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Let's Show This Kid Some Love
His family posted this on their Facebook page. Let's show Drake some imgurian love!
Drake Medinger
C/O Ericka
PO Box 1725
Tomball, TX 77377-1725.
**Everything will be screened before giving to Drake**
Ideas:
Gas cards
ITUNES gift cards, he loves movies so we watch a lot on an ipad
Anything 10 year old boys like
**Charities in his honor, he has been truly blessed by the support, will be posting a list in the next few days of his favorite foundations**
Shirt size is large in boys.
He loves college football, GO HUSKERS! :)
Soccer, he doesnt watch pro but loves kicking a ball around.
Pokémon
Remote control cars and planes
And prayers
dajondge
I am a cancer survivor of 6yrs now ... my heart love and prayers go out to you and your boy...
redbullvodka
I have a 10yr old son who is my world. I can't stand to see him unhappy or hurt. I can't imagine living like this. Mad props to mom.
TINYRIIIIICK
Swimming jammers...
ThatguyColin
Fuck man, I hope that kid makes it! Deserves to be here a lot more than most...
BojanglesTheFlyingCar
No parent should have to watch their child suffer. :(
OSCgal
But all of them do, to some extent. It's why we need to be there for each other.
rhcross
According to the FB page he is in the hospital for dehydration. He also had platelets and blood transfusions yesterday and again today.
StrayLilCat
HailTheFSM
Well that was a punch in the face with perspective. So sorry you and your boy are suffering. Fuck cancer.
RealCaptChicken
"Fuck cancer" wow you really hurt that tumor's feelings! Good job! /s
afriendofmine
How hard is it to keep your cynicism to yourself every once in a while? Are you this emotionally handicapped, or you just don't/can't care?
thatoneguyfromthatonethingthatdidthatstuff
I'm a cancer survivor. I know what you are going through. It's a scary mess of a thing and I hope the best for this parent and her child.
ILiekToCookAndBake
I know in going to be down voted for this. But can someone please get that kid some Phoenix tears.
Skyrimbacon
GG
AWwOOooOOo
Taking Dad out for dinner tonight because he begins cancer treatment tomorrow. Not sure how long it will be before he can taste food again.
QuixoticelixirMama
Will you your family in my thoughts tonight. I wish your dad the best.
QuixoticelixirMama
*keep
ktktktkt
Best of luck to both of you. My dad just got his first negative PET scan today. Passing those vibes on to you.
eion85
No child should ever have such a look of pain.
MoonYU2
Cancer research works. Current list of cured relatives. Father, mother, sister, brother in law and niece. Donations do make it possible.
mattyclash1990
That's a heartbreaking image
2drai
I'm usually not one to get emotional but this image really took me by surprise. Bawled my eyes out for this little guy. Bless his heart.
mykatfluffy
Can you ask him what his favorite Pokemon are? I make them out of perler beads to hang on the wall and I would love to make some for him!
ImADoctorNotAnImgurian
I only own a few Pokémon cards, like 5 or so. But he can have em. Hope he likes haunter.
WhatInSamHellIsAPuma
If they don't answer, make the starters :)
mykatfluffy
That's a good idea! I was just thinking Pikachu since everyone knows who that is. :) Thank you very much!
Thatseatstaken
To whom ever that parent is, you are my hero.
ShunanaBanana
I am a childhood cancer survivor. I was three when I went through treatment. I definitely feel that it affected my parents more than me.
ShunanaBanana
They are my hero's. I don't remember chemo or treatment, but I could not imagine what they went through.
JaelTentpeg
She wrote on his youcaring page that it's not a dying child, it's a FIGHTING child. I wanted to hug her so hard.
JewsyFruit
Whomst*
Joemamalina
You can go fuck yourself. There's a time and place kid.
speedy215
Dude, just fyi, this is not the time. The time is when people are being stupid. This time is not that time.
valaja
Thanks, I was wondering if the comment was grammatically correct because I want to learn (and I'm also in tears because of the post).
tiffroxit
When I read about Drake's dad too, I really had to take a moment. She's rock solid and a real hero.
JNeil
What happened to the father? :(
tiffroxit
It said that Drake was wondering if he'll get to see and play with his dad in heaven. Don't know what happened, but seems he isn't alive.
speedy215
Fucking agreed.
echonite
"Saying, you cant have it bad because others have it worse, is like saying you cant have it good because others have it better." We all -/
echonite
have our own problems that are very real to us. There is no real "perspective" to be had.
drrocco
Trust me, nursing your kid through years of chemo treatments trumps most other problems. It's pretty smug to say all problems are equal.
echonite
Never said all problems were equal. Saying one persons problems trump another is dismissive and condescending. I have brain damage and -/
echonite
Memory issues. I live every day not knowing what I won't remember, and I fear I may one day forget my own daughter. You have no idea how -/
echonite
That feels, and how damn terrifying that is. Cancer sucks, no doubt, but don't think your problems are magically "worse" than others.
chefinsan0
I'm an Iraqi war veteran who took a bullet for his country and this mom is way stronger than i will ever be.
artofrena
Thank you for your service
QuixoticelixirMama
Yes, thank you very much.
iAmTheTravinator
Don't forget the kid, too. I can't imagine the emotional anguish and how terrified he must be. My heart breaks for both of them :/
IWasToldThereWasCake
That picture is beyond heartbreaking. Genuine pain and agony in that poor lad
MasterNateT
I'm really glad social media wasn't around when I was a sick kid with a chronic illness. I don't even like seeing photos of me back then.
QueenoftheRats
Yeah I wonder how this kid feels about this photo being taken/shared
xcwick
BE CAREFUL DONATING. JUSY BECAUSE ITS IMGUR DOESNT MEAN THERE AREN'T SCAMMERS
lindabee
I was touched by this story, and plan on sending something, but the first item asked for was gas cards? That made me a little suspicious.
Justaweirdbitch
I assume because he must go get treatments many times a week, and gas isn't cheap.
lindabee
That makes sense.
xcwick
That doesn't make sense. This is likely a scam.
Ski352215
Hey dude- completely agree. But this story has been picked up by MANY major media outlets. Its been vetted. Its legit.
Shortendoftheleg
As someone who also had childhood cancer it is bad. I remember asking my parents if I was going to die. I didn't eat because of nausea.(1/2)
swater22
I had brain cancer twice shit sucked as a child
Kentuckyproud
My sister went a month shy of 26 years rocking brain cancer like a fucking champ this year.
rifleGun2ofReddit
My sister went a month shy of 26 years rocking brain cancer like a fucking champ this year.
tryin2figureitout
Serious question. If you had to do it again would you want your parents to fight or let go? Was it worth it?
Shortendoftheleg
It is the worst feeling in the world and scary. My advice to you is to smile! Play games, hang out, bring friends over, enjoy life!
lauxemlamae
3 when I had cancer, i dont have many memories but Im 24 now and I have the giant scars to always remember it by. High five survivor buddy!
Buckwalter
Glad you made it through. All the best.
RoseTylerKillsDaleks
My aunt actually smoked pot or edible(secretly the doctors orders) so she would get slightly more hungry than normal, and want to eat 1/2
RoseTylerKillsDaleks
something, even just a slice of bread or something tiny, but it helped her keep food down better than before. She didn't make it, but 1.5/2
RoseTylerKillsDaleks
it was comforting for her while she was fighting. That's why I'm pro medical mj legalization. 2/2
JuliusPepperwoodFromChicago
The people on here suggesting stopping chemo and trying cannabis oil or vitamin C need to fuck off with their fantasy world alternative shit
JoFooKa
Try researching before banging on about proven cures dipshit.
causality
Nobody said to stop the chemo, just that cannabidiol stimulates appetite and can help with some forms of pain.
michaelladawn
Weed oil does help, my bro in law used it to help him to eat and manage the pain, on top of all the drugs the docs gave, and he's cured now.
dillonhank
This will be downvoted to hell but I don't think this has any place on FB. The kids privacy was just turned to shit and it just feels wrong
CairoLen
I hope Mom asked him first.
kelseystein9130
They just added a PO Box if people want to send him inspirational letters
kelseystein9130
Drake Medinger, C/O Ericka, PO Box 1725, Tomball TX 77377-1725
UnpopularScrotum
its going to be full soon :)
Ski352215
I'll edit the post to include this. Thanks for sharing
kelseystein9130
Absolutely, this kid deserves all of the love he can get!
JeanZedlav
Why do we need to have suffering wars? Why can't your problems be important AND this kid's problem be important?
ShimmerFairy
Yeah, with a title like "Keep your problems in perspective", I stopped caring about whatever this gallery was about.
jazztimber
A lot of things suck but sometimes seeing someone carry on with a much heavier weight can help you yourself carry on with yours
FeckItImAubreyPlazaNow
Other people's suffering doesn't make your problems meaningless.
retgarr
Perspective works for me. It's not a suffering war, it's a kindness that helps me appreciate what I have.
theuberkevlar
For me it means to realize that people around us are going through unimaginable horrors or troubling times and that we should all try to
theuberkevlar
help each other wherever and whenever possible.
StrayLilCat
What suffering war? This is simply showing the harsh reality of cancer.
sheanar
The title implies it.
luxymitt3n
I don't give a fuck what my problems are, they sure don't compare to having a child that has cancer. Not sure how that point is missed.
SerialKisser
THANK YOU!
kogamikirito
Ur whalcum. I luv u too
seasonsofclarity
I want to find the asshat who downvoted this, and punch them in the cunt. Apologies for the cursing. As a cancer survivor myself, I only (1)
SJohnson23
I'd downvote it for claiming that talking about cancer isn't "politically correct".
seasonsofclarity
hope things start to look up for this family. Cancer...just destroys everyone involved. But this mother has strength. That's what he needs.
nycterelis
A former close friend of mine went through cancer three times. I was there for him two of those times. No one in his family was ever 1/x
nycterelis
There for him. I say former because he kicked me to the curb at the behest of his girl friend. I'm sure she had her reasons. 2/2
seasonsofclarity
I'm sorry to hear that. I can't think of any good reason to kick a friend who's been supporting you to the curb.
Skyrimbacon
Look, I feel bad for the kid having cancer but for the poster to say put your problems in perspective, like fuck right off.
seasonsofclarity
No. Cancer has *severely* shoved all my problems into perspective. If you won't learn from the difficulties of others, you fuck off first.
iprobablydontlikeyou
It's the idiots who don't bother reading the text and would rather judge by only seeing a picture...+1 for you, my brother didnt survive.
pixarpizza
I lost my best friend five years, four months, and one week ago. It's been rough.
lauxemlamae
I'm sorry for your loss. I'm a survivor who is haunted by survivors guilt, I watched 4 of my friends pass while I was in the hospital.
iprobablydontlikeyou
Yea luckily my brother went fast, he died while I was in the air flying to see him from Denver to Fresno, CA.
lauxemlamae
My condolences.
seasonsofclarity
Really sorry to hear. I barely managed to survive the first 24hrs after my emergency surgery. 5% survival due to brain infection.
AphidTaco
Give him some weed to treat the nausea and stimulate appetite
domort
CBD extract is pure medicine and nothing to do with the hallucinogenic effects
AndyBiz10
It has to be CBD oil, not just weed. He shouldn't inhale anything, oil drops would be great for him. But its moms choice.
hazelnuts4peace
I think they should follow his doctors advice,don't give medical advice to the critically ill.
MythicTorment
Yeah, the cannabis extract they have in Colorado. I saw a show about kids dealing with cancer and this helping them... Maybe try it
RoseTylerKillsDaleks
It helped my aunt during her fight. I hate that it's illegal, especially the medicinal kinds.
MoonYU2
It helps. My brother in law uses it to be able to keep food down. Still way to skinny, but cancer is gone now.
elbdms
Charlotte web's hemp oil!
IllCaesar
Sadly THC stunts brain development in minors so while its definitely good short term treating kids this way causes long-term damage. 1/2
digdoug78
How much damage do the synthdrugs do? A little thc goes a long way to stimulate appetite and digestion while brain f dilution would be minor
frostitute12
The medical aspects from marijuana come from CBD not the THC which people are able to extract into edible tincture drops
Flixster
Luckily it's CBD that has many of the the medicinal properties of weed, including nausea treatment. It can be administered as an extract.
NotTodayNotYesterday
Sadly, most don't know the half of it. https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/brain-damage-seen-potent-marijuana-smokers
anygirlx
After reading I wonder if it's the lack of white matter in corpus collosum that might lead some people to smoke pot. Not enough evidence yet
rambot
Read that article. That is some seriously shitty sciencing. There's too many problems with this study to even start.
Exekute01
Have you ever smoked pot, buddy?
IllCaesar
Not saying that it isn't a viable option, just that even the best methods to cope still causes serious damage. Fuck cancer. 2/2
DocHussey
When there is a bery real possibility of there being no long term, I wouldn't be concerned.
IllCaesar
Like I said, its a viable option. Its just depressing that even some of our best methods of treatment can basically cause brain damage.
DocHussey
Like Chemo doesn't cause horrifying damage. Just silly to defend chemo and abhor cannabinoids
ibrakeforwookies
Seriously? Your gonna bring that up? Canabinoids in Marijuana could really help this kid and others. Suppress nausea and stimulate appetite
ibrakeforwookies
Are pretty high freaking priorities when your kid is dieing from malnourishment as fast as his disease and comments like yours further a
ibrakeforwookies
The BS stigma associated with medicinal use.
IllCaesar
I said its a viable option. I'm just pointing out that despite being one of the best options its still a shitty option. Depressing situation
ConductorOfTheStruggleTrain
Fuck cancer with the biggest, sharpest, and driest of dildos
stevethegr8t
Blunt end, but with big jagged edges
boopboopityboop
In the past 4 years I've had 3 grandparents die of leukemia, one aunt with brain cancer and a mom with skin cancer. Fuck this hell disease
Heckspress
a shitty 50-year old 8th grade metalworking project that's rusty and coated in saltwater and lemon juice. also a lot of barbs
TheMershedPerderder
On fire. At the exact moment cancer's very conservative grandmother walks in.
ConductorOfTheStruggleTrain
and joins....
Asdfjlk
Capsacin-soaked
neverfinishescomments
On a Monday
Elroydb
That is far far too good for what cancer deserves
Doopapotamus
I think that's called a sword.
Skittleballs
Ain't that right. My mom had aggressive breast cancer diagnosed Christmas 2015. She's fine now but shit what a ride. Even speaking the word!
NorthmanoftheNorth
Even when cancer is inside children? Instructions unclear, awaiting approval from the conductor.
BigIrishGuy
Like the strap on from Se7en. Thats what cancer needs.
artsystuff
People hate cancer, but if you ask them to stop polluting the planet, they just laugh and hop in their SUV.
thegr8rambino
I don't lol
UpvoteTotem
Can someone make a gif of Kevin hart saying he gonna go kill cancer?
Beckdel
HEIS3NBERG
Wrapped in barbed wire
Santorrr
Despite the sad post, this made me smile
BrotherhoodOfTheTaco
You don't want it to be sharp. You want it to be blunt.
Efreeti
Splintered fiberglass covered in flaming shit.
OmniSmith
Cmon man how are you gonna have me go from holding back tears reading this sad story to holding back tears laughing in my bathroom
Smileynoeyes
With razor blades sticking out of it covered in shit!
Hunglikehussein69
Couldnt have said it better myself
justicecracker
But if you fuck cancer then you fuck with the person who has it. Why would you do that?
helpim18whatshappening
Sandpaper cactus!!
pineapplepuppy
RogerSmithIsMySpiritAnimal
Lubed up with rocks and glue!!
whereigotogetdownvotes
AMEN!
MMColeJ
Stop making me fucking laugh! No matter the seriousness of a post there is someone that will make me laugh.
Captainclickbait
Yes.. bring sex toys into this because you had no better sympathic comment
mobiustwo
That's someone's fetish
barrrf
I could not agree more. My good college friend just passed from a glioblastoma. Fucking fuck cancer.
HarryBalsagna
fuck the medical treatments we currently have.
LavaAxe
Something tells me cancer would like that.
audio132
That's a sword
boredegr42
Wrapped in box jellyfish tentacles.
WhoAmIWhoAreYouWhoIsThisCat
A rusty morning star
LetMePickMyTeethThenHaveMoreChips2
With a pineapple up its butt.
thegr8rambino
Lol yes
tommythecat
that comment tho. ouch.
Necronox
I watched my mother deteriorate from aggressive lymph node cancer. From healthy, to a faint due to hemmoraging, to loosing her ability 1/?
Necronox
To talk and think properly, to loosing her ability to eat, to feeling pain due to bed sores, to her digestive system shutting down, 2/?
Necronox
To literally shitting from her mouth, till her final embrace, till the sweet release of death. 3/4
Necronox
Fuck cancer. It has borne my seething hatred to see it destroy my mother like that. My memory of her is tainted by the pain. 4/4
Babbieflowers
Cancer destroyed my mom, too. I'm so sorry for your loss.
Finlandery
Fuck cancer with spikiest dragon dildo.... all of my close relatives, that are dead have been died to cancer...
FistFullOfFarts
Agreed.
algavinn
Stone dildo covered in sand paper. Fuck that cancer up. Fuck it.
fantastapotamus
so.. the rough end of a pineapple?
speedy215
Pyramid Head Dido. @TacoShaman that is all
mickmad
add salt and pepper on that
17AndDeadInside
The downvote
ISellEffinKias
Cancer likes that kind of thing.
thedogemperorofmankind
CUNTDESTROY3R
Murkytf2
name checks out
Almightytoad
Username checks out.
butteredtoast789
cactus... a rusty cactus. give it tetanas and a bleeding asshole
TheScarfyDoctor
No, no bleeding. Helps the tetanus set in better...
ScruffyBelievesInThisCompany
*tetanus. Sorry. But yeah, I agree.
comicgeekynessover9000
Thank you after reading the post I need this
ConductorOfTheStruggleTrain
Blood is lube. Cancer doesn't deserve to bleed.
AstartesLibrarius
A rusty wooden cactus, rolled in salt, that shoots out lemon juice. Tetanus, splinters, salt, acid and cactus spines all up in it's rectum.
CirclejerqueDuSoleil
That but also ghost pepper sauce
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naturalorang3
Medicine in general and especially medicine for cancer is so expense because theirs is so much research left to be done.
RemiRixJones
Sorry you feel that way. I'm a volunteer EMT; I work with a lot of good people who are in it for the medicine. They're out there.
vagabondmedic
Hate to tell ya, kid; but it really is about the reward. For businesses, that's profit; for individuals, well, each has their reasons.
LavaAxe
It's a common misconception that cancer is like this single germ that would be easy to fix if somebody would just pay the companies enough.
stalkerofstorms
Unfortunately, the whole medical field IS about making money. Maybe not for individual workers, but healthcare is ultimately for-profit.
Kanekissofdeath
As someone who works for a hospital, is not for money, is for helping someone who isn't strong enough to help self. Is thank you.
BootsandCatsandBootsandCatsandBootsandCats
As someone who works in Oncology...no. I care about my patients, it's why I do what I do, to say otherwise is insulting.
imsecretlythedoctor
Yeah, like you work with patience, you care, it's more the drug companies and other influences
kruttlapp
See, rhus is a problem. That you can find this comment offensive is offensive to anyone suffering. We get that you are trying your best 1
kruttlapp
But it's also obvious that he is referring to companies, entities, and associations not working together, because profit is more important 2
kruttlapp
He's not commenting on your personal commitment, but on the lack of logic in corporations and institutions.... Who doesn't share this 3
justyourfriendlyneighborhoodimgurian
Sand paper dildos will be invented for this.
angelicyokai
Razor blade dildos. Screw cancer.
eetsumkaus
well, they were invented for people like me, but if it makes cancer uncomfortable then I wholly support this use
ayciate
Sand grinders.
justyourfriendlyneighborhoodimgurian
And that..is why you and I are going into business together.
ayciate
Like a chainsaw. Same engine. Blocks the sound.
ImgurianWhoClaimsToBeAnExpertOnEverything
I wish cancer was like Anakin and you could scare it away by throwing sand at it.
LordStarkillerHimself
I don't know about the cancer part, but the rest can be arranged
Techscape
Steelwool dildo, yes?
adrunkkenyan
Non-skid dildos (the stuff they use on flight decks)
Jmankjp
Nah dude, razor dildos are best imo, they already have them
craaaaaaaaaaaaig
There should be a picture to go with these comments.
HolyUnholyCannoli
Cacti
EverydayIsLegDayBecauseImRunningFromMyProblems
As long as actual cacti/cactuses aren't hurt in the process. I like them very much and gro them.
NorthSideSoldier
Nonono. Let's do like little Nicky and use a backwards pineapple.
SentientPineapple
elppaenip
medsal15
Lava
Askingforafriend37
Or molten salt. Still hot, but it will sting!
IvanIvanovIvanovich
Lava Sandpaper Cacti
PartTimeViking
lava covered electrified sandpaper cacti
DonnayWinter
Mounted on an angle grinder
katseiko
With rusty nails on them.
chickNlittle
My 11yo son is out riding his bike right now after eating everything and making a mess. I was JUST complaining about it. I'll stfu now.
justanotherjimmy
Be grateful for your problems, every one has them but some problems are better than others. They are still problems though regardless.
Elonth
Someone elses Great misfortunes do not make your Misfortunes any less.
CaptainFuzzyPants69
you are ungrateful
Plurii
???
Myrshy
Someone else having a worse experience does not invalidate your own troubles. You're fine for having complaints.
shhep
No. Stop. I FUCKING hate this. Mom NEVER said "keep your problems in perspective". Retarded OP did. Her problems doesn't make yours easier.
shhep
She needed to share her experience and vent, she did. All the power to her. But it doesn't mean we don't get to feel bad unless it's as bad.
Animala144
Exactly, same as saying you can't be happy because there are people in the world that are happier than you.
jqdao3
Why? So I can say to myself "Damn at least I don't have cancer like that kid?" Making myself feel better by comparison isn't my cup of tea.
StarkeRealm
It's not so much about, "feeling better," as numbing things out by proxy.
michonnedisapproves
I have to ask though, what does "political correctness" have to do with any of this? I think people don't really get what that means
SolidBrassAndHangingLow
Whenever people bitch about kids making a mess or being too loud while they are playing, I always think of this. Of the many parents [1]
SolidBrassAndHangingLow
Out there that would give anything for their kid to jump around, scream and play. As long as they listen to their parents and are (2)
SolidBrassAndHangingLow
Respectful you won't see me complain much about kids having fun and being loud. And I will always be grateful that my child can do that. (3)
somenub755
Problem is when kids don't respect anyone, don't listen, can't keep calm.
chickNlittle
He came in and cleaned, It's not the end of the world. I don't excuse anything he does, but I sure hugged him before I told him to pick up
dinobots56
I was just complaining about my stepdaughter being a slob.. Now I'm not so upset.
LoveBigD
Ground him
Justaweirdbitch
Right? I was bitching about my daughter not doing the dishes.
IPutAHexOnYou4c6f7665206d65
your problems are bigger cause they are YOUR problems. The fact other people have less/more serious problems is irrelevant to yours.
IPutAHexOnYou4c6f7665206d65
you have every right to complain about something that is hassling you, what you don't have a right for,is to compare your problems to theirs
QueenAmy
My 11 year old cries when he's worried he'll die alone. I can hear him playing upstairs instead of homework
TK421isAFK
I'm waiting for the printer to finish printing part of my 11-yr old's presentation on Marie Curie, her hero. Suddenly, the fact that 1/2
TK421isAFK
we have 2 days to finish this and she's dawdling doesn't fucking matter, and I have to hide tears from her. I wonder if Drake likes Lego.2/2
StarkeRealm
"Anything 10 year old boys like." Yeah, go for it.
APenguinInATuxedo
It's wonderful that your son is healthy and active. Still, there's nothing wrong with getting annoyed when he misbehaves
FUTiLE1
Going to make him a quilt. Any color suggestions for a 10yr old boy?
tiffroxit
Blue and red or hunter green and bright orange (like hunting colors). A quilt would be lovely.
BritishCanadianinTexas
Huskers team colors are red and white. But anything sounds good, thank you.
LenneSamunai
dont let your son become undisciplined bc of this though. rules are rules!
DrGlickenstine
DrGlickenstine
Housemaster
Looks like you need to beat your son with more jumper cables...
Baja2185
It made me stop tearing up. I appreciated it.
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shhep
Let's agree to disagree, eh.
Housemaster
Well, the top comment thread is a playful romp of dildos and cactus fucking, but you're right... Jumper cables went too far ¯\_(ツ)_/ ¯
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Housemaster
So you're saying we should find Cancer's step dad and give them jumper cables?
SpinkyKrindleman
Best use of this guy that I've seen in a long time...¯\_(ツ)_/ ¯
LearnSomething
It is always the time for humor.
43rdpresident
I agree with you 100%
sorrythatusernameisnottaken
God, we need to cure this shit.
JoeCubicle
We need a cure huh? Check out this oppressed try hard: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burzynski_Clinic
KillhoyXII
Fuck yessssss....please
thegr8rambino
Weed already does cannabis oil
majesticchickenhead
To shine some bit of light, I read that in China they successfully used stem cells to cure some type of cancer! Stem cells rock!!! :)
Geogon
It's not going to be easy but hopefully it's curable soon. They found cancer in ancient remains so that tells you how resultant it is.
knifeskills
My grandma, rest her soul, always said they'd never cure it because it was too lucrative to the medical field. Hmmm
xLynnuh
Wouldn't nano biotechnology be able to cure cancer? I mean I'm no medical expert but if cancer has to do with cells.. nanotech makes sense
PhantomWang
I have Lymphoma and they have actually have made great strides in treating it. I have Stage 4 DLBCL and I have a 70% chance of CURING it
ArtOfKarolMichalec
Well, you said it, maybe "God" can cure it?
TheGrumpest
Halting industrial pollution would definitely help.
Nexus763
Cancer is here because very diverse people with very diverse genetic disorders can breed. Since we like the pros, we have to deal with cons
DaftKid
Even if we did, I'm sure it too would come with a price tag.
ramseyj
If only he would...
upsidedownhead
Yep... Dick punched my uncle into the next life a year ago. Fuck cancer.
talkingtothepast
THC kills cancer cells.
PhantomWang
A small percentage of cancer cells. I have lymphoma and weed wouldn't help me at all. Zofran is all I need for chemo side effects.
DrPoopyButthole
Bone marrow transplants are strong treatments against leukemia, and can potentially be curative. I'm going to make a shameless plug (1/2)
DrPoopyButthole
I encourage all of you to sign up to be a potential donor. You could end up saving a kid like Drake: https://bethematch.org/ (2/2)
mykingston
I did years ago. Have yet to be called.
Dinntwin
Google Dr Raymond Rife and Dr Burzynski (separate cases) they have been keeping the most useful cures (not treatments) from the public...
gtmiller
That is idiotic.
amglasgow
Rife's 'cure' is an electric current. Has no effect. Burzynski's compounds can't pass a clinical trial. All bogus.
DotSlashNatalie
Could we start an imgur group for folding@home users? https://folding.stanford.edu/
tarataqa
I've been saying this for over 10,000 years now.
zackaroooooo
Look at Genome Sequencing, just heard that it's one of our best ways for helping cure cancer. It's not a CURE, but can tell what chemo 1/2
zackaroooooo
works and doesn't work. It's a lot better than trying to guess which chemotherapy works and doesn't.
Mtnmanmike
Check out www.stbaldricks.org- its a charity that my wife and I fund raise for that raises money directly for Childhood Cancer Research.
3LittleJokers
I organized and shaved my head with them one year (and yes, I am female) I'd do it again in a heartbeat
Mtnmanmike
This is my second year & my wifes first. She was freaking out a little but as the money is coming in she is getting pumped! Youre Awesome!
Nikolaj
God is not going to help you with that.
bustosoon
Fb crossposting? Sadly, there doesnt seem to be a cure
Fallatus
Figure out how to monitor and alter/manipulate every individual cell in the body and we can. We're not there yet, But we will be. One day.
cherlemegne
There is too much money to be made from the meds. They will never cure all forms of cancer.
Ichose2
No, that's bullshit. Do you know how much you could charge to cure, not just postpone or treat cancer? How many people would have to sell1/?
Ichose2
their souls for a little more cash to cover up a cure? It's hard to cure, it's a complicated set of diseases. Fuck anyone who writes off 1/3
Ichose2
a cure because "big pharma won't make it." The industry needs work, but it's not that evil, and we can cure most cancers eventually
peebster
CRISPR
Nooooooooooooooooooooo
The cause of cancer itself can't be "cured" unless we fiddle with the regeneration and stop mechanisms coded within our cells. (1/2)
Nooooooooooooooooooooo
What we need is something better than the poison literally killing all of our cellular immunity hoping it won't come back.
snugtight
Not to sound like a conspiracy nut but we are being poisoned with the very food we eat. Most illnesses are food born.
adriano99
Let's stop eating, that otta do it
PennFifteen
No, just stop eating doritos and shit
GnarredGnarly
What does imgur think about this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lytFfgtbMSY
TKeels
Wow I'm glad you posted the link thank uou
robattoronto
http://www.newsweek.com/2016/03/04/stanislaw-burzynski-cancer-medical-malfeasance-429057.html
MyDogIsMyMainBitch
Pediatric cancers only get 3.4% of federal funding, treating childhood cancers is too profitable. Most ped. Cancer drugs have 1/?
MyDogIsMyMainBitch
A side effect of secondary cancers, we give them this drug and make them "better" now and maybe yrs from now we'll be treating them again 2/
MyDogIsMyMainBitch
Not to mention the fact that the TREATMENTS destroy these kids and break down their bodies and leave them susceptible to 3/?
MyDogIsMyMainBitch
Suffer or die from something else entirely (immunosuppression) we need to do better for our kids and give them a fighting chance 4/4
ArtOfKarolMichalec
Well, you said it, maybe "God" can cure it?
bumholiday
God does not seem to be on our side on this one....
TKeels
Or mabey cancer is one of the few things in this day and age that can truly humble us... just a thought
bumholiday
yeah, he really humbled the shit out of that little kid up there.....!
bumholiday
i mean, i can tell, that little kid just toooootally seems like a piece of shit that God needed to punish
alphusultimus
Either there is no god or he's a fucking asshole with great spin doctors turning Satan into the bad guy.
SuperPickle17
God keeps getting stuck in traffic. http://imgur.com/kVr2G23
DomesticFire
I think we, as a species, were less likely to get cancer before we started increasing sugar consumption, so maybe we just screwed ourselves
DomesticFire
Granted before sugar we were also dying at >60 from like syphilis and such so maybe we've always been screwing ourselves
VinnieJonesDiary
I think it has far more to do with living longer and not dying at the ripe old age of childbirth than sugar intake
WhiskersVonHoppyhopsthe3rd
I mean, didn't that seed from Australia do pretty well against several different types of cancer. As a potential cute I mean.
WhiskersVonHoppyhopsthe3rd
Cure* geez, my spelling is out the window today.
diablodeldragoon
You mean the sour sop fruit from Brazil ir something else?
WhiskersVonHoppyhopsthe3rd
http://www.snopes.com/scientists-find-australian-berry-can-cure-cancer-48-hours/ this is the article
DomesticFire
I was reading a study that they only find cancer in acidic bodies (aka sugary). I think preventing it should be the thing,notjust curing it.
DazedBarbarian
You body pH is stable otherwise you'd be dead
LordCastellanCreedtheSupremeCommanderofCadia
The body regulates the pH level within a very tight margin and it cannot be changed by diet. Sugar also doesn't "feed" cancer.
HikariShade
The problem is there can be no singular cure.There are so many diffrent types and causes of cancer that what cures one wont work on another.
marifromky
I lost my in laws close together. one to COPD, the other to bone/brain cancer. my mil had the bone cancer. it's of a type you can get 1/2
marifromky
if you grow up around or live an extended time near coal mining. imho, the cure to this cancer is to say no to coal. but what can you do?
HikariShade
Well with Trump now lifting the environment restrictions on coal mining to 'make more jobs' I am sure its only going to get worse. :/
HashBranny
Still at one less breed of cancer is one closer to no more cancer
civilscientist
And cancer "evolves". It's inherently unstable so a treatment that works today might not work tomorrow. Source: cancer biologist and patient
REV076
Personalized treatment is the future shit. You get a general formula, you modify it specifically for the person in treatment
Duvn
Give it 30-50 years and there will be ways to cure diseases in a way you people can't even comprehend, leave it to the professionals
filthbucketsfullofpuke
There has to be a universal cure, somewhere its waiting to be found.
mrsunicorn
Thanks for not answering with, "but BIG PHARMA has the cure!"
0956
Well why don't they, not so big after all pricks!
Cere4l
one of the most inbelievable conspiracies, if they had the cure theyd allow people to sell their souls for it
IHazAwoken
Saw this commercial on TV for a new cancer drug. It gave the genetic variation you had to have for it to work, like fuck!
knifeskills
I saw that too. Really targeted meds
VinnieJonesDiary
Why was there an ad for a cancer drug on TV???
knifeskills
Yeah, all the time!! They have some being advertised and on another channel a tort lawsuit against the same drugs
HikariShade
Because American pharmaceutical companies are allowed to commercialize their product on TV here. Ask your doctor about it today!!
monadi
It's money making. Like, incredibly lucrative to the pharmaceutical industry so why would our lobbyist-filled govt want to change that?
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catscatsyeahcats
As someone who works hard in cancer research, if we had something that worked, you would fucking know. Nobody is holding that back.
TrainingTofu
I don't know dude... If you guys find a cure, don't be surprised if your lab gets raided by the FDA and discredited by pharma.
Jasoup
Because anyone can get cancer, including those lobbyist and any one of their family members. None of them want to wake up to this picture.
amglasgow
There are thousands of cancer-fighting drugs and methods being patented every year. Pharma is in fact trying to cure cancer.
diablodeldragoon
They will make more from you with maintenance meds over a couple of decades than they ever can with a year of chemo.
amglasgow
Those maintenance meds are necessary to keep the cancer from coming back. Cancer is not an infection that once it's gone it's gone - the 1/2
amglasgow
potential to become cancer remains in every one of your cells. You can never be sure all the mutated cells are dead. 2/2
eric2277
Think about this for a second. Imagine how lucrative a patent for a cure for even a singular type of cancer would be.
CE1Pirate
People keep trying but businesses are more worried about the treatment industry If they found cures then they would have no income fuk greed
AddictiveTendancies
Aww cmon, citizens united means corporations are people and people have a conscience. Surely big business will consider cure > profit...
amglasgow
Effective treatments = cure. The only way to cure cancer is to stop it from growing and kill the cells, which is what treatments do.
catscatsyeahcats
I'm working with melanoma cells right now. I'm blind to the patient outcome, but there is some promise in T cells recognizing cancer cells.
SuperJere
My husband of 2 months has metastatic melanoma for the 3rd time in his life. He is responding well to a clinical trial at Vanderbilt. THANKU
itsybitsyspider
Just be careful we don't end up with the T virus.
LookinforaGlucoseGuardian
Wjat if you changed the plasmids of stomache bacteria to emit a level of radiation that would only surpress cancer from spredding? 1/2
LookinforaGlucoseGuardian
Ive heard of that being used for cancer on people's shoulders, but i imagine that the stomache bacteria would work 2/2
DazedBarbarian
Generally speaking its really hard to introduce a new bacteria to the gut microbiome &id guess youd want t the radiation close to the target
likeimfromcorklike
They're literally rewriting the guidelines on melanoma thanks to a new drug
SuperJere
May I ask which drug?
RHFiesling
curing this shit, meaning getting fucking Healthcare sorted???
frowningwithhappiness
Healthcare? Or the money being made from healthcare?
RHFiesling
money being made from Healthcare should go back into Healthcare. The Goal should be to make money but to make ppl Healthy
alphusultimus
We can start by having everyone believe in science and not bleach enemas and prayers.
itsybitsyspider
That still wouldn't cure this shit. Not all of it is from improper healthcare. Even if we cure all the known cancers new and unusual ones--
itsybitsyspider
-- will pop up.
RHFiesling
proper healthcare will include ALL possibilities and good support and make it possible to treat ppl who die atm for being not rich
somethingofsomething
And it's a multi billion dollar industry. I mean my dad's pills are 65k a year. Thank God we live in canadia
PhantomWang
My hospital bill from my time staying for diagnosis was over 100k. If I didn't have dual insurance I'd be bankrupt.
superatheist
Google "what is a cancer cure worth". It is worth A LOT more than current treatments. The fact it's a billion dollar industry means little
CMDRKORR
Not if it's cheap and can't be patented
superatheist
Look at medicinal marijuana, it's cheap and can't be patented but they found a way to make a shit tonne off it.
PhantomWang
The chemotherapy drugs that are curing my lymphoma cost a shit load.
DraymondGreensGoatee
Honest question from a Canadian, how the hell does this work in the US? I'm assuming that our pill costs are very inflated..?
CPatricoo
Theyre inflated because of marketting and that their government negotiates prices. One fucked up part is though that Americans pay the 1/2
cujo67
the....fhqwhgads
Toqom
American companies fire people working on cures, they want to treat issues, no money in a cure. Money is more important than lives.
rarararararararararararararara
I bet people would pay a lifetime of treatment to get a cure... Companies would love a cure.
kmikl
http://www.crediblehulk.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Big-Pharma-Illuminati.jpg
RoseFaery
Yay, Credible Hulk! An awesome guy.
CPatricoo
Reasearch and development costs for medicines, keeping the price down FOR other countries.
VinnieJonesDiary
My understanding is that they spend far far more on advertising than on R&D, advertising that is only allowed in the US
kmikl
Yes, and no... most countries that drug manufacturers operate in share large swaths of the development costs. Canada negotiates this cost/1
kmikl
/2 as an upfront portion of the R&D costs, and then sets a price where the manufacture of the drug is at least 100% funded, with a royalty.
Kuroikaze42
I mean, we have cured some cancer. The issue with curing cancer is that cancer is not one disease. It is a class of thousands of diseases.1/
ShitBricks
Doesnt cancer come from defect cells multiplying?If you were able to find EVERY SINGLE CELL from the start, couldnt you cure/prevent it?
ShwiftyLookingCow
There are also environmental effects that can cause mutations in DNA of non cancerous cells (such as UV radiation).
baadermeinhoff
Yes, but the body doesn't see them as defects. Which is why people go undiagnosed for so long and it gets harder to treat later stages
Kuroikaze42
Each one of those diseases needs it's own approach. Skin cancer can be solved simply by cutting a tumor off, but others arent nearly so 2/
kmikl
*Some skin cancers. Some only require a cream FFS.
WhoTheFuckisGavin
And others might require chemo and extensive surgery.
Kuroikaze42
simple, like how do you get cancer out of the blood, where there is nothing to cut away. That's the issue, cancer needs many cures, not one.
itsybitsyspider
And even if we did cure it, new types will suddenly come up. The body will find new ways to fuck up.
IOnceOwnedMoonMoonButOnceHeTriedToLickMyBallsAndRanAwayIMissHim
FUCK THE BODY!!!
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