I just lost someone I Love to Cancer

[pdm777]

Once compromised by chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery,
your immune system will never be the same.

This is a poor time to be diagnosed with cancer.
This is a poor time for chemo to tear down your immune system.
This is a poor time to get care, hospitals are slammed.

Patients that get the best outcomes are Proactive, educated
about treatment options & their impact on quality of life.
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[OB Bus]

That ^^^ is beautiful.

It took me losing a number of friends and family members to realize the truth in the statements above. My brother's wife passed on a few weeks ago. She had a lifetime of medical challenges. I think of the good and the positive in her.
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Stop dead photo links! Post your photos to The Samba Gallery!
69 Westfalia and 2002 Eurovan Camper.

[sportin-wood]

I lost my dad to bladder cancer. On Christmas Eve this year, it'll be 19 years since we lost him. He battled it for 10+ years, getting radiation treatment, doctors telling him he's in remission, then it would come back - 4 times in that 10 year span. Each time getting radiation treatment until he decided no more. There isn't a single day I don't think about my dad. I regret not taking more interest in things he did around the house, and working on cars. I was a stupid kid. Now that I'm older and a homeowner, I'm more reliant on finding how to do videos online. I moved from California to Texas in 2003. Covid has kept me from being able to go visit my mom who at 87 has dementia (I had planned on going early in 2020).

I've lost a few people to Covid, too. Life is short, that's for sure.

Something to ponder on:
You can shed tears because they are gone, or you can smile because they lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that they will come back, or you can open your eyes and see all that they have left you.
Your heart can be empty because you can't see them, or you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday, or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember only that they are gone, or you can cherish their memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind and feel empty, or you can do what they would want you to do.
Smile, Open your heart, Love....and go on.

-Elizabeth Ammons
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[Biouno]

These are topics that perhaps no one would like to read, but that unfortunately are more real than the restorations of our vehicles themselves. On October 24, 2020, my mother passed away from breast cancer. She was a healthy woman, without any disease or pain. In the midst of this pandemic, she began to show pain in her back around April 2020, and in August she took her from the emergency room to the hospital, where they told us that she had metastatic lesions in the spine and liver. she was already too late for any treatment. In September we put her in the hospital for a month and they discovered that the cancer was already in her brain. she was at home since October 8 recovering a little from all the sedatives that were given to ease her pains. On October 24, she told me in the morning, "I'm going to die" and as if it had been an omen, she died that day at 8 o'clock at night in my arms.

I am very sorry for the loss of all the relatives of the members of this community. And as they already said, fucking cancer.

This year by chance of life, I was able to buy the car of our dreams, a vw 67 combi, which we are restoring. and in honor of her is called "Dollyta"

sorry for my bad English.

[crukab]

1LoWezl, this is why I started this thread, you should have seen the look on my Mom's face when she read the "FUCK CANCER' on the 1st page She read the whole thing.
Pics of your low combi tat ??
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Tom

My Pops:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=604100&highlight=
I know you will always be with me, rest in peace with no more pain. 8/13/14.....

In the yard right now:
'51 Dodge 5 window truck
'65 Bug
'66 Singlecab
'82 Rabbit Truck Diesel from CALI
'86 Doublecab W/T
'91 Vanagon carat/wolfsbrg.Tiico
'88 Dodge Ram pickup
'11 Jetta Wagon

[1LoWezl]

Wow!! I to did not know this subject existed and found it by chance, just clicking on another members post. I like so many others have lost my Mother, Aunt, My second father and my grandmother over the last 7 yrs to this incredibly harsh disease. It has no ethnical boundaries, No political stance and not a care in the world of who or what it effects.
I have a tattoo in remembrance of my mother but could apply to all lost.My 1964 combi squats in a field of sunflowers and magic mushrooms with the initials NFA in bold print, a song by the Grateful Dead ...........

"Not Fade Away"

Love ya Mom

[688GUY]

[willieb]

@ 688 guy god bless you my friend fuck cancer and fuck a lil pee! just keep on doin it! My cousin died at 49 from cancer who helped me score a sweet 64"bus out of Colorado Springs.

[688GUY]

See haven't lived 'til you hear the doc say "You might have 18 months", that'll get your attention! I had what they called an aggressive prostate cancer, my PSA was high, so they wanted to test it again in 2 months and the high number had doubled, so it had to go. I had it lopped out 4 years ago and my PSA has been zero ever since. Know what I did to celebrate? I got a Ghia. You know what happens when you wrench on a bolt that hasn't been loosened for over 50 years and you don't have a prostate? That's right, you pee a little, I used a bunch of panty shields in the last year or so, lol!

[obus]

[Chickensoup]

spend time w/ them if you can. Odds are they will love to see you too.
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-'05 B5.5 TDI Wagon 17in sport rims ;EGR + BSM + ASV Delete, Stage-2 Tune, straight pipe
'65 Tourist Delivery Build
'66 RIP
'69 RIP
Hosea 4:6 "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge"

[crukab]

[oscarsnapkin]

Wow, been on thesamba for years and never knew this thread existed until I clicked on a link from one of crukab’s posts. Ironically I just got off the phone with my sister, discussing her father-in-law who was recently diagnosed with Lymphoma. This has been more or less the shittiest year ever. To all of you who’ve unfortunately posted here about a loved one, I wish you all the best this holiday season.
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- 1973 Thing

"It’s so easy to laugh, it’s so easy to hate, it takes strength to be gentle and kind."

[nsracing]

Had and uncle pass from covid early this year - they found him slumped in his home after few days. Died few days later- was Covid 19 positve.

Had also an aunt die few weeks ago from cancer - died in the hospital.

Not long also, another close friend died from breast cancer.

Not really sure what to say -it is a challenge to all to have to deal w/ it. I see it at work all the time. And I am so tired - really burned out from it. I am looking for ways to get myself out and so another job. But at my age, a new career training might not be feasible. I just tell myself..just one more time..or one more day.

God bless all.

[oprn]

[Chickensoup]

James 4:14
"Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away".
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-'85 c10 5.3 LS, 222 cam, long tubes, x pipe, 3 inch spin tech's
-'05 B5.5 TDI Wagon 17in sport rims ;EGR + BSM + ASV Delete, Stage-2 Tune, straight pipe
'65 Tourist Delivery Build
'66 RIP
'69 RIP
Hosea 4:6 "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge"

[oprn]

I have lost my Father, Aunt, two Brother-in-laws, a Sister-in-law and several close friends over the years to this disease. It is difficult each time no doubt about that! On feels very helpless standing by and watching the deterioration and suffering. That part I find to be the hardest to take especially toward the end. There comes a point in the process where death in spite of the on going heart ache of the loss is a release for all involved.

I do find comfort though in a belief of a higher power and an afterlife.

Good luck with your struggles, you are not alone there!

[gtrplyr]

Not looking for sympathy, Sept. 30th I was diagnosed with brain cancer. We lost our oldest daughter two years ago to cancer. My mom on sept. 2, 1977. It's no fun. Love those you have in your heart, tell 'em. Enjoy life.
On a side note, I may have to sell my buggy.
Stay well, I have enjoyed ready all about VW's and dune buggies on this site.
YOU GUYS ROCK!!!!!!!!!!

[JDMbeetle]

Hi everyone,

I recently found out that my grandma has liver cancer, she's not dead but if the treatments don't go well we have 3 to 6 months instead of 1 to 3 years. I'm not asking for sympathy but if anyone has any advice for helping family members with cancer it would be greatly appreciated.
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74 Standerd Beetle

[skills@eurocarsplus]

so sorry Tom. I hope you find peace
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