"My brother was diagnosed with Squamous Cell Carcinoma in 2012. He had a cold sore-like thing on his bottom lip for years that did not seem to grow at all. I should mention my brother was red-headed and very fair skinned. He also worked outside his entire adult life. He finally decided to have it looked at. The doctor did surgery, cutting the spot off of his lip as well as a spot on his ear. No radiation or chemo was done at the time because the doctor was "sure" she got it all.
Six months later a lump developed on his chin. After another surgery the doctor decided radiation and chemo would be done. While on radiation AND massive doses of chemo, the cancer spread to his lymph nodes and lungs. At that time he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He still continued to do chemo hoping it would at least slow the growth of the cancer down since he was tolerating it pretty well. He was told his cancer went "radical" after surgery, turning into something horrific and uncontrollable. He was placed on a feeding tube and all his teeth pulled.
THEN......it began spreading to his jaw and facial areas. And not just lumps, but huge gaping sores. All of this while on chemo. So he decided enough was enough and quit everything. It got to the point where the bone was exposed on his jaw and a hole opened up in his throat, resembling a tracheotomy. He died June 15, 2016 at the age of 53.
I am just now mentally able to post these pictures. I made my sister-in-law send them to me so I could see how he was doing. He went from 180 pounds to 100 pounds in about a year. Hard to see him struggle with just day to day things.
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poor dude, nobody deserves to go so painfully
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May he rest without pain and in peace
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yet more proof that there is no good god.
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fax. why would a god that “claims” he loves us so much put people through pain like this
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the classic problem of evil
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depends on your definition
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By what definition is it good tzo let someone suffer from cancer?
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a 4 dimensional being who doesn't gaf about us and we're an accident of the universe he created.
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That would be an indifferent god not a good one.
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I mean if ur gonna edit it ig but that also goes by our definition of good
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Tell me how you define good.
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if it's in my favor it's good
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That´s a bad definition.
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Fuck man. So sad. I hope we find a cure for cancer.. we can cure so much pain in this world
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So terrible. He looks like such a nice old man.
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He was only 53. He was a great guy, and a great uncle. We loved him so much
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You're going to see him again. And he'll be healthy and happy and excited to see you too.
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Was that like 4 years of pure suffering ? I'm Surprised he didn't ask for assisted suicide before he literally became a ghoul
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maybe that was not an option? I mean where I currently live certainly is not (and I'd bet thats likely for most of the world)
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He finally decided to stop chemo and radiation because he knew he wasn’t helping him. He then eventually went to hospice where he passed away a few days later. My mom and aunts went to see him before he passed.
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It's such a hard decision to go into hospice. But at least he was at home with his loved ones; and he got to see you guys and close his eyes in a place he was comfortable with. I'm praying for you.
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what a damn disease!
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What saddens me the most is he looks like in the peak of his life. I'm sorry if that's insensitive but He's a real badass. I don't know many men that can take that level of punishment and push on. I'm just sad he didn't get the good ending i was hoping for when reading.
I'm sorry about your brother. You are a strong person for facing the loss but also using it to teach others. You both are extremely good men and it shows.
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He was a badass. But he was a caring family member. He was a great dad, uncle, everything. (Also, the poster isn’t family, my mom posted this on another website, it just got reposted here)
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That's awful, rip dude.
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Poor guy hopefully he's in a better place
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He is. Thank you.
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I lost my grandfather to cancer, it's awful. I hope you're still doing well. Rip your brother
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This post wasn’t posted by the family. This was my uncle and my mom had posted this on another website, they just reposted it here. My mom and aunts are doing better. It’s been a rough several years for them.
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Sorry for your loss.
I have a very naive question. Reading through the post, it gives me the impression that maybe the cold-sore would have remained dormant for at least some time if it hadn't been done surgery? Could it be possible that surgical interventions on seemingly benign cancer flesh speeds up the cancer? I have seen a considerable number of similar cases where an intervention made something otherwise benign erupt, I wonder if this is actually the case?
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I am no medical expert, but I have heard the same. Cancerous cells can get "riled up" when disturbed. Enter the bloodstream, enter the lymph systems and so on. Like trying to remove a dandelion in its seed stage and slightly fucking up, spreading more seeds all around the area. Even if you just spread two seeds from your dandelion removal, well, you have basically doubled your problem given enough time... (if you consider dandelions a problem that is. Cancer for sure is a goddamn motherfucker.).
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Its a possibility. but we will never know if the cells had already spread. However this treatment he got is just ridiculous.
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For Christ's sake! Somebody should have talked to him and taken him out of his misery if he wanted to!
Poor guy!
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Looks like it got infected?
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So sorry for your loss. stay strong! and Rest in peace
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This is actually my uncle, my mom posted this on another website. He passed away several years ago.
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Sorry
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Edit: it was exactly seven years ago today that he passed.
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