Joey Russ 7,220 Posted March 4, 2018 Chris Betancourt is aiming to have the world record of the most bone marrow transplant sign up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted March 7, 2018 Jake Bailey, the New Zealand boy who had that rare cancer and gave a good speech, still occasionally finds "lumps": http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=12008384 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,630 Posted March 8, 2018 Another local paper tells a heartbreaking cancer mum story I'll leave out the name to avoid ranter fire: http://www.kentonline.co.uk/malling/news/fairytale-wedding-is-mums-final-160583/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted March 8, 2018 (edited) EDIT: GC Reptile said fucking ages ago Conclusion to the unlikely story of former Shameless pick Gemma Nuttall, Kate Winslet and Leonardo Di Caprio: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/titanic-pair-kate-winslet-leonardo-11966102 From first line of article 'rufusing' FFS - they don't read this shit themselves even do they!! EDIT: Sorry when I opened the thread went to first unread post rather than latest! Edited March 8, 2018 by Grim Up North I can spell but I'm still a fuckwit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted March 8, 2018 Deborah James working hard to get into your hearts and onto your shortlists: https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/5750495/the-suns-deborah-james-stars-bbc-podcast-cancer/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted March 11, 2018 Stephen Halsey , subject of a r5 programme on Heart Transplant Day 3 years ago http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1kt4rTVMpNh7vfwjNWtrQQD/heart-transplant-day died during the week according to the transistor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted March 11, 2018 My pick Shalom Ouanounou died two days ago: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/shalom-ouanounou-death-1.4569257 Well, it solves one of my problems in that I kind of feared that the BBC would report the court decision to turn off his life support, but then not report his death. Now there might be a news report on the similar situation of Taquisha McKitty, which then mentions that Shalom Ouanounou has already died...so let's see... Edit: Also of interest, the Ouanounou case will actually go on... Editedit: If the case actually makes it to the Canadian Supreme Court, as the article suggests, then I think a QO is more likely than not (as a symbol of "religious freedom"). But then how long is that going to take... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 13, 2018 Atlanta woman who is bedridden with multiple myeloma is denied marriage license so she can marry the father of her four children. The reason: She needs to come get the license in person. This will make news when she dies, esp if unwed. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted April 2, 2018 Cancer mum and Shameless would-be-3.0 member Louise Gleadall has died: https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/mum-louise-gleadell-who-used-1409925 She went to Germany (probably Hallwang clinic) and for her, it didn't work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,426 Posted April 2, 2018 Really glad Shameless got retired tbh. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted April 2, 2018 Don't worry, I'm not thinking about resurrecting it. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 5, 2018 On 1/3/2018 at 11:30, Sir Creep said: So three days late, my DDP pick and Shameless type Larissa Podermanski launches a youtube 'how i'm doing' video, wherein she says her latest dr visit shows no progression in her tumours, but she is experiencing some internal 'discomfort' and the drs don't know what it is at this point. Her next checkup in 6-12 weeks. Looks like she's going to have to come through for me in the latter months of the year. I knew she saw the dr and having not heard anything I had figured the worst. Frankly, good for her on a more positive result. SC Feb 28 tweet: "Yesterday I heard the dreaded words of progression. Of course it’s sad & scary. It’s never what a thriver would ever hope to hear." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted April 6, 2018 Jonathan Pitre, the 17-year-old dubbed 'Butterfly Boy' for his debilitating battle with epidermolysis bullosa (EB) and about whom ESPN did an E:60 episode on his condition, has died of complications of septic shock: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/a-fearless-warrior-ottawa-s-butterfly-boy-jonathan-pitre-dies-1.3873760 ESPN video: http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=14045517 His story was long reported on in Ottawa, where Pitre was from, and his death will likely hit the community quite hard. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted April 12, 2018 On 1/30/2018 at 16:49, Sir Creep said: Some nobody 'designer' named Amy Mattingly -- terminal bowel cancer gets write-up in The Sun. SC Seems we all missed this, but she died about a week ago now, and nobody noticed for some reason... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,630 Posted April 12, 2018 Not gonna print the name cos it's damn near nailed on drive by trouble but... This case has moved on since the online report here because Fed Ex failed to deliver a parcel containing vital medical materials. So, an unfolding tragedy might have stepped up to news worthy. Link (not including the latest twist): http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/tumour-teenager-jayden-powell-being-treated-in-germany-160892/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted April 12, 2018 17 hours ago, Joey Russ said: Seems we all missed this, but she died about a week ago now, and nobody noticed for so, me reason... There’s an obit in our local paper for her because she lives just down the road, and that’s the first time I’d heard of her. Stories like this used to elicit a sliver of sympathy but there are so many ‘ooo look at me I’m dying’ that I find it hard to give a shit any more. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,309 Posted April 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Lard Bazaar said: There’s an obit in our local paper for her because she lives just down the road, and that’s the first time I’d heard of her. Stories like this used to elicit a sliver of sympathy but there are so many ‘ooo look at me I’m dying’ that I find it hard to give a shit any more. I started thinking that a few months ago and wondered if I was being wicked coming to that conclusion.Seems just so many are around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted April 17, 2018 Kris Hallenga lost control over her cancer for a bit, but now it's stable again: https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/6068224/coppafeel-founder-kris-hallenga-shares-what-its-like-to-live-with-cancer/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted April 18, 2018 On 8.3.2018 at 19:28, gcreptile said: Deborah James working hard to get into your hearts and onto your shortlists: https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/5750495/the-suns-deborah-james-stars-bbc-podcast-cancer/ In remission, but waiting for it to come back: https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/6083278/the-suns-deborah-james-in-remission-bowel-cancer/ Makes you wonder what a cancer mum does without cancer... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 26, 2018 On 1/3/2018 at 11:30, Sir Creep said: So three days late, my DDP pick and Shameless type Larissa Podermanski launches a youtube 'how i'm doing' video, wherein she says her latest dr visit shows no progression in her tumours, but she is experiencing some internal 'discomfort' and the drs don't know what it is at this point. Her next checkup in 6-12 weeks. Looks like she's going to have to come through for me in the latter months of the year. I knew she saw the dr and having not heard anything I had figured the worst. Frankly, good for her on a more positive result. SC This week's update: Nurse told Larissa to plan for end-of-life discusssions. "My liver and stomach are very enlarged right now, and based on my scans and blood count numbers, I’m in liver failure. I have to pray and hope this chemo can shrink or zap some of the nasty liver cancer." She's also talking bucket list. Hope she can enjoy a few days this summer somehow. Problem with picking Shameless types is they are real people, like me. I can see myself posting some hopeless blog and things going south and 20% of the blog's web traffic is some assholes in a death pool. Reality sucks sometimes. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted April 27, 2018 Shalom Ouanounou obit watch: The story has now been picked up by the Economist under the aspect of "When is dead really dead?": https://www.economist.com/news/international/21741131-there-growing-opposition-way-many-countries-define-dying-when-death-not Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted April 28, 2018 On 4/25/2018 at 09:33, Toast said: Alexander has surged into a late lead at evens. Is someone in the know? They've already given it to George as a middle name, but that needn't rule it out. I had fancied a punt on Alfred, but with the current row over Alfie Evans it might have been too sensitive a choice. Sadly, he’s dead... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 29, 2018 Move to 'political' thread if you like but re: Alfie, no court should tell a parent how to medically TREAT their child. This isn't a statement re: NON-treatment like goddamn anti-vaxers etc, where the parents are choosing NOT to treat the child. But in this case the court has zero interest greater than the parents. They turned a human being into a chattel. *descends soap box* 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted April 30, 2018 The Dignitas clinic might be having a little marketing push, because Noel Conway is talking again right now: https://news.sky.com/story/i-cant-move-and-can-hardly-breathe-let-me-die-with-dignity-11288245 And there's also a Jersey woman named Roberta Tupper "threatening" to go there: https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2018/04/30/cruel-law-means-i-have-to-go-to-dignitas-to-die/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted April 30, 2018 Drowning you in suggestions: Vicky Phelan, young Irish woman with missed cancer, sneaky Mirror obit: https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/vicky-phelan-recalls-horrific-missed-12447912 Steve Dymond, aka "The NHS caused my cancer": http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43910567 Also note his article in QO source iNews... Lonnie Kilpatrick, Agent Orange victim: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5674567/Vietnam-vet-diagnosed-terminal-kidney-cancer-VA-denied-exposed-toxins.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
