Comments on: Depression, Grace, and Killing Carl’s Army http://andiamnotlying.com/2009/depression-grace-and-killing-carls-army/ For Real Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:10:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Poe http://andiamnotlying.com/2009/depression-grace-and-killing-carls-army/comment-page-1/#comment-9350 Poe Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:49:33 +0000 http://www.andiamnotlying.com/2009/big-buck-safari-depression-grace-and-killing-carls-army/#comment-9350 Hi, just found your site and was looking around. I had mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Then, I had it surgically removed when I was 26, I'm now 30. I'm a female, just fyi. I went through the same emotional turmoil that you are explaining here. I think it is pretty uncommon for young people to have and survive cancer, and then write about it. I have not met anyone my age who has gone through anything even remotely similar to what I did. With the removal of the cancer, they also removed my hard palate, and I incurred a life-long disability. Now I cannot eat, drink, or speak without a peice of plastic in the roof of my mouth. I am still trying to adjust to the new me and my new life. Hang in there, it definitely gets a lot easier. Best Wishes, Poe Hi, just found your site and was looking around. I had mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Then, I had it surgically removed when I was 26, I’m now 30. I’m a female, just fyi.

I went through the same emotional turmoil that you are explaining here. I think it is pretty uncommon for young people to have and survive cancer, and then write about it. I have not met anyone my age who has gone through anything even remotely similar to what I did.

With the removal of the cancer, they also removed my hard palate, and I incurred a life-long disability. Now I cannot eat, drink, or speak without a peice of plastic in the roof of my mouth.

I am still trying to adjust to the new me and my new life. Hang in there, it definitely gets a lot easier.

Best Wishes,
Poe

]]> By: Lolly http://andiamnotlying.com/2009/depression-grace-and-killing-carls-army/comment-page-1/#comment-9107 Lolly Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:18:06 +0000 http://www.andiamnotlying.com/2009/big-buck-safari-depression-grace-and-killing-carls-army/#comment-9107 Okay, I haven't been able to decide if I want to read "Eat Pray Love' or not (I absolutely LOVED her biography, "The Last American Man." But then some novel of hers I read next was just "so-so." See? can't remember the name. Something about fishermen.) Probably won't! But, yeah, hormones are powerful stuff. So is grace. And kindness. Nice post, whoever you are. :) Okay, I haven’t been able to decide if I want to read “Eat Pray Love’ or not (I absolutely LOVED her biography, “The Last American Man.” But then some novel of hers I read next was just “so-so.” See? can’t remember the name. Something about fishermen.) Probably won’t!

But, yeah, hormones are powerful stuff. So is grace. And kindness.
Nice post, whoever you are. :)

]]> By: Kevin McGuire http://andiamnotlying.com/2009/depression-grace-and-killing-carls-army/comment-page-1/#comment-9059 Kevin McGuire Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:26:56 +0000 http://www.andiamnotlying.com/2009/big-buck-safari-depression-grace-and-killing-carls-army/#comment-9059 How the hell I am getting wrapped up in your life I dont know. I think it started with the unitesticaled pink cockroach. However, You seem like a genuine dude. Keep on keepin on brotha. How the hell I am getting wrapped up in your life I dont know. I think it started with the unitesticaled pink cockroach. However, You seem like a genuine dude. Keep on keepin on brotha.

]]> By: trish http://andiamnotlying.com/2009/depression-grace-and-killing-carls-army/comment-page-1/#comment-8841 trish Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:06:26 +0000 http://www.andiamnotlying.com/2009/big-buck-safari-depression-grace-and-killing-carls-army/#comment-8841 jeff, you're amazing. i keep thinking about the moment we shared on opposite sides of the curtain in the exam room and how i cried a little but swallowed up the tears immediately because i knew something greater was to come out of all of this for you. this proves it even more... jeff, you’re amazing. i keep thinking about the moment we shared on opposite sides of the curtain in the exam room and how i cried a little but swallowed up the tears immediately because i knew something greater was to come out of all of this for you. this proves it even more…

]]> By: Claire Bidwell Smith http://andiamnotlying.com/2009/depression-grace-and-killing-carls-army/comment-page-1/#comment-8839 Claire Bidwell Smith Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:31:09 +0000 http://www.andiamnotlying.com/2009/big-buck-safari-depression-grace-and-killing-carls-army/#comment-8839 Yeah, you've officially entered into a new world, Jeff. This experience will change everything, forever. I've often reflected on a few of the hardest things I've had to go through in my life...and I'm just not sure I would take them back if it meant giving up who they've made me into. You're doing great. And thanks for the female hormone shout-out. It's a bitch. Yeah, you’ve officially entered into a new world, Jeff. This experience will change everything, forever.

I’ve often reflected on a few of the hardest things I’ve had to go through in my life…and I’m just not sure I would take them back if it meant giving up who they’ve made me into.

You’re doing great. And thanks for the female hormone shout-out. It’s a bitch.

]]>