Slatewoman wrote:huh. i just found out that my mom has stage 4 liver cancer, "nothing can be done" and "1 in 12 people make it past 5 years".
it's not news to me because she's been fucked up for the last 18 years and has done little but embrace sickness as her identity. give it and inch and it will take a mile. i came to terms with her mortality a long time ago and for reasons that are tl;dr, it's a positive thing. i don't want any condolences. what bothers me though is my complete lack of empathy or sympathy.
Well, whatever the situation cancer is un-awesome. If the inevitable happens sooner rather than later I hope it happens with the least amount of suffering involved.