Monday, May 12, 2014
Chapter 12: The Park is Open Until 8 p.m.
In this chapter, we see Randy as an advocate for his own medical care. We also get a sense of how he decided to adopt a positive attitude. Have there been people in your own life who've faced the challenge of serious illness? What did you learn from them? How has Randy's journey made you consider how you'll approach your own mortality?
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I learn to take better care of yourself and if sick or have a serous illness and you haven't had the medical treatment your are pretty much useless because you don't have the motivational derive you used to have and your mood changes a lot. Nothing is more important than your health.
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no one in my family that i know of has gone threw an illness like this so i don't really know what it feels like, but because of randy i will live every day to the fullest
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i would say for the most part when ever you have cancer you have a very unlikely chance of living. But what i have learned with my aunt who had once she went through chemo i thought that was going to be it. but what i learned from her is don't take life for yourself because it's not your decision if your going to wake up the next day. also another great man who had changed my life was my grandfather who also had cancer and what he showed is no matter how old you are you can keep fighting for something. now what i do have to say is my grandfather and aunt both showed me that if you staying strong and faithful to god you will be healed because they both survived it and got the rewards years down the road for surviving it and that showed me that I need to accept some things but when ever you need to fight for your life keep on fighting don't let something ever hold you back. were randy ended up dying because he just accepted the fact he was going to die and just stopped fighting to live. but over all in both cases it makes me look at mortality as don't take life for granted and live everyday like you would want to so nothing can hold you back.
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I disagree that Randy ended up dying because he just accepted the fact he was going to die and stopped fighting to live.
My great grandma had lung and kidney cancer and she way trying to fight it but it was hard for her. She wasn't strong enough for chemo and she didn't make it. Its been 14 years ago she has been gone.
ReplyDeleteThat I wouldn't take my own life for granted. I'll keep going and I'll fight to stay alive. I wouldn't give up like that. I'll find a way to stay alive.
Thanks for sharing Julie! Nice entry.
DeleteMy brother was in a wheelchair throughout his whole life, and passed away recently. I've learned to cherish every moment I have with everyone and to never let it slip away. He taught me so much in my life and I'll never forget the lessons shared between us. The more you see around you as a young child the more you become stronger. I learned to take care of my brother at a young age and that helped me grow up and see what needed to be done around me. If you let maturity catch up to you, you're doing something wrong. Being mature is something you must inherit, you must feel the realness around you to be a mature person.
ReplyDeleteNice entry Jenn. Thanks for sharing.
DeleteMy grandmother had colon cancer last year. She had chemotherapy & radiation, & is now in remission. Reading Randy's story makes me want to cherish everyday & live my life to the fullest.
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DeleteBefore my Grandma died earlier this year, she asked to see me as she layed in her soon to be death bed. I refused to go so i could remember her good side her healthy side not this person who was dieing of multiple things. She told my parents that she had no regrets that she lived her life to the fullest for her loved ones anst that she was ready to go. What i learned from her was that you never know when your going to past, so live your life for the good of others, be the person people look up at, and be the leader in situations not the follower.
ReplyDeleteMy pap is fighting two types of cancers he has lung and prostate cancer and on mothers day we had a scare with my pap but he is a fighter and he is hanging on with two hands.Then my grandma had breast cancer but she is better now. My pap has taught me that no matter what happens in life hang on it will always get better even if it seems like it won't.And he always taught me that live my life to the fullest.And my grandma taught me always finish what you start no matter how big or little it may seem. Randy made me think on how i would approach my own mortality. If i was seriously ill i would do everything in my power to "keep kicking" ,and also to keep me motivated.
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