to still keep the good vibes and jokes going. A smile can help more than you think.
We all have limited time on Earth, and at any point in our lives we should be happy with the life we lived so far and ok with the idea that we might die at any point, so if we should always be happy with what we did and have no regrets.
What people surprisingly rarely understand about cancer, is that it's rarely a one-time thing. You don't really "cure" cancer. It's really a battle, often a lifetime one, that takes a high toll on the person but also on the people around. Hopefully new technology can drastically ease this battle, and I think it already did quite well.
It's really important to have a good support system, and also not rely on just one or two people for help that might get burned out if the battle lasts years. It takes a village to heal and support someone with cancer, and having this support makes the journey so much more manageable.
I didn't want the message to come by as pessimistic, and I am sure you will win your battle, I still think living every day knowing that tomorrow we might die is the best way to live life. Not in terms of doing reckless things, but anything that we really want to do or achieve, we should either work towards it today, or be content if it might never happen.