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Originally Posted by Inferno
A couple weeks ago my uncle(by marriage) went to the doctor cause he wasn't feeling well. They discovered he had lung cancer and had a maximum of three months to live but most likely it'll be within the next couple weeks. For the first time he was diagnosed I went to see him tonight and it was very sad but also a huge wakeup call.
I'm sure things are going to be put into perspective even more when he does pass on because I've never experienced a death in the family of someone I actually knew and I know it's going to be tough.
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Sorry to hear about your uncle. A helpless time . . . . .
Looking into the eyes of someone who will soon be dead - and knows it - is fairly profound.
Some are at peace, some are pragmatic and others are scared. I have the type of clientele where I come across those situations too frequently.
However, after seeing a young colleague die a horrible cancer death, a friends father also die within weeks and then watching my father die in a very short time, all in a fairly short time frame a few years ago, I seem to spend a lot less time in the cave arguing on internet message boards and a lot more time out in the sunshine.
The years pass all too quickly.
And it also made me realize that doing things like worrying all these months about the woman that I posted a topic about a couple weeks ago wasn't worth it. There's millions of women out there but you only live once.
That was the right answer anyway!!!
Cowperson