I know this is hard to do, but imagine this....?

Question

Tomorrow morning on a perfectly normal day, you go to your doctor for a routine check-up. After a few tests the doctor informs you that you are suffering from some sort of cancer and that you are going to die in about 6 to 8 weeks. What would you do during the time you have left? Could you explain why you'd do that? I mean don't give me short answers, don't say "I'd stay positive" or "I’d be normal". Tell me why. Why would you stay positive or whatever else you think you might do. I just want to know what how you think about this situation.

This question was not asked to upset anyone. I am purely looking for answers as to what people would do, as this is going to be my reference for the question which I will ask in the next few days. So, please if anyone out there is actually in the situation that I described above, please do not take the question in the wrong way!

Answer 1

Oh man, 6-8 weeks! l would first spend about 2 weeks saying goodbye to my family and loved ones, you know spend time with them, telling them l love them and all that. Then l would try to go to Egypt, it been my dream since l heard it had pyramids. By this time l would still have about 2-4 more weeks to live, according to you. l would come back home and spent even more time with my family before l start having fun. On my last week l would party like crazy!! l would sleep with every stripper out there l don't care if l get a disease, l would get drunk and high, l would eat everything what ever l want, l would rob stores, terrorize the president as well as the country and a bunch of some other stuff. Thats what l would do, and you?

Answer 2

Hey, my answser is guna be reasonably long, as thats what you asked for!
But if i had been told that, assuming everything was alright and i was completly oblivious, i would brake down, the shock, and the situation, would be overwhelming, but on recieving the news from the Doctor, i would laugh, not in a nasty way, but whenever i get told bad news .. i laugh, i suppose its just away for me to cope. So i would laugh and smile, then ask the doctor why im am laughing as it isnt funny! Then i would go through the whole breaking down routine! I would tell the people that mean the world to me about my news, unless i had young children, i would explain to them what was going to happen, but not that i have cancer and that its killing me i would let them discover that when they are old enough and ready to understand the whole 'truth'. After i have let the news 'hit me' i would definatley try to stay positive, the last things your loved ones want to see is you going in to a manically depressed state when they know they are soon to loose you aswell! I would stay positive for them and for my self!
After all life is what we are, and therfore we should live it to the full! If you are told you only have 6-8 weeks left, go crazy, do things you have never dreamed of doing, see things you have always wanted to see, love the ones who are close to you like you have never loved before, and just generally enjoy what you are left with!
A good phrase i once heard, to support what i have said and to encourage me if i ever was in that situation was, why finish life like peter perfect, prim and proper, with no real sense of achivement, when yuu can slide in through the doors, hair whipped back, grazed knees, grass stains everywhere, heart pounding, grinning widly, screaming WOW what a ride!?

Hope that wasnt longer than you where expecting! HaHa

Answer 3

Check out every other resource. I've had too many friends be told "you have 6 weeks to live" by one doctor and then they go a different route and they're still alive today.

One went to China and studied Qi Gong (she had breast cancer) and now she teaches Qi Gong in America. Another had stomach cancer and went to an acupuncturist who used Tibetan singing bowls. Cancer is gone and my friend is still alive.

So, I'd look into all the alternatives first.

But if the question is, "You have 6 weeks on the planet left" I'd eat a LOT of bacon.

Answer 4

haha Well....I would stay positive.
I would say to myself there is no way this could take me down! I'm stronger than this! But I still would live as if today was my last.....isn't that what you should do everyday?
I would spend as much time with my family and friends as possible, I would hang out with my son and make sure he'll remember his mom!
I would want to FINALLY marry my boyfriend and maybe have the guts to bring the subject up to him in a conversation.
I would work less.
I would go to the beach, I would go to the mountains.
I would cry, smile and be scared all at the same time!
Wow....this would be a hard situation. I would try my darnest to live as long as I could....I'd be a fighter!

Answer 5

Nobody can tell you for sure because it's a very difficult situation...the only thing that I can tell you is that if something like that ever happened to me I wish I had the courage to be positive and do all the things I like..I wish I could be strong as many people are suffering or had suffered from cancer...it's really amazing and I have always been wondering how they do it..You have to experience it to know for sure what your reaction would be..

Answer 6

Hello Mahammed,

My husbands best friend phoned one Saturday and said Jean sit down I have some news for you - He had cancer and only had a few months to live - My husbands friend that he had known for 56 years was going to die and within a short period of time.

Of course I thought oh God - I had known Mike for 30 years and he was such a lovely person.

OK so I supported him - One evening he came to stay which he usually did once a month - He said Jean please look on the Internet to see what tablets I am on - so I did and it told him that if you were on these tablets it was terminal.. That evening we spent a long time on the Internet and came to the conclusion that Mike would be dead soon.

Yes he died soon afterwards - but guess what that last evening we spent together in my home - he said Jean I am so grateful to you for going through everything with me - I know and you know that I am going to die but you have shown such love and understanding this evening that I want you to know that I love you very much and thank you for helping me to understand my illness.

I did not really understand his illness but I had compassion.

Answer 7

I think I'd definately make the most of the time I had left. I'd be sad and a part of me wouldn't want to tell my loved ones so they wouldn't be sad. But, on the other hand the shock of it all might be just as hard. This is one of those question that there is no good answer for.Lets just hope it never happens!

Answer 8

I would visit my family members, but not tell them I was dying. I don't like knowing people are dying. It upsets me. I found out my grandma had breast cancer and that freaked me out enough that I know that I would NEVER tell any of my family members if I was dying. Thank God she survived.
I would max all of my credit cards, take vacation from work and go to Greece and Japan. I've always wanted to go extremely bad. Then I would return to work and treat every day as a normal day until I died. I don't want to change my whole entire routine permanently because I'm dying. It just wouldn't seem right to me to just up and quit because I'm dying. I'm committed to my customers. I love seeing them every day. I work at a pharmacy so mostly it's old people. But I'm so used to seeing them all. I love being surrounded by normalcy.

Answer 9

Well I don't know!
I don't have any kids so I haven't had the joy of holding a baby of my own. It would be a little hard because I always wanted a baby of my own!
I would try to think positive.
Wouldn't wanna go through chemo and stuff.
Still wouldn't be afraid of death.
Write a will.
Spend most of my time with my family and close friends.
I think that's about it!

Answer 10

i would be shocked and would try to enjoy the 2 months left, visit family etc. I would consider robbing a bank, because I wouldnt have to worry about years in jail. I would also stop paying my rent and council tax and take out a bank loan with no insurance, because by the time I get taken to court I will be well and truely dead!!!! ha ha ha get even - die in debt!!