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Maximized Potential
Went to a doctor's appointment today with a family member. She has cancer and they suggested palliative chemotherapy which she started last week, which was also her birthday.. she just turned 20. They spent ~10 mins covering the bases about what she should/shouldn't eat, prescriptions etc. Nearing the end of the convo he brought up life expectancy and told her the median life expectancy is ~6 months, some patients may live for up to 3-5 years, some may last 2-3 weeks/months. She kept asking him if he's ever had a patient that had a remission, to which he kept replying "anything is possible" and he can't really give her a number. It kinda fukked me up, because she asked him a few times; searching for that little glimmer of hope, but every time he answered her eyes filled up with tears, which she was trying really hard to fight.
On our way out we met this dude at the entrance(he was with us in the waiting room), and the convo kinda went like this:
Him: Hey, what were you in there for
do you have can... 
Her: ...Yeah, in my head and neck
Him: Yeah they telling me that I have cancer in my nasal region, which i initially thought was just a sinus infection
Me: Damn breh
Him: Yeah.. I ain't trying to hear that breh, they say I'm gonna need chemo
Her: Yeah I just started last week, you'll be fine
Him: You sure, did they get to you on time?
Her: Yeah
Him:
Thanks babygirl, have a blessed day
He then shook my hand and told me to give her a hug for him. What struck me was how his total demeanor changed by her giving him that little bit of hope that she was was not fortunate enough to receive just a few minutes ago
I don't even know why I made this thread, I guess I just needed to vent. Life is short though brehs. If you have family members with bridges you burned for petty shyt, just let it go. Not saying it's gonna be easy, but at the end of the day, realizing that you're gonna lose some close to you, or have already lost them is even harder to digest.
On our way out we met this dude at the entrance(he was with us in the waiting room), and the convo kinda went like this:
Him: Hey, what were you in there for
do you have can... Her: ...Yeah, in my head and neck
Him: Yeah they telling me that I have cancer in my nasal region, which i initially thought was just a sinus infection
Me: Damn breh
Him: Yeah.. I ain't trying to hear that breh, they say I'm gonna need chemo
Her: Yeah I just started last week, you'll be fine
Him: You sure, did they get to you on time?
Her: Yeah
Him:
Thanks babygirl, have a blessed day He then shook my hand and told me to give her a hug for him. What struck me was how his total demeanor changed by her giving him that little bit of hope that she was was not fortunate enough to receive just a few minutes ago
I don't even know why I made this thread, I guess I just needed to vent. Life is short though brehs. If you have family members with bridges you burned for petty shyt, just let it go. Not saying it's gonna be easy, but at the end of the day, realizing that you're gonna lose some close to you, or have already lost them is even harder to digest.
He keeps falling and having to call people to come pick him up. Keep telling him it ain't safe to live alone, but he ain't tryna hear that. I gotta take this nikka grocery shopping and help him do simple shyt around the house, like take out the garbage and move shyt around etc. Now he's starting to lose strength in his hands. shyt's sad all around.
