My father-in-law died from pancreatic cancer. He was given a few months, made it three years. Unfortunately for me, personally, it was at the beginning of my relationship with my now wife, so I never got to know him well. Talked to him on the phone occasionally and met him in person once.
He was a scientist (invented synvisc), so he was all about trying to cure his own disease until he just couldn’t anymore.
My favorite story about his fight was during one of the periods he was at home (in and out of the hospital a lot), but basically confined to bed and on an IV. He couldn’t keep any food down, but he hadn’t had any real food in ages and so badly wanted some fried chicken. He didn’t care if he just puked it up and my mother-in-law gave in and went to get him some.
Thing is, my MIL is a very nervous person. It was winter in New York and she is scared to drive on the highway. That was the only reasonable way to get to the nearest KFC, though. She made it there, ordered the food, and drove home, scared about driving on icy, snowy roads at night.
She was so nervous that she left the food at the restaurant. My FIL wanted the food so much that he took out his IV and drove there to get it himself.
I had some hip problems several years ago and when I was waiting in the exam room at the ortho, I heard a nurse/assistant talking to a patient on the phone about a synvisc injection. It was the first time I had heard about it in the wild and was really excited to tell my wife that her dad’s legacy lived on.
So I had a significant role in the commercialization of a biodegradable-compostable-recyclable plastic. If I get a drink cup or fruit container and see the number 7 on the bottom I get a sense of pride. Since I left the company it’s gone big in 3D printing.
I have 3 different hereditary cancers that have killed relatives. Including the pancreatic one - normally not hereditary but my grandpa’s was a rare form and my understanding is the genetic defect is hereditary. The oldest male in my known family died at 74.
Heart disease and diabetes run in my family as well. I already have hypertension. I’ve basically accepted my max lifespan is probably in the low 70’s if I am lucky. I consider myself already middle aged in my 30’s.
Just one of those things that’s pointless to worry about. Maybe you get lucky, maybe you dont, the point is to enjoy every moment you can because nothing is guaranteed.
Yea I’m the same. Ill be shocked if I make it to 75. My father died at 46 from cancer and my mom at 62 from a heart attack. It baffles me Trump is still alive. I worked at a retirement community years ago and the #1 thing I noticed immediately is there are very few overweight elderly people. You just don’t see a lot of senior citizens with a BMI over 30.
My grandmother had pancreatic cancer, and lived for… at least 5 years after diagnosis. She got into some experimental treatment program. She had to take enzymes and a ton of other drugs the rest of her life. I think she eventually passed to dementia.
Well I was going to come in here and say that pancreatic cancer is quite curable if caught early, which was my erroneous understanding, but I looked up the numbers and it’s actually pretty grim no matter what. I guess sometimes you get lucky and they are able to resect a tumor that’s caught early and it never grows back but seeing that the 5-year survival rate is only 37% even if it hasn’t spread at all and for the vast majority of people it isn’t caught until they’re symptomatic which means the cancer is stage III or IV at which point you’re under 1% to survive five years.
The current champion seems like he could make a long run. Has won easily two days in a row. Gives off that poker pro vibe, calm and calculating, although his DD wagering has been conservative imo.
I can’t really judge his DD wagering yet, but he seems like the type who’ll bet big when necessary. He bet $5k on DD2 today to start the runaway. Every other one has been early in the first round (and bet the maximum both times) or holding onto a gigantic lead.
He seems to have a really strong knowledge base, I wouldn’t be terribly surprised to see him still be champ for Alex’s last episode.
Thinking back I guess you are right. His round 2 DD wager seemed weak but I was very distractedly watching tonight tbf. He did “bet it all” on the first DD. Either way, I’m excited to see how far he goes.
Yeah, I’m not going to begrudge a guy who looks like he might still be in high school a small FJ wager when he’s got 30k racked up. Guaranteed that’s life changing money for a policy intern. Not everyone can be a stone cold killer like Jeopardy James.
Speaking of which, I wonder if they know each other, trivia circles in Vegas can’t be that large.
