If you had an incurable disease

[big4life]

would you tell your friends? If so, at what time, as soon as you found out, wait until it became obvious, etc.?

Also, if you were the friend, how would you feel if they didn't tell you right away?

 

[psychedout]

I would tell my close friends immediately.

They are the type of people that will be there for me.

If I wasn't told something like that, and I was a close friend, I would feel terrible.

 

[c3bodybuilding]

I would tell people that I trusted, and who would be there for me. I wouldn't tell everyone though. Some people can be negative, and hateful with things like that. Those are the last things you need at a time like that.

 

[psychedout]

**On a seperate topic, if I found out I have an incurable disease, I would probly see what it feels like to be a cyborg before I die -- in other words, I would take 5 grams a week/test, GH, slin, etc.

 

[c3bodybuilding]

LOL psy. I actually thought about things like that before. If I ever had something they couldn't cure, or if my fiancee's cancer came back, and they could do nothing for her. I'm not talking about suicide, or anything like that. But rather, living life a bit faster, and not worrying if I live to be 75 or not.

 

[Raina]

I would tell my loved ones because I think they'd have the right to now. At least then they could prepare for it, well, as much as one really can. Maybe it would end some of the petty bickering that happens between family memebers and friends and help everyone make the most of their time.

I wouldn't walk around with a shirt that said "dying" or anything though. Maybe it's just me, being someone who has experienced a lot of death in my family-- both from freak accidents (my dad) and from long battles with disease, but I see death as part of life. So I'd really hope I'd not live much different than I do now if I found out I had a terminal illness. I could get hit by a car tonight. One never really knows so it's not worth fretting about.

 

[psychedout]

Raina, after reading that post, I feel I should quote Sofageorge's signature here:

"If the fast life kills you, you will have no regrets."

 

[big4life]

I would tell my loved ones because I think they'd have the right to now. At least then they could prepare for it, well, as much as one really can. Maybe it would end some of the petty bickering that happens between family memebers and friends and help everyone make the most of their time.

I was talking about this with a group earlier this week and that was my point of view, that it would bring people together. Then someone else pointed out that they would feel funny, wondering if people were being truthful with them, or were just treating them a certain way out of sympathy

 

[Raina]

In HS one of my close gf's dad was dying of cancer. Everyone knew. And he was so inspiring. He'd throw random mid-week surprise parties for her to cheer her up. He talked to her friends and told them how they could comfort his daughter. He helped his daughter learn how to help her mom and her mom how to help her. He was a psychiatrist. The end of his life was about living, not him just passively letting it slip by.

 

[c3bodybuilding]

Raina, you just got me depressed with that post. He sounded like a wonderful man. If that happened to me, that is how I would want to go.

 

[argent]

what kind of work was he in if you don't mind?

 

[Raina]

My dad got killed in a random freak accident at work. It's sad but I wouldn't be where I am today with the wonderful dad I have now (who CHOSE to be my parent instead of just having it happen) or the life I have now.

 

[eurorides]

**On a seperate topic, if I found out I have an incurable disease, I would probly see what it feels like to be a cyborg before I die -- in other words, I would take 5 grams a week/test, GH, slin, etc.

id probally do sort of the opposite, eat everything that i ever wanted to, get fat as hell. o ya if i had like 24 hours or something i would wanna get into a high speed chase