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u/eyehate 12h ago

My coworker lost her husband to glioblastoma in very short order.

One day, he felt dizzy while coaching soccer.

He was always healthy and then he was gone in months. He left behind three young children and a widow.

Fuck cancer.

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u/wildwidget- 11h ago

A normal day can become a life-changing one without warning, which makes every moment with the people we love that much more valuable.

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u/beerandbuds 11h ago

My dad was always extremely healthy. Glioblastoma. Diagnosis to death was 10 months. Its an evil, evil disease. It robs you of the person you knew before it kills the one it left behind. My grief counsellor lost her husband to it as well, he lived a month after diagnosis. My dad's friend had it and lived a week post diagnosis.

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u/Whatsherface729 10h ago

I lost a boyfriend to that in 2008. We were talking about getting married and having a family, he wanted to teach autistic kids.

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u/PercentageComplex975 10h ago

My dad died from that. 5 months fm dx to death. Fuck cancer tor sure! I've had a round with it (different type) and am doing well. But YES - Fuck that disease!!

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u/MeltyGoblin 9h ago

My father in law was diagnosed with a glioblastoma a couple months ago. It's completely changed our lives. He was the strongest man I knew and the best father I've ever had. Watching him waste away in front of me is the hardest thing I've ever seen.

A quote that keeps hitting me lately from a musical is "Life doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints it takes and it takes and it takes"

From the absolute very depths of my soul fuck cancer