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Ashamed: I think about (and plan for) dying. Do you?

Posted by olgamarie @olgamarie, Feb 7, 2021

Hi, did anyone, after there cancer and COPD diagnosis start to think about dying? After almost four years, I still do, all the time. Planning my funeral, how to leave my children, how it will be to be in a coffin. Bizarre, I know.

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doglover888 | @doglover888 | Dec 20, 2022
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@ta52

I don't spend time planning my funeral; I spend time planning how my wife and I are going to do a walking marathon together this Fall. This is a game of life and death and I choose life. I will do everything in my power and utilize every resource available to me to make sure cancer loses. There are millions of cancer survivors out there and I have every intention of being one myself.

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Me too. I don't have time to mull around thinking about dying. Life goes on! Merry Christmas!

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rudai | @rudai | Dec 22, 2022

Many believe you must embrace death to truly live. Funeral Consumer Alliance, FCA, a nonprofit, exists to help people reconcile issues surrounding death and funerals. Live 'till you die. It is a one way trip for all of us.

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joe6767 | @joe6767 | Dec 23, 2022
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@ta52

I don't spend time planning my funeral; I spend time planning how my wife and I are going to do a walking marathon together this Fall. This is a game of life and death and I choose life. I will do everything in my power and utilize every resource available to me to make sure cancer loses. There are millions of cancer survivors out there and I have every intention of being one myself.

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Im starting my chimo next week l got carcinoma in my write lung l got a lobectomie l got 16 treatment to do and l gone to fight to the end and try to win that cancer it’s true lots of people out there there ok
Thank you you make me feel better:)

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cheriums | @cheriums | Dec 24, 2022

No, that's not bizarre.

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doncantrell78 | @doncantrell78 | Jan 31, 2023

Natural thoughts It really helps me to know that I have a relationship with Jesus. Makes a big difference

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kid2thdr | @kid2thdr | Jan 31, 2023

What timing. I’ve recently learned I have an issue in my brain that’s not really operable, and up to 50% of people diagnosed die at about 3 years. It does cause me dizziness, migraines, etc, but I also have ok days. My life has been all about international medical missions the past 25 years, and financial giving has always been a large part of it. I was planning to slow down this, having just spending a month in Ukraine. I’m 70 years old. Now I find it difficult to spend any money on myself, shreddding my bucket list so I can leave more to charities. I guess I’m just confused about how to navigate my remaining years and doing things that I have always wanted. Feedback appreciated.

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kid2thdr | @kid2thdr | Jan 31, 2023
In reply to @doncantrell78 "Natural thoughts It really helps me to know that I have a relationship with Jesus. Makes..." + (show)
@doncantrell78

Natural thoughts It really helps me to know that I have a relationship with Jesus. Makes a big difference

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Amen. As a health care provider and man of very strong faith, I don’t know how people handle the “dying proposition” without Jesus. I have spent 24 years in healthcare and sharing the gospel all around the word. He will be with us every step of the until we open our eyes after our last blink and see his glorious face.

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freitag | @freitag | Feb 1, 2023
In reply to @kid2thdr "Amen. As a health care provider and man of very strong faith, I don’t know how..." + (show)
@kid2thdr

Amen. As a health care provider and man of very strong faith, I don’t know how people handle the “dying proposition” without Jesus. I have spent 24 years in healthcare and sharing the gospel all around the word. He will be with us every step of the until we open our eyes after our last blink and see his glorious face.

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And yet, people do handle dying without Jesus being a part of their life. Simply not being afraid of death, which is part of life, is all that is needed.

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thisismarilynb | @thisismarilynb | Feb 1, 2023
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@freitag

And yet, people do handle dying without Jesus being a part of their life. Simply not being afraid of death, which is part of life, is all that is needed.

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Aptly said. I actually think that person's comment was not proper for this platform.

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mddan216 | @mddan216 | Feb 2, 2023
In reply to @kid2thdr "Amen. As a health care provider and man of very strong faith, I don’t know how..." + (show)
@kid2thdr

Amen. As a health care provider and man of very strong faith, I don’t know how people handle the “dying proposition” without Jesus. I have spent 24 years in healthcare and sharing the gospel all around the word. He will be with us every step of the until we open our eyes after our last blink and see his glorious face.

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All I have to say is - AMEN!

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