There's no silver bullet but immunotherapy is really promising. Cancer grows and spreads because the body doesn't recognize it as foreign and malignant, and so the immune system doesn't do its thing. Immunotherapy works in different ways to alert the body to the threat, and the immune system can pretty much take care of business when it is aware of an invader.
I am very sorry to hear about your father's death. Yes that is nasty and quick. When I learned that my friend had it I immediately figured I would never see him again because I was aware of how terrible the diagnosis is. I am amazed at his results and hopeful that this treatment holds promise for others.
Thank you for the sympathy. That was 2010 now, so its been a long time and I'm not really looking for pity points. More just in awe that your friend is alive, and my father was the obvious touchstone for me.
Thanks. I didn’t think your father’s death was recent but it’s still brutal to hear the circumstances and I empathize because my mother died of leukemia when I was three. People still tell me they are sorry when they hear it for the first time, so I guess I’ve been conditioned that there is no statute of limitations for sympathies.
No, you're right. I'm genuinely just uncomfortable with in these situations because I don't like people to feel put off because of me. But there's no statute of limitations for sympathies is right, and I should have be more gracious in accepting it. Thank you.
Yeah. Doctors sometimes are more generous with dates, I think, to not scare people. My dad's doctor gave him 6-12 months, but I knew what pancreatic cancer meant, so when my mom left I asked him in a few different ways his honest opinion, and finally said "My wedding is in 6 months. What are the odds he's there?" and he finally said he thought it would be under 6 months, in all likelihood. So we rearranged the wedding to get it in quickly, and thankfully we did.
No worries; I am the same way. I usually just mutter a quick “Thanks” and then continue on to the point I was making when I mentioned her death. Our family has all types and I always say that everyone deals with death in their own way, and I try not to begrudge anyone for the way they deal with it. Took me a while to get there, though. For example, I always feel compelled to go say a prayer at the coffin during a wake and then walk through the line to express my sympathies to the family of the deceased; my older brother always hems and haws about it and tries to find a way to avoid it. I used to get pissed at him about. Now I don’t care. It is what it is.
They just said on the news that he started hosting it in 1984.
