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Found out a classmate who played for ND suffering from stomach cancer. Good Lord. Help us all. Does this cancer stuff ever end?

You may be familiar with his brother John Jurkovic on ESPN radio.

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Please pray for his brother and their families. Good people. So tragic
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seems like no matter the technological advancements we make we just dont have an answer for cancer. hopefully he will make a recovery and beat that mess.
 
Cancer is a terrible thing. My dad is on short time, he has leukemia and only has a few months it seems.
Its tough going for sure for all of us, the emotional roller coaster is unbelievable.

My prayers go out to your friend and his family.
 
There are some great meds out there and approaches to help with all this.

One friend (early 60s) has had kidney cancer that spread bigtime. He keeps beating the odds over and over again with the experimental meds.

A friends daughter (early 30s) had tumors in her chest cavity, and underwent chemo... They are all gone now.

So there is hope and getting better all the time.

It still sucks and is scary... no matter how you look at it.
 
I wish your friend the best of luck. It was stomach cancer that took my GF last Sept. Unfortunantly stomach cancer is one of the worst. If Taxitere or Sisplatin do not work there really is not much in the pipeline. My prayers are with your friend. What is his first name? The link is not working, So I can have my prayer group pray for him.
 
Trav, has you dad been on Gleevec?

A couple of years ago I saw a TV show with many people that were on Gleevec. It does put many cancers into complete remission. Seams to work very well for years, but then after several years of use many seam to all of the sudden fall apart. But three or more years of complete remission are a heck of a lot better than nothing.

I have a seventy-five year old uncle with leukemia. His doctor really dragged out the process of getting him started on Gleevec, but after his family and others complained he finally got on it.

His daughter in law is a pharmacist, but she was not able to get the best price for Gleevec.

Costco has the best price for Gleevec here in Pennsylvania. It cost him about $400 a month. It worked fast, and he is in complete remission of the leukemia. That was more than an year ago.

If your dad gets on Gleevec and it works for him, be sure he takes it like clockwork.
 
Originally Posted By: ToyotaNSaturn
Found out a classmate who played for ND suffering from stomach cancer. Good Lord. Help us all. Does this cancer stuff ever end?
Nope. The cancer stuff is an end, but it doesn't end. My condolences and empathy for your classmate.
 
I read about Mirko. A colonoscopy would have probably saved his life had it been performed soon enough.

If you have no familial history of colon cancer, colonoscopies are difficult to have pre-approved by managed health care plans prior to age 50.
 
I wish all those here who have family members suffering the best. It really sucks. I lost both parents to it. My mom got hit with colon cancer a number of years ago. She was a major fighter and it took a long time before it finally got her. My dad got stomach cancer a few years later. I knew that was trouble when I checked the statistics. He didn't last long.

My dad did give the nurse and I a good chuckle before his operation, though, during the interview. He brought me along because he wasn't familiar with a lot of the terminology. The nurse asked him if there were any anaesthetics that he couldn't take. He told the nurse that ether made him ill. The nurse and I looked at each other, smiling. I told Dad that they haven't used ether as a regular anaesthetic in over fifty years.
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Cancer is a tough one. Some people have rotten luck. Others are able to do everything the doctors say to avoid and hit their 90s and higher with no problem.
 
One third of all people will get cancer at some point in their lives. While smoking and life style factors have some impact, it will always be with us. Same percentage is true for dogs.
 
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Trav, has you dad been on Gleevec?

A couple of years ago I saw a TV show with many people that were on Gleevec. It does put many cancers into complete remission. Seams to work very well for years, but then after several years of use many seam to all of the sudden fall apart. But three or more years of complete remission are a heck of a lot better than nothing.

I have a seventy-five year old uncle with leukemia. His doctor really dragged out the process of getting him started on Gleevec, but after his family and others complained he finally got on it.

His daughter in law is a pharmacist, but she was not able to get the best price for Gleevec.

Costco has the best price for Gleevec here in Pennsylvania. It cost him about $400 a month. It worked fast, and he is in complete remission of the leukemia. That was more than an year ago.

If your dad gets on Gleevec and it works for him, be sure he takes it like clockwork.

Thank Jim. I don't know what he is taking but i will ask him the next time i see them.
I know he is on chemotherapy but isn't taking it well. Its almost like if the disease doesn't kill you the treatment will.

Thank again i will pass this along.
 
I had a brush with breast cancer. Surgery/chemo/ radiation. It was caught early. My daily treatment is a single Tamoxifen. Here are some thoughts.

The big intangible is attitude. Faced with the prospect of a shortened life, enjoy your days. Energy spent bemoaning fate is wasted energy.

Most people deal with their diseases better than their families and friends do.

Sooner or later, we will all die. Meantime. don't worry about it.
 
Yes it does. It's had a phenomenally negative effect on my family and life. Fortunately there are better drugs & treatments than many years ago. Still, very tough to watch someone you care about die a slow death. Time just seems to stop.
 
Been through this many times with family and myself.
We live in a toxic environment, and our plentiful and cheap food is not natural or healthy.
Job conditions may be abysmal for carcinogens.
Add overeating, excess alcohol, smoking, lack of exercise, etc, and we are not suited for perfect health.
 
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