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Thread: The Great Resignation ‘21
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11-02-2021, 08:16 PM #1001Hucked to flat once
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11-02-2021, 08:17 PM #1002man of ice
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11-02-2021, 08:30 PM #1003
I think of Benny as our own little Oscar the Grouch.
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11-02-2021, 08:44 PM #1004Registered User
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11-02-2021, 08:45 PM #1005I still call it The Jake.
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11-02-2021, 10:20 PM #1006
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11-02-2021, 11:27 PM #1007
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11-03-2021, 08:33 AM #1008
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11-03-2021, 09:17 AM #1009
Did you ring? White courtesy phone is broken.
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11-03-2021, 09:52 AM #1010
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11-03-2021, 10:00 AM #1011
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11-03-2021, 10:34 AM #1012
My buddy is being cremated today after a three year bout of cancer. I saw him a month ago for the first time since March of 2020 when lockdowns began, because, duh, he was about as immune compromised as someone can be. It was shocking how bad he looked when I last saw him, and he could barely walk. But he was still doing massive chemo and telling the world how he was going to win this fight. He called me just last week with some shopping requests for clothes and a coffee maker. This is after both of us watched a common friend go through the same struggle about ten years ago, and both of us sort of agreed that we wouldn't put ourselves through that misery.
Best advice I can give after watching those two go and another recently, is to never attempt a serious chemo regimen without some serious support at home. Two were alone. Any responsible doctor shouldn't allow it.
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11-03-2021, 10:43 AM #1013
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11-03-2021, 11:49 AM #1014
IME a lot of people go through non-beneficial chemo because their doctors are afraid to be honest with them about the expected benefit of the chemo and because they are afraid to tell them that there is nothing left to do that will significantly extend their life. Chemo is often explained in terms of "response", which means that the tumor shrinks on xray, but that doesn't always mean the person will live longer. Or they are told the chemo will extend their life, but not that the benefit will be a few months, which they will spend getting chemo. Even if the chemo doesn't extend life it may help relieve pain, although often radiation does that better and quicker if the site has not be irradiated previously. The main thing is for doctors to be open and honest about it. A lot of chemo is family driven rather than patient driven, although sounds like that was not the case with your friends.
I don't mean to imply that all chemo is useless. Much chemo works very well--like with Jimmy Carter. Every tumor, every drug is different.
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11-03-2021, 11:50 AM #1015
My brother's father-in-law was recently diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. He is 76. He said "fuck it, I've lived a good life, I'm not going through chemo." And he's not. Mad fucking respect for a damn good guy with a great family (and plenty of support at home either way).
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11-03-2021, 11:56 AM #1016
These days there a real chance that if you can hang on for a just few more months a new breakthrough therapy could come along that will cure you. Regardless, it's hard to fault people for not wanting to give up on life. Some time ago there was a TAL or Radiolab episode about a guy whose wife had ALS. Early on she was strongly opposed to a tracheotomy, but when the time came to die or get the trach she wanted the trach, just didn't want to give up. Best not to judge until you're the one facing the reaper.
eta: Though, obviously, doctors should be honest with patients and not give them false hope.
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11-03-2021, 12:38 PM #1017
Breakthroughs don't come out of the clear blue. If there's a breakthrough imminent the drug is in Phase 3 trials. If the prospects for available treatment don't sound good ask the oncologist if there is anything promising in trials. If there is, ask if you can participate, although that would mean a fifty fifty chance of getting the new drug. Or ask if the trial may be close to results. Always worth getting another opinion, perhaps from a big university cancer. But hanging on for a sudden breakthrough is a fool's errand.
I would not presume to judge anyone who wants to give more treatment a shot no matter how unlikely it is to help. I am only judging doctors who aren't open and honest about it. And none of us know how we will react when the time comes. If, when the time comes you decide you aren't ready to die then by all means go for it. But please please don't make that decision for a loved one who has decided otherwise. If the person can't decide for aggressive treatment for themselves then please honor their prior wishes.
Looks like the topic has changed from the Great Resignation to the Greatest Resignation.
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11-03-2021, 01:13 PM #1018Registered User
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I duno whats wrong with me but Benny has never really bothered me or pushed any on my buttons
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11-03-2021, 01:21 PM #1019
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11-03-2021, 02:07 PM #1020
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11-03-2021, 02:12 PM #1021
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11-03-2021, 02:22 PM #1022
Back on topic…
https://www.wired.com/story/great-re...ses-the-point/Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident
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11-03-2021, 02:28 PM #1023
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