It turns out there are two filters; the fishiness as determined by the UI layer must be separate from the content moderation filters on the backend. I've also had a couple fish that the UI thought were acceptable but the backend (rightfully) disappeared into the void.
3c here as well. The doctors were surprised that it had spread to my bones, and it didn’t show up on the CT scans that they were using for surveillance.
Jake was strong. He was so prolific throughout his death process. Truly an inspration, especially to those dying of this disease.
It is a terrible disease. I would not wish it on my worst enemy. The horror, pain and lethargy that you experience... Having chunks of your body cut out periodically... Slowly dying from the inside out... Watching your loved ones fall apart... I can barely put into words how difficult it is. If you know someone who has this disease, reach out to them, they need love and support.
Rest in peace Jake. You will be missed. But more importantly, you will be remembered.
And yet… an invaluable opportunity to say goodbye and "get affairs in order". The suffering for all affected, I completely agree, I would not want anyone to go through. But compared to a recent bereavement I experienced where this person just did not come home, having died suddenly, unexpectedly, tragically alone and unseen. Would that I could choose, I think I would like the notice, despite the downsides.
Love to all dealing with grief.
How did the Voyagers avoid hitting asteroids when exiting the solar system? I thought there was a huge cloud of asteroids surrounding our solar system.
You're getting answers about the asteroid belt because you said asteroids, but I believe your question is about the Oort cloud (comets) since you said surrounding the solar system.
From wikipedia;
> Space probes have yet to reach the area of the Oort cloud. Voyager 1, the fastest[60] and farthest[61][62] of the interplanetary space probes currently leaving the Solar System, will reach the Oort cloud in about 300 years[6][63] and would take about 30,000 years to pass through it.
300 years, huh? I wonder if it'd be prone to Wait Calculation[1] at that level of travel? We'd definitely be dead or well into galaxy exploration by the time it's close to finished with the Oort Cloud.
Either way, I wouldn't be too worried about collisions. To emphasize again, Space is really big and really empty in the grand scheme of things. Outside of a star's gravitation pull, we'd have to be extremely unlucky to have a collision once we get past the planets. And AFAIK there's no signifigant exoplanet within the Oort Cloud.
As for stars: for reference, The Alpha Centauri is the closest to us and that is over twice as far as the edge of the Oort Cloud. It's not like we'd be able to get any data by that point in time, But I imagine crashing into another star outside of our Sun would be a celebrated moment rather than a somber one.
> Leia: Chewie, get up here! We're going into an asteroid field!
> Han: That's no problem. Just don't hit whatever asteroid might be within a hundred thousand kilometres.
> Han: They're in nice stable orbits too, so it's easy to avoid them.
> Leia: Okay, fine. We're going into a massive region of randomly moving, closely packed, enormous giant space rocks.
> Han: Gaaaaaah!
> How did the Voyagers avoid hitting asteroids when exiting the solar system? I thought there was a huge cloud of asteroids surrounding our solar system.
The same way the Saturn probes went right through the rings and didn't hit anything.
Even if it looks like a "cloud" or "ring", that doesn't mean that it is "dense". There are whopping distances between objects in space.
It is way, way, way more difficult to actually "hit" something in space than it is to avoid something.
You have that 'other' variety I guess? I had the 'good' one (very slow and easy to eradicate after surgery). Hope you will be ok. For me there were no detectable bumps or whatever on the outside, just one day I noticed it was hard as a rock and went to the doctor.
Hope science will find better treatments than chemo (I don't really care about the surgery) and radiation.
Yep mine is weird and rare (PMNSGCT). Starts in the chest cavity, grows to a huge solid tumor. Just finished up 4 cycles of BEP, a very intense chemo regime. But honestly wasn’t too bad. I would do it 10 times over if it means living. Thoracic surgical resection coming up next.
I found out at age 29 about 4 months ago. My cancer is rare called PMNSGCT. Presented as large solid tumor in chest the size of a cantaloupe. Symptoms were fevers, night sweats, coughing. They thought it was pneumonia at first. Had a big surprise when I went to the ER lol.
I'm very sorry to hear that! That f*cking sucks! And thank you for sharing. That's something every man should be cautious of. But you say "chest", so checking your balls wouldn't make a difference, right?
Cancer is funky. My dad had lung cancer that travelled to his brain and affected his vision. That's the only way he knew there was something wrong. Well, that and driving a truck and trailer over another truck and trailer.
He went the eye doctor and they said his eyes were healthy. Then they suggested more tests and they found the tumor in his head and the one in his lung.
This also points out why cancer is so dangerous, by the time you realize you have cancer it could have spread around your body. Especially cancer in parts with lots of blood supply or close to lymph nodes.
Thanks! Luckily my dad is still kicking around, but he was classified stage 4 lung cancer in 2018 (if memory serves) so we understand that's it's going to come back at some point. But he got to see 3 grandbabies since chemo+radiation+surgery so that's precious time he has enjoyed :)
That's a very good reminder that it's not about the years (quantity) but quite definitely how you fill it. So I wish you folks lots of valuable moments and beautiful memories.
Very sorry about your dad. I am so thankful that in my case I still have a shot at cure. People have been telling me I am strong to go through this, but folks like your dad are really the strong ones.
Many cancer cells travel around the body. The cells may only attach and grow in certain kinds of tissue, but that isn't always the case. At a basic level, cancer is mutated cells...sometimes they mutate more.
I had seminoma testicular cancer. If you must have one, it's what you want. It's very treatable, but also affects the lymphatic system of the body. I had tumors in one testicle and 2 lymph nodes in my abdomen.
Surgery for the testicular tumor, chemo for the others.
It is specifically a testicular cancer. The cell type originates in the testicle. It’s a germ cell which are only found in reproductive organs. In my case doctors don’t really know why it “starts in the chest”. Some think it starts in the testes, moves up into the chest and the testes clear up. But there is no definitive science pointing to that. It is very rare. But it is definitely a type of testicular cancer. A rather shitty one unfortunately.
heh, ok. I always assumed testicular cancer meant cancer in the testes, what I'm hearing you say is that it's a type of cancer that starts in the testes so it's considered testicular cancer regardless of where it's found.
Sometimes it starts in the testes, but in extremely rare cases they believe that it is of primordial origin. For example, when you are developing as an embryo, perhaps the germ cell gets stuck in the chest and takes many years to mutate. But they don’t really know how this works. Very weird stuff.
