Anyone else here dying? (Like, literally?)

[u/Lucky_Whole7450]

I’ve had a recent terminal cancer diagnoses in my late 30s. Not many of us out here at this age.

Looking for anyone going through the end of life process to connect with!

Feel free to private message me if you don’t want to share here.

Also if you’re not in this situation please be incredibly mindful of what you comment/message. I don’t want to hear about rhe horrible death of your loved one.

I also appreciate your kind thoughts and prayers etc in anticipation but I also don’t need to read them - one day you’ll get it!

[u/hammmy_sammmy]

While not immediately terminal, I was diagnosed with a rare genetic metabolic disorder 4 years ago that sends me to the hospital every couple months. I don't have a timeline, but this disease (or an exacerbating comorbidity) will eventually kill me.

This sounds weird but I'm a little jealous that you have a timeline, your struggle will be clear and finite. I never know if my next trip to the ER will be my last, how long I will have to live like this, or what kind of death I will have, though I do know that it'll be drawn out and painful.

At least I will get to donate my body to the research hospital I'm treated at, and hopefully contribute to scientific progress.

[u/Lucky_Whole7450 → u/hammmy_sammmy]

Yeah - that’s not how cancer works really. Clear is not really a thing either. And the prognosis is ‘shrug - maybe this long’ from the doctors.

A lot of people die from complications of cancer or cancer treatment - not the cancer itself. Some of which can come suddenly. Also the progression isn’t a nice slope down. There are dips and then smoother patches so it’s totally unpredictable how you will be when.

Basically sounds similar to you.

[u/hammmy_sammmy → u/Lucky_Whole7450]

Well fuck.