Hate Hate Hate!!!!
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From: York PA
Originally Posted by lil_1_2002
Yea my grandma only worked at a body shop for about hrm maybe 15 yrs. But she never wore masks when she worked on cars. And note this was 15 yrs before she died so she was in her 50s. She was a trooper. And man was it weird seeing her with her O2 tank after seeing her be such a tough woman. But yea its tough....
same with my dad. he wasnt at the body shop that long, but i was 17 when his cancer surfaced and he worked at the shop before my mom was pregnant with me.
Seeing my dad go from looking like a 50 year old man, to looking older than my grandfather, KILLED me. He could barely get his words out, gasped for every breath, couldnt taste anything...but he kept his sense of humor, right up till the night before he died.
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From: Stoneham MA
Originally Posted by AcuraFanatic
My grandfather has prostate cancer, but at 83 years old and it being so slow to spread it's not worth operating on. :happysad:
Pissed me off a bit, though, that they didn't start checking me until I was 50. My dad had a bout with prostate cancer, so they should have been checking me earlier. I did say something to my PCP, but he wouldn't do the test until I turned 50 (maybe insurance wouldn't pay for it? who knows).
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From: York PA
Originally Posted by sids1045
That's what I had too. I was diagnosed at age 50 with a moderately agressive form of it, so all the doctors I consulted said I should have the surgery, because I was young enough to recover quickly.
Pissed me off a bit, though, that they didn't start checking me until I was 50. My dad had a bout with prostate cancer, so they should have been checking me earlier. I did say something to my PCP, but he wouldn't do the test until I turned 50 (maybe insurance wouldn't pay for it? who knows).
Pissed me off a bit, though, that they didn't start checking me until I was 50. My dad had a bout with prostate cancer, so they should have been checking me earlier. I did say something to my PCP, but he wouldn't do the test until I turned 50 (maybe insurance wouldn't pay for it? who knows).
wait, how old ARE you????
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From: Southern NH
Originally Posted by MPerson
Sorry to hear. These threads are depressing, why bring them up? I don't really want to read a bunch of threads about depressing occurances, it's not fun.