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    • groftercommented6 years ago

      he is brave. brave to share his and his wife's reactions, in his desire to fight such a bad cancer, in his willingness to share his naked acceptance of his situation and prognosis, and wise to know he is partially fighting this so he can do best for his kids and wife before he dies, by trying to give them as many positive moments and memories as possible.

      With McCain's glio, there have been a lot of opinion pieces about challenging the norms of how we talk and think about what "fighting cancer" is for people with these horrible prognoses. About how expanding of the goals of the "fighting" to include fighting for those positive things (memories, times with loved ones, bucket list stuff, etc) rather than solely fighting to beat the cancer itself (when chances are poor that cure is possible) being something that might be more meaningful, and that should be addressed more regularly. This guy seems to have that balance.

      this article makes me want to call in sick, and get my partner and friends to skip work, and go climb a local mountain, and then stop at the brewery on the river for beer and pizza, and talk and laugh and look at the clouds and just appreciate being alive.