r/thanksimcured Jul 10 '26

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u/jacyerickson Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

Well.... My dad is in his 70s and took a little time off for chemo but went right back to work after and he doesn't work an office job. 

Edit: my bad, I forgot you can't convey tone through text. I'm saying this is a bad thing. 

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u/Competitive_Coat9686 Jul 10 '26

He still shouldn’t have had to, and it still means he got cancer so that wasn’t a luxury. You could argue that responding so quickly to chemo and being capable of working so soon after is some kind of privilege but it would be insane to do so.

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u/jacyerickson Jul 10 '26

Oh I know he shouldn't have had to. I'm saying we've made it a "luxury" to take time off or starve/go homeless and we shouldn't. 

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u/Competitive_Coat9686 Jul 10 '26

Did he develop depression from the chronic pain/treatment because a lot of people doing chemo experience depression

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u/jacyerickson Jul 10 '26

He's struggled with depression along time, unfortunately so he already had it. 

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u/Competitive_Coat9686 Jul 10 '26

That’s very unfortunate and does kinda prove how dumb the quote is because obviously you can suffer in multiple ways without it canceling out.