cancer

[c0untingstars]

Today in health psych we talked about chronic and terminal illness. And my professor made us pick one of these scenarios:  To die sometime in the next ten years from today due to an accident, to have incurable cancer with one really tough week but only six months to live from today, to have cancer with six really hard months but five years to live

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[rocksteady101]

I'd pick the 10 years. I mean, that's what its pretty much like right now, except its more like 50 years. I imagine that if I knew I had a terminal illness, the anticipation alone would make me miserable. I'd rather not know my future. And I'm throwing out the quadriplegic thing because being like that for 20 years would just be painful in itself.

[roger_daltry]

I agree with trent, Ten years is the best one i could pick. It has spontaneity and it wouldn't be lurking over me or changing how I lived. Even if I died tomorrow from an accident, theres really nothing that would change about today.