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Cancer.. it's common.

posted 8 years ago by troelsy-833-316700
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First of all. I am not trying to disrespect this show at all. Reading the description just made me think. Enough to evidently make my own topic, which I think is a first for me on imdb.

So the main character is diagnosed with cancer and I assume there is some comedy involved in general.

I lost my mum to turbo pancreatic cancer (as I like to call it as she dies 2 months after diagnosis, 1 year after an all-clear scan) when I was 26 and 2 months later my dad got diagnosed with cancer too (all good now though) but that time has got to be the toughest time of my life. I'm not sure I can find any comedy in a life of a cancer patient cos of my experiences. I'm an only child, I'll add so I had no siblings for support

Now cancer is fairly common. I've had grandparents with cancer too and dying from it. But maybe at that point I might've still found this show funny.

I am curious if anyone who has fought cancer themselves like this show? Or someone in a similar circumstance as me.

I can't help but think that it's okay and fun if you haven't really been affected by cancer as close as parent or spouse?

I can't watch this cos I don't wanna have to relive the hardest time of my life. Am I the only one? Let me know if I am wrong. Thoughts. :)

[–] evi320 8 years ago

I had a very hard time watching this show at first. My mother was diagnosed with stage 4 uterine cancer in 2011, around the time it came out. As she was dying at the end of 2013, until her final days in April 2014, I actually found the final episodes of this show to be very helpful in understanding what my mom was going through. I ended up thinking it was completely brilliant, especially the final episodes. They were very, very accurate and I think helped me to be more sensitive to what my mom was going through in her final days.

My mom watched the show too and found it funny and was able to relate a lot to the main character.

I hope this helps to answer your question. All the best to you.

[–] evi320 8 years ago

Just one other thought in regard to your post. It's been two years since my mom died, and I do find I can't watch movies, or even commercials, about cancer, even now. This show, though, it was special and different and more sensitive, which is why I was able to appreciate it.