It is 6 months to the day that my father died from Colon Cancer... that's why I am down today.
But my whole abbreviated life story is:
- My mother left when I was 5.
- My mother stole $1,000 from me when I was 9
- My father had cancer from when I was 11-20.
- My brother and sister both dropped out of high school and subsequently college
- My brother and sister are drug addicts and constantly ask me for money
- My brother and sister consistently try to kill themselves (They apparently suck at it, tried probably a dozen times each)
- My niece died at 7 days old
- I've had 3 gfs and all 3 have cheated on me.
- Lost a wrestling scholarship because I tore my MCL
- I am deaf in one ear due to ear surgeries when I was a kid
Now for the May 2012 - May 2013:
- May 2012 - 3rd gf cheated on me and I was stuck in downtown Chicago for a few days until my bus ticket could be used. I was too embarresed to tell my dad that another gf cheated on me.
- May 2012 - Less than two weeks after that, I find out I have several polyps and a small tumor in my colon. Surgery follows in July.
- Jun 2012 - Father gets hypothermia from experimental chemo treatment
- July 2012 - surgery to remove tumor
- Sept 2012 - Brother breaks up with his gf, tries to kill himself by driving his car down a ravine.
- Oct 2012 - Father is dangerously ill, liver infection, jaundice, blood infection. Doctor said if he would've waited 10 more minutes to go to hospital, he would've died. "Lucky to see the new year, extremely lucky to see the spring" - Doctor
- Mar 2013 - Father gets a scan, has brain tumor, still goes to work.
- May 2013 - Father passes during finals week
That was a hellish year...
Nothing has really happened since then except I broke my foot the day after my health insurance expired and I failed a background check (got that resolved though).
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Also it pisses me off when I say that I've been through a lot of stuff but some older people, like 30-40, say "You're only 20, you haven't been through anything".
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