Comments on: When beating cancer feels unfair http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/09/29/when-beating-cancer-feels-unfair/ Listen to stories on anything from honeymoons to WWII, from award-winning journalists to first-time writers alike, from anywhere in the world. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:11:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: badge216 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/09/29/when-beating-cancer-feels-unfair/#comment-3627 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:44:15 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/09/29/when-beating-cancer-feels-unfair/#comment-3627 Scott,I know the world seems unfair,and yes it is unfair.I had a nephew that died when he was just 17,he had a bad heart and could not recieve a new one.That was 20 years ago,My wife and I were married for seven years at the time,I had lost my dad to a heart problem he was 58 at the time in 1984.I lost my Mother to lung cancer 3 years ago.What I have found in my own travels in this universe is this what does not kill you makes you stronger.I can say that safely because I believe it.Here is why right after I got out of the Air Force I developed fluid on the heart,I was given a 20/80 chance of serviving this.The 20 was for me.I had two other gentilmen one on each side of me that had the same problem both of them lost their battle.I have servived several susicide attemps,I am a recovering alcholic,I have been sober since 17 Dec 1990.I guess what I'm trying to say in my rambling way,is this God Blessed you for some reason,as he has me.I don't know why and when I finally go home to him I will know why. Scott,I know the world seems unfair,and yes it is unfair.I had a nephew that died when he was just 17,he had a bad heart and could not recieve a new one.That was 20 years ago,My wife and I were married for seven years at the time,I had lost my dad to a heart problem he was 58 at the time in 1984.I lost my Mother to lung cancer 3 years ago.What I have found in my own travels in this universe is this what does not kill you makes you stronger.I can say that safely because I believe it.Here is why right after I got out of the Air Force I developed fluid on the heart,I was given a 20/80 chance of serviving this.The 20 was for me.I had two other gentilmen one on each side of me that had the same problem both of them lost their battle.I have servived several susicide attemps,I am a recovering alcholic,I have been sober since 17 Dec 1990.I guess what I’m trying to say in my rambling way,is this God Blessed you for some reason,as he has me.I don’t know why and when I finally go home to him I will know why.

]]> by: mathyu http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/09/29/when-beating-cancer-feels-unfair/#comment-206 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 05:53:12 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/09/29/when-beating-cancer-feels-unfair/#comment-206 it is beautiful how learning about and meeting other people can help us realize more about ourselves and help us to appreciate what we have more, i hope you are feeling happy today as for the many millions perhaps billions of us now suffering, it is only temporary, "we live , we die, and death not ends it\" jim morrison it is beautiful how learning about and meeting other people can help us realize more about ourselves and help us to appreciate what we have more, i hope you are feeling happy today

as for the many millions perhaps billions of us now suffering, it is only temporary,

“we live , we die, and death not ends it\” jim morrison

]]> by: Jason http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/09/29/when-beating-cancer-feels-unfair/#comment-110 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:58:18 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/09/29/when-beating-cancer-feels-unfair/#comment-110 This a very interesting perspective on an all-too-common situtation. I've never heard someone's struggle with cancer put quite this way. A very moving, human story. This a very interesting perspective on an all-too-common situtation. I’ve never heard someone’s struggle with cancer put quite this way. A very moving, human story.

]]> by: writer_woman http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/09/29/when-beating-cancer-feels-unfair/#comment-101 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:24:58 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/09/29/when-beating-cancer-feels-unfair/#comment-101 I saw an ad for your blog on a xanga banner. I clicked it, and being a native Oregonian, and journalism major, was intrigued by your trip. It's an idea that my cousin and I have thrown around for awhile, but we were planning on taking advantage of the amtrak 30 day rail pass and going across the US that way. Thanks for sharing Scott's story. It's very moving. I saw an ad for your blog on a xanga banner. I clicked it, and being a native Oregonian, and journalism major, was intrigued by your trip. It’s an idea that my cousin and I have thrown around for awhile, but we were planning on taking advantage of the amtrak 30 day rail pass and going across the US that way.

Thanks for sharing Scott’s story. It’s very moving.

]]> by: Isaac http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/09/29/when-beating-cancer-feels-unfair/#comment-100 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:18:35 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/09/29/when-beating-cancer-feels-unfair/#comment-100 Very powerful. I like that you seem to have not edited his audio that much. His mistakes, his grappling to vocalize this very sacred story, are quite compelling. Especially the part about chemotheraphy feeling like all of your nerve endings have been burned by the tip of a match. The part about the children is very moving, especially when considered along with the fact that he met James through the process of having his own child "saved" from the muddy river. The analogy here is obvious, and yet another example of how life is frequently stranger, and more fragile and beautiful, than fiction. Very powerful. I like that you seem to have not edited his audio that much. His mistakes, his grappling to vocalize this very sacred story, are quite compelling. Especially the part about chemotheraphy feeling like all of your nerve endings have been burned by the tip of a match.

The part about the children is very moving, especially when considered along with the fact that he met James through the process of having his own child “saved” from the muddy river. The analogy here is obvious, and yet another example of how life is frequently stranger, and more fragile and beautiful, than fiction.

]]> by: Sean http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/09/29/when-beating-cancer-feels-unfair/#comment-98 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:32:27 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/09/29/when-beating-cancer-feels-unfair/#comment-98 Scott Rocks! Scott Rocks!

]]> by: Neal http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/09/29/when-beating-cancer-feels-unfair/#comment-94 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:20:49 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/09/29/when-beating-cancer-feels-unfair/#comment-94 Thanks Scott for your moving story. Thanks Scott for your moving story.

]]> by: Ryan http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/09/29/when-beating-cancer-feels-unfair/#comment-93 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:31:44 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2006/09/29/when-beating-cancer-feels-unfair/#comment-93 This is my favorite post so far. Its the hardest type of story to get in your limited time in places, but its the most rewarding. Thanks Scott for sharing a part of your life. This is my favorite post so far. Its the hardest type of story to get in your limited time in places, but its the most rewarding. Thanks Scott for sharing a part of your life.

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