5 years ago my athletic son started a print finishing bussiness from scratch .Working very long hours making him and the family stressed out .he was chain smoking .his diet was s unhealthy and he was drinking every night to make him sleep. his marrage was suffering and he looked terrible .Two years ago i was diagnosed with lung cancer .when i told him .not knowing the outcome i could see the hurt in his face so i asked him to do just one thing please STOP SMOKING Now 2 years later he is running marathons cycling for miles does not smoke or drink and eats a healthy diet his bussiness is thriving and his machines will be paid off in january .My mum used to tellme God moves in mysterious ways did i get lung cancer for a reason .i WAS very lucky having stage 1 and feel better now than i have for years but reading some of the posts on here my heart goes out to all those not as fortunate as me and pray to god a cure is just around the cornerxxxxxxxxxx
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not all bad for me
- By kentmere
- Posted October 30, 2009 at 3:21 pm · 2 replies
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- By mk13usmc
- Posted October 30, 2009 at 5:19 pm
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You know I wonder the same. As you can see by my photo,, both of my son's are Marines (my husband and I also are former Marines) My youngest son was getting ready to deploy to Afgan but I was dx in May with stage IV lung cancer spead to my liver. They are both home with me now on a humanitian transfer from July to November. My oldest is now getting stationed in VA instead of CA which makes him closer. My youngest goes back to NC and will probably deploy within the next 6 months. Before I knew I had cancer I always prayed while he was in training that if anything bad happens ... let it be me and not one of my boys. Who knows maybe stopping him from this deployment ????? who knows.
- By kentmere
- Posted October 30, 2009 at 6:09 pm
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I have always thought i was glad it was me and not one of my sons .My brother died young and i dont know who i felt sorry for most .my mother or my brother I think had i not got cancer my son would still be unhealthy the shock turned him around .so something good came out of something bad /Hope your treatment goes well and am happy you have your sons close by xxxxxxx
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