Understanding Cancer Survival Rates 

I didn't even notice that until you pointed it out, and now it's somehow the most noticeable thing in the video. I can't stop looking at it, and I don't know how to feel about that.

I had so many furbies growing up including full sized electronic and old plastic mcdonalds toys that it took me scarily long to find it in the background

It will always be watching

It's sad I know what it is, but don't remember what was the deal with them. There's several things in the life of now regarding the items of the life of yesterday.

The og ones had certain bad word filters so they wouldn't repeat swears. The problem was you could teach them words that were close, and eventually another furby could seemingly bypass the language filter when it was learning things from other furbys. Eventually a couple buddies and I collected a box full of cussing furbies and left them in the back corner of an abandoned house in our neighborhood. None of us went back because of that nightmare fuel

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❤ so sorry for your loss - what a lovely way of thinking about it.

*hugs* I think he is, too. My dad was in a similar situation, having therapies that were still under study. He was about the same age at diagnosis as your father though he was a boomer and had a different cancer. His survival had been a close run thing for a while there.

Absolutely, no person lost to cancer is lost in vain. Every loss contributes something to our understanding of disease and the advancement of treatment. It’s just heartbreaking the nature of the disease has made this the case though

How old are you?

Congratulations! That is absolutely fantastic 🎉

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congrats man you deserve it

so glad you're still here friend

Wow! That is incredible I'm so glad you were there for that

same to me '86.

Wow Paul. This actually made me cry. I’m so glad you’re still here.

Awesome for you! Grasp life

@@Uhohlisa Thank you. I like to share my story because so many people feel like there's no hope when it comes to cancer diagnoses. But you never know WHEN a cure to a type of cancer will be found.... even when everything feels hopeless. You need to FIGHT, even when doctors say there's no hope.. because you just never know. I had the chance to have a fairly full life, And I've got two kids whom I love to death, and every single day I've had in the last 40 years has been a blessing.

Thanks for the work you do.

And you're amazing for everything you do

Yeah and I'm a neuro surgeon

​@@jmyers52995I would like to hear an oncologist's explanation of so many post -vaccination aggressive cancers surfacing. I will never take an experimental gene therapy.

@@kcmaldonado3948 You can't start a discussion with a random statement. What are your sources for what you're trying to talk about?

Among other things...

@@KrazyKaiser can’t think of ANYTHING else personally

Claims he's got cancer as well, but seems way to upbeat to be true - but could be a Psy Op for the 🐑

@@xraylife is this a joke lol

I'm sorry, but imagining the impossible just isn't something I'm good at. Taking a month long break from YT?? Whoa.

Thank you for having fought all these years. I am so happy to know that you are feeling better today!

THATS AWESOME MAN CONGRATULATIONS 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

CAR-T is a game changer. Glad you kicked cancers butt 💪

I love you.

Right now I'm going through screening for a clinical trial. I think it's pretty cool, too!

"Those who only chase tomorrow will find it cold and gray, but those who make the present count, live lifetimes every day"

@@Kantara01 wow that is a rhyme

I’m sorry for your loss ❤ may she rest in peace

@@Kantara01 beautiful

My mother died of leukemia over forty years ago. I was eight. I usually don't even think about it anymore. When I do, I say heigh. I love you. Stuff like that. I still have my father.

Sounds interesting :O Care to give us a scope? As a Radiotherapy Tech we see the inoperable pancreatic patients come through our clinic. I am curious what the trail is on and its results

Oh god, Pancreatic cancer? So basically the death sentence that is the whipple procedure. How do you feel about the "new promising" vaccine for adenocarcinoma?

So I read somewhere that the 5 year survival rate is also deceptive because we can detect cancers earlier now. This means that even if nothing else changes these people will seem to be living longer.

My 12yr old brother passed 2 months ago from pancreatic cancer. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you for working on this ❤

@@Qwerty0791 no idea because the trial I was helping with seemed to be also very experimental but I was mainly looking at the average length of treatment for patients for certain drugs and the site level metrics and biomarkers. Also because my background is in statistics and programming some of the bio things were left to the people on the team and most of the statistical protocols and design was already there before I joined the team.

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I’m so sorry for all the stress you’ve gone through with all that, I’m glad everyone is ok.

Sheesh, he's been through a lot. I bet you and your son have been very loving and supportive. Wishing him a healthy recovery.

Boys will be boys

Woah, that is a wild year, lady. If you need Jesus, remember to call his name and be still and know he is with you, and then be thankful and tell him what you need.

What can I say. Men will be men😂

welcome to the community! i hope your journey goes smoothly and you find support here!

How are you doing now one month later?

Really hope you're doing okay now nearly a year later! 💜💜also i had a slight smile @ the "John". I assume unintentional but many people purposefully joke that way on these videos ;)

We're here because we're here!

Yeah this stuck with me too... Thanks Hank

Could make for a sweet tattoo honestly. Such a beautiful perspective!

True, a great reminder of being present in the moment and being grateful for being alive currently. I need to work on this and being more grateful

Hmmm...suspicious comment from a Frankenstein

That was my reaction to my father’s brain cancer but from the other point of view. I knew my dad knew I loved him. We were solid. That’s what mattered and when he died I was grateful he was free. Of course I mourned but it was easier.

You’re reflection is beautiful. Just have to say that right off the top. On a less serious note - I initially read your comment as saying that you were preparing to operate on yourself and my brain just kind of whirred to a stop.

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That reminds me a lot of what the artist Louis Wain said

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Do you know about the radical remissions? I know there are rare but not much has gone into investigating them.

My team has been treating people for 10 years now. We have achieved an amazing success rate using only cannabis oil for treatment. 1 gram a day for 60 days is the cure for cancer. What do you people do all day? Seriously.

So happy for you!

I’m sorry about your Mom’s diagnosis. But maybe, having the diagnosis is helpful, in that fighting shadows is really really hard. But once the enemy has a name, once we can understand it and its process, we’re on a more level playing field and can begin digging in and doing the real work to treat it and to prolong the time before quality of life gets impeded. My Mom had Lupus and then cancer (which the Lupus hid) and it was so hard before she was diagnosed. It wasn’t what she wanted to hear, but it was so much better than some doctors thinking she was maybe a little nuts or wanting attention or drugs and it gave her a community of so many people who also had the diagnosis. I hope she gets a great medical team in place to deal with the illness and its symptoms. She’s lucky to have such an empathetic kid that is really feeling this with her. Hang in there together. My mom was sick almost my whole life, but we had a lot of fun together, even when we were in pain. She gifted me great memories.

This is me. I'm in remission from stage 3 overian cancer. I got like a 15% five year survival rate. Had 6 rounds of day long chemo treatments, and now I'm doing a year of maintenance treatments. Like I said I'm in remission, my numbers look great. My CA125 is at 6, which is better than some people who don't have cancer. That 15% haunts me tho.

@@AderynBach42 My Mom managed stage 4 Appendiceal Cancer for over two years at almost remission levels. If it wasn’t for COVID messing up her treatment schedule, they don’t think it would have gotten out of hand. Treating it and looking at it like another chronic condition is so different, but sometimes that’s the way to go. Especially since stress can be somewhat toxic, that mindset seems helpful. Also, SOMEONE has to be in that 15%. It could be your group! ❤️

I'm sorry to hear about your Mom's diagnosis, I hope this might offer you a bit of comfort though...My grandfather got diagnosed with Parkinson's in his 50's and mostly had a very active and full life for 25 years with Parkinson's. There are a lot of difficult things that came along with it but he was still building decks, driving, and travelling with my Grandma when he was in his late 60's- early 70s so for him, there was lots of time to still do all of the things he loved, even though those things sometimes had to look a little different for him. He was also diagnosed over 30 years ago so there has been lots of progress since.

Wishing you and your family comfort and support. I studied Parkinsons at NIH and the disease can be devastating, but there is also a lot of hope. So many approaches are available and emerging to not just manage symptoms but preserve joy in living. My uncle lived with Parkinsons for many years. It's a very hard diagnosis to receive. dftba

Yep. Parasocial relationships are weird, but millions of people around the world care about Hank.

And a fourth: there's a big overlap between people who think Hank is awesone and people who love statistics So when we get Hank talking about statistics, we're all ears

❤ So true! Hank, I can’t find the right words to sum up my admiration for you - things like courage, resourcefulness, wisdom and unflinching honesty are rare characteristics. Unfortunately, us humans tend to be able to access them only at the most difficult times in our lives, and not all of us have that ability. All my very best wishes, both for the future, but more immediately, for that always most precious “right now”!

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more like don't look into the internet because ur gonna find out that cancer is treat:able asf **HOW TO CURE CANCER** dig into and apply -sr9009 -vit. b17 -RIFE frequency generator -7 day photosynthesis (7 day water fast right under the sun) don't forget to avoid endocrine disruptors eat sufficient organs for optimal nutritional profile (recommend eating grass fed grass finished beef brain, liver and heart) 10 sets of 30 second HIIT sprints 3 times per week push pull legs, but only one cycle per week, with only 1 set of each exercise at RPE 10 don't trust the doctors or that blog post, instead trust the science.

I can’t agree more. Find a good team of doctors and stay off the internet. My son was diagnosed a little over a year ago. I didn’t want to know anything about the disease, survival rates, etc. my wife did, but to me it didn’t matter. What mattered was getting my son help quickly and having faith that the teams found a solution. We did have to advocate on some issues and that’s important as a patient and or parent, but in the moment a % is meaningless.

Wow, I'm not alone with that? I thought it was just me being my crazy self, and not that it was something that's real. Hope that makes sense. 😕 Anyway, yeah, Hank is making me feel a little less uncomfortable about serious illnesses. I'm glad he helps you, too. He is an awesome, amazing guy!

Absolutely, I've dealth with health anxiety for years, but this past year has been especially bad. To the point where I use incognito mode in my browser when Googling symptoms because I don't want to be reminded of it afterwards. But Hank just has such a calm and optimistic way of looking at things, that I just don't get that panicked feeling while watching it, to the point where it actually has the opposite effect. I feel more relaxed from watching this video than I do from **not** researching symptoms or reading fearbait articles about the subject.

I wonder how anxiety impacts the quality of life post prognosis. I had a dream, last night, that I had gone in for some tests (not feeling very well) and was informed that I had an advanced stage of cancer and that (with treatment) I could look forward to six months of life and without treatment it would be one month. To me - those numbers were pretty much the same. One month or six months it probably doesn't make much difference to me as I will be spending my remaining time frozen with fear. If we are told we have a set amount of life left, and we are naturally anxious, it would just stop us in our tracks. The older we get - the faster time flies, anyway. Mortality is horrible. I'm one of those people who doesn't want to know how long I have left. We're all different, though, and a more dynamic person would be able to negotiate and utilise that information and make their remaining time count. They'd be much more likely to confound expectations. I want to be the person that puts off finding out until absolutely necessary and is then told that it's astonishing that I'm still alive. Until we are able to completely eliminate the beast that stalks us - I don't really want to know how close it is. I watched this for the third reason, that Hank didn't mention, and that is because I am rooting for him. I want to see him chase that beast back into the shadows.

I like how you found a way to make Hanks struggle with cancer about yourself. Edit: I say this and I stand by it. Through my life I have lost the most important people in my life to cancer. Grandpa, God father, my dad, one of my best friends. The first three being 3 years apart. One cancer death a year when I was 16, 17 and 18. Then one of my best friends right after my divorce. I understand Hank (almost absolutely) wants positivity, and discussions, and other view points. It's very frustrating to me though, to watch people take someone else's sickness and make it about themselves. I've seen it time and time again, someone is on their final bed and people are squabbling over who has it worse for pity points. Its particularly frustrating because my grandmother passed a few months ago and now I'm watching my uncle and 5 of my aunts squabble over petty things. I don't understand why it's so difficult for people to just support those who are going through the flames. The original comment I replied to isn't even about cancer or survival, it's about health anxiety. To me it doesn't make sense to say "I'm anxious about my health" to a man who's literally fighting one of the scariest diseases. Why not keep these topics for a later date, hopefully when we're watching the man who's brought us so much joy on the mend. I am sorry that my past experiences made me jump to a potentially insensitive comment. I am sorry that everyone else has their struggles and to them it makes sense to relieve stress by discussing them on someone else's video. It doesn't make sense to me but my perspective isn't the only one in the world and just because it's my lived experience doesn't make it right.

@@MaryAnnNytowl No, you're absolutely not alone

Congratulations on that coin flip (I know that is not how things work but I am happy that you ended up on the alive 50%)

Congratulations and keep on fighting the good fight ❤

I like the 100% alive ! I can honestly say that I have not been 100% alive everyday of my life, even now with my diagnosis I miss a few days. I'm going to try harder. Thank you.

Yes! you are 100% alive!

Hell yeah! Very glad you are here. 💗

But any event in life has the possibility to be a meaningful event. My uncle died in his 80s - his prognosis was uncertain - but the family grew much closer in his last half year. That last year has some of my fondest memories of him. Knowing what quality of life means for patients and surrounding families - he is one of my driving motivations behind the work with cancer patients I do today. So live life as it comes, and live it well! - you ll never know what good you may inspire in others :)

My Mum died at 50, and when I turned 51 it felt great, but almost like I had no template for how to be older. There is a book called "Motherless Daughters" by Hope Edelman which may interest you.

You are alive now! I hope you go do some awesome things tomorrow. :)

I think this is very common even for people who don't have low life expectancy. We humans tend to think too much of the future, so we neglect our present. Anything can happen at any moment. Disease-free people can live their best life without any care in the world and then when they are 17 years old they die in a car accident. All the while someone who has struggled with disease all their life still hangs on when they are 95. So the only thing we can do really is to try to live every moment to its fullest extent possible. Like with a movie, the length of it matters less than its content and quality. A good life doesn't necessarily mean a long life. Take care, and I hope you'll get to live wonderful days for whatever time you have.

Same ... this can't be over stated. My mother passed away from a rare and aggressive cancer. We did so many things in her last few years. Don't wait for a diagnosis like this before taking advantage of the time you have!

Sorry for your loss, hope it hurts less intensely and frequently eventually

Cancer is so unpredictable. You were justified in having hope for the best. I hope your pain eases soon. 🖤

You have my sympathy. Losing your parents - though we ALL must do it eventually - never seems to hurt less, whether you are prepared or not. Sending virtual internet hugs!

My condolences for your loss. In time, I hope your father's memory will be a blessing.

Stay strong. You Got this ❤

Everything Hank has been putting online throughout this is basically a course in how knowledge of science and how to learn and be curious can be applied to your life, it's amazing

I'd imagine part of the healing is sorting through this information so he himself can feel confidence and reassurance in the treatment and have the willpower to push through. When he says he's stepping away from work, he means managerial duties at DFTBA and all that. Which John has talked about taking over for him. But doing vlogbrothers is an outlet for him to process what he knows and how he feels, especially to an audience that is asking after him and is broadly concerned for his wellbeing. And while I hope he doesn't feel obligated to choose vlogbrothers over his health if ever they conflict, I'm not at all surprised that they are one and the same right now. The treatment comes first, but a patient will not be healed without the will to live. Hank needs a sense of normalcy and a reason to stay engaged with the world, not to withdraw and become a recluse, if he's going to fully recover.

That's what we love about Hank

​@@FabbrizioPlaysBeautifully put. 💯💯💯

Irish people just GET death, and that’s a great thing. The U.S. has become pretty removed from illness and death being normalized despite how inevitable it all is… and there’s a variety of reasons for that… but I hope we can turn that tide back around.

My dad used to say a similar thing haha! When he got cancer people who knew (which was most people in our small town) took to asking him “How are you doing?” in this really somber and concerned tone. He started saying back “Still standing on my own two legs! :)” because being up and out and about was something he was genuinely grateful for

When anyone used to ask my Australian grandfather “How are you?” he used to say “I’m one step in front of the undertaker” with glee and a twinkle in his eye.

I know a customer at my job who always says “Every day’s a blessing.” Despite not being religious myself, I really like that answer.

I always say “alive and employed” :)

Thank you for this post…my dad was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma in March of this year. To hear that you are still here and fighting gives me hope for my dad!!!

I wish nothing but the best for your dad. My mom's friend told her the same "To never lose hope and rely on God (not meaning to proselytize), regardless of what she hears". I believe hope is a good thing and nobody has the final say. God bless.

My mom is coming out of a bone marrow transplant, with the same benefits of newer aggressive treatment strategies. Coming up on 9 months since transplant. Today was a one step back kind of day for her, but that comes on the heals of two or three days of two steps forward. Nowhere near "cured" in the it-doesnt-affect-me-anymore way, but the cancer itself is managed well, and her general improvement has a positive trend line, and has gotten to a manageable absolute state. Today really is the best time in human history to get cancer, and the hard work of researchers and clinicians, combined with willingness of previous and present patients to share data, it all adds up to make a diagnosis tomorrow even better than today. I love these stories of humans clawing progress through hard work, collaboration, and caring.

There are a number of interesting products you can take to improve your kidney functions after chemo. In any case it can still improve over time, some of the side-effects improve over time, such as liver (my GGT went off the roof, they got back to normal slowly over 3/4 years. As for renal functions, after losing a valuable member of the family, the valuable info I learned is that your creatinine levels are a more important metrics than Uric acid or urea. Good luck!

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He likes it

All of what you said is true, but I suspect that making videos helps Hank, too. It's something completely under his control when many other things in his life are not.

@@myladycasagrande863Well put

The thing about Hank and John is that the world is so full of people who give the world more grace and love and hope than the world has generally merited up til now. People like them who can look some of the world's darkest parts and find hope deep inside them, who just do the very simple work that makes the world 0.01% better, are so amazing, and way more numerous than we might think.

I love this take on things!

Willing to share what it is?

Sure; I have systemic lupus; a disease which caused hepatorenal failure, and a stroke which came very close to killing me. Every day I live with the threat of death. That being said, I posted because Mr. Green reminded me of something had, out of fear, forgotten: and that was that I am alive today! Today, there's still life, hope and even happiness! There is something about brushing so close to death that makes you hyper aware of time. Sometimes you forget that, at the moment, you're still living! I am grateful to Mr. Green for reminding me of this.

@@Hedgewalkers thanks for sharing I cant imagine what youve been through and are going through. Your will to continue is commendable and keep fighting. If you dont mind me asking, what does your treatment entail? is there a particular diet you follow i.e keto?

Super glad you beat it!

Glad to hear of your success! I'm a thyroid cancer survivor. And, I think people benefit from hearing from survivors.

I have stage 2 Thyroid cancer, I've found the same thing, hard to find info for men with this one. but glad you beat it, good job, I got diagnosed last year so I'm not out of the waters yet. but I'm told not to worry, numbers were not good, new growths were found, but now my tsh and tg are going down so we'll see. all should be good in a few years I guess

@@MachuSayTruck good luck. Dw you’ll get through this

@@MachuSayTruck i hope you can find more information and most importantly, everything goes well for you! Unfortunately, it does make things worse when you are not a 'typical' patient and the fact that there is more than one type of thyroid cancer. Mine was caught very early from thyroid surgery (rather than surgery because of the diagnosis) and then treated with just a radioactive iodine pill. As you know, everyone is not going to have that outcome and that is rotten.

Thank you for your hard work. And I am so sorry we are very ungrateful sometimes. I, too, have often wondered why we haven't cured cancer yet... specially when someone close to me is diagnosed with it. This week it was my dad and I again asked that question over and over. I think it's the frustration of seeing someone you care about suffering so much. But, seriously, thank you for everything you guys are doing. Everything counts to beat this thing. And I hope my dad will be able to beat this :)

Man, i haven't really thought of it before, but such a big part of the problem is that the answer is "Which one?" Thank you for the work you do, hope you're doing well ❤️

People have this weird conception of cancer, like, we can treat tuberculosis, but that doesn't mean no one gets tuberculosis, nor that no one dies of tuberculosis, but people DO consider that we have a cure for tuberculosis.

You and your work are not invisible. You are doing something important, and generous. *You* are important, and generous. Thank you for dedicating hours of your time to helping others.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for your work. It's awful that it ever feels undervalued when it's obviously so critically important. Y'all are the real MVPs.

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I hope you were able to make the most of your last moments with her, gathering closure and whatever else. That’s such a tough spot to be in and I’m sending you all of my love

I cannot even imagine the grief you are facing right now. I know it will not help - nothing will ease that kind of pain right now - but you are seen, and you are loved, and I'm sure it meant so, so much to your friend to have you by their side. I know it's not the same, but having been diagnosed with a chronic illness, you really find out who your friends are when you get sick, and you cherish the friends who will just sit with you in silence and pain beyond all words. I'm so, so sorry for your loss.

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I'm so sorry for your loss ❤️ death from injustice is the most heartbreaking

This comment makes me so angry at capitalism. Money Shouldn’t be worth more than peoples lives, everyone should be able to go to the freaking doctors, its crazy that this is a controversial opinion. But like can we take care of a fellow men and women :(

When corporations and entire industries OWN legislators, government becomes a de facto extension of those industries. They cease becoming a representative democracy of the electorate and become something....else.

I am so, so sorry. Stories like yours are the reason the ACA should’ve been passed far, far sooner. I remember prior to the ACA passing because I found out first-hand why I could only ever have a job that offered health insurance: pre-existing conditions meant no insurance would take me, and that was a very scary thought in my mid-20s based on annual costs for my medications. Crappy access to healthcare has become so normalized in the US that people don’t realize we’re one of the only major 1st-world countries that has people die of preventable diseases, and our average lifespan is falling because we don’t allow equal access to care. It’s criminal. A big hug to you, and I’m so sorry about your wife. We never truly get over losing the ones we love. It’s not your fault; repeat that: it’s not your fault. Hold onto the good memories. I’m sure she would want you to remember the good times and happiness that you two brought each other. Take care.

Imagine how many people could be saved / live a much more decent life with a Universal Healthcare System.

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I hope your relative gets better and that they and your family are okay. ❤ Take good care, friend.

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Bless your mom for taking what life gave her and twisting it around to be positive

Similar story with my late uncle. When he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as a kid, his parents were told he wouldn’t live to see 15. Instead he made it into his 30s. And he died about 30 years ago now. A child with his diagnosis now could potentially live a normal life span. The treatments are always improving.

I'm sorry for your loss.

My grandma was told my dad was die before he was 5, obviously he didn't and didn't die until his mid 50s

I am sorry for your loss. My sincere condolences

Amen to all that Daven!

Well said Daven. Love your channel btw, always great writing! Tell Simon Hi. 😄

It's sad that if we spent all the money the world spent on military on cancer research in 5 years would probably solve this.

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I am a teacher. I tell my students a few things with a frequency that I am sure they find frustrating. 1 - If it seems simple, you probably don't fully understand it (yet). 2 - The key to finding things interesting, is to be interested.

My Sibling got hodgkins aged 13. Three years going through the treatment process, but is now nearly thirty and is clean and clear and living a completly normal life.

A beautiful sentiment, but the idea that people who *do* die early in life didn't have more to give to the world, is not actually helpful or accurate.

@@jankbunky4279 oh sorry that wasn't my intention. I meant that he means so much to so many people

Belated birthday 🎂 greetings! 🎉🍨🎂💐🎉🍨

Happy belated birthday! I'm glad you're still here. Thank you for sharing!

Wow, thats actually crazy. Glad you’re here to share! Take care

Shoutout to you guys and everyone working in the lab and research settings, I have a couple genetic conditions, some very rare and ik that my communities and I are so thankful to have research to look at to help guide us ❤

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My mom was diagnosed in March of last year with stage iv colon cancer that was metastatic on her liver. She takes a chemo treatment every 2 weeks and is living her best life now. Her doctor's approach is like Hank said, treating the cancer as a chronic disease. The only goal is to keep the cancer Stagnant (not growing) and balance the chemo necessary to maintain that level while also not killing her with the chemo treatments themselves. We were told she had 3 months to live last March and we tend to celebrate every day we get with her. Wishing your father and family healing and grace!

Best of luck to you and your family, I hope that it was caught early and that any treatments pursued are as kind on your father as possible (some peoples bodies react better to chemo and radiation treatments than others and don't run into nearly as much discomfort and fatigue)

I lost my best friend to cancer. I was diagnosed 3 years ago and underwent normal chemo and radiation. It metastasized but the targeted drugs I'm on work to slow the disease down, stabilizing me. Having been on both sides I can tell you without any doubt, having cancer is so much easier than watching a loved one go through it. I'm very sorry you are going through this. Every day matters.

Going through this myself. My dad got diagnosed a month ago, after being hospitalized for an unrelated issue, and time has been both very slow and very fast since then. He and my mom live three hours away, and I have been burning up all my weekends to spend time with them. He's starting his treatment next week, now that he's got his medical team together and the issue he was originally in the hospital for is clearing up. Good luck to you and your family.

All the best to your dad and family :)

My mom also had pan can. Stage 4 at diagnosis. She was otherwise healthy and very active. Chemo was brutal on her…she spent the next 3 months in bed. Toward the end…she said,” wrong choice…should have just went on with my life as it was”. Why be miserable…enjoy the life you have left! Best wishes for your mom.

There are radiotherapy treatments tested in the last few years that could locally halt the tumor for up to a year in the pancreas. You ll need to ask the doctor for a 'MR-Linac treatment for up to 5x10Gy' which is currently the latest we offer in our hospital. If such treatments are available in your area, it may will be worth it. Wish you all the best!

I'm so sorry your family is going through this. I hope her pain is well managed & that she's getting to spend some quality time with you.

​@@HexerPsyBest wish you for your Mother

That's sometimes all you can say. And 💯 agreement on the Mohawk! Keep it when this is all over! Hard-core science!!!

Hope her surgery goes well! I had my mitral valve replaced in 2020. I’m available if y’all have any questions

My mom (57) had a valve replacement late last year and is doing swimmingly now. Wishing you both the strength to handle this challenge, and the absolute best outcome.

I personally think that Green brothers are my favorite persons out of all the people I don't know personally and who don't know about my existence. Hank's books made so much for me in last year. So it's quite a lot about person I actually love, yes.

@@samarnadra The treatment options have improved a lot since 2008. Better imaging, better treatments, better surgery. Even if the cancer returns to surrounding lymphnodes after the initial treatment, we have good detection rates and good treatments to stop such localized meta's from growing and spreading further. For the wider population, there is screening through testing for blood in stool samples (through swabs) too in some countries (for ages 55-75 in my country). These are not easy treatments, but a lot has progressed since then.

Yeah, I was also stage 4 CRC. And now NED (no evidence of disease). Although surveillance gives me anxiety, I gave up on worrying about it. I met a woman who had stage 4 16 years ago and she still has panic attacks every time she has a scan. But every other day of her life is fine.

I'm stage 3c colorectal cancer just over a year and a half clean getting checked again next month. fingers crossed

Wish you the best

Seeing them comment on each other's TikToks is surprisingly uplifting.

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I hope everything turns out alright

Wishing you and your mum all the best, hoping things pick up on your end ❤

So sorry to hear that. I hope you get all the love and support you need and know your not alone.

Oh no, I hope you get as much help and community as possible. I'm disabled and have worked in social services before, and I know that a lot of resources and sympathy are gatekept, so you have to go through a humiliating and arduous process to prove you're "disabled enough" to count, and accepting help often means losing autonomy. All the same, I encourage you to reach out to people and organizations near you, especially now that you have a cancer diagnosis in the family, an unfair or not, people respect that more. When you're struggling, it's really hard to then go talk to people on a completely different wavelength and try to get them to care about you. Even so: You deserve help, and there are many people who would be willing to help you. I hope that if you reach out, you can find a bridge between those two things.

I had a lymphom 4 years ago and I'm now 100% in full remission ! I'm still on review every 6 months but I'm confident. Be strong and keep in mind that she can be cured.

Focus on staying happy and healthy now and worry less and you'll find that you're actually extending your life by relieving the stress.

@@wubzt3r You are 100% correct!

In the middle of treatment someone from my home town died in an accident, then a public figure I had followed when I was younger. It was strange. Like I was shocked I had outlived people. I felt so close to my own mortality,nbut also realized that none of us is garaunteed anything. I might live to 90, or I might slip in the tub and die tomorrow. Going through cancer really twists your head around; both in positive and negative ways.

**HOW TO CURE CANCER** dig into and apply -sr9009 -vit. b17 -RIFE frequency generator -7 day photosynthesis (7 day water fast right under the sun) don't forget to avoid endocrine disruptors eat sufficient organs for optimal nutritional profile (recommend eating grass fed grass finished beef brain, liver and heart) 10 sets of 30 second HIIT sprints 3 times per week push pull legs, but only one cycle per week, with only 1 set of each exercise at RPE 10 don't trust the doctors or that blog post, instead trust the science.

Congratulations! That is absolutely awesome 🎉

Thats awesome. Im so damn happy to hear this! I wish you the best recovery ❤️ youre so brave and strong!!

sounds like an amazing doctor. cherish her.

I can't imagine how much of a relief and how comforting it was to hear your doctor assure you that they will take care of you. ❤ Congratulations on almost being done with treatment, I can't imagine how much of a relief it must be to know you're almost there!

@@fleabaguette9699 it is a relief!! it's been a long journey that cost me most of my high school years, but I'm thankful for all the amazing doctors and nurses that worked so hard to save my life