Topic: Outgoing member.....:(

Wow, this actually made me tear up a bit. I never really knew you RetroGBhippie92, but you seem like a nice person. I sincerely hope you have an amazing time in the US! I'll be praying for you!

I'm going to bed in a few minutes, so I really hope you feel better. Your death would be terrible... Once again, I'll be praying for you. Just hang in there, you'll get cured (Though, I'm sorry but I can't promise anything).

@RetroGBHippie92 I'm sorry that's happening. Like others have said, I'll be praying for you.

@retrogbhippie92

i wish for you the same thing i wished for my cait when she battled leukemia: that you spend whatever time you have living and not dying. we were never in denial about the (then possible) outcome of the disease, but i wanted her to feel alive and vital for however much life she had.

i once told her to envision death in her mind, acknowledge that he was lurking in the peripheral, then tell him to piss off as she was too busy living to worry about him.

even feeling fear or uncertainty or anger is a sign that you are alive. it's all ok. have a wonderful time on your trip. don't think of endings, but rather of beginnings.

i wish you strength and life and light. hugs.

Your strength is immeasurable. My goodness.

Like others have said earlier, I will pray for you. Wow.

It's funny how helpless I feel, especially with my current username and avatar.

You have much greater strength than I do, and your drive to survive and to make the most out of every day fascinates me.

I wish you best of luck in your future, friend.

I am sorry to hear this news.
Rest assured I will be praying for you, and I hope you do the same.
I hope that you have an excellent trip, and I wish you the very best, @RetroGBHippie92. Keep your chin up.

I've always enjoyed your posts, @RetroGBHippie92. I can't express the sorrow I have at hearing the news about your condition. Despite this tough time, I hope that you'll live with joy. I want you to know that I'll be praying for you and that I wish you the best, no matter the outcome. Godspeed.

May your path be blessed.

It's also nice that you have loved ones around you. Lat year, my maternal aunt was unfortunately diagnosed with a rare cancer called sinonasal melanoma, and it's still hard to believe it for me. And as a person from a family that values family, it doesn't seem fair to have to be 7 hours away from home. It also make me a bit worried about her grandchildren's (aka my niece and two nephew) well-being. But I've just got to make the best of it. Take care man...

@WaveBoy Ah! You want my reactions to the Nintendo Direct?? Well I might as well mention that here since you asked. Well apart from the emptyness that befalls me and the disappointment I won't be able to play every single game announced, I am excited to see nintendo going forth positively.
Ok firstly....
What I Loved:
-Pokemon X & Y look fantastic, sky battles, pokemon-amie (lol if you know what the pun there is), 3D battles, crisp looking graphics, plus loads of little detail and the new region. I could literally talk forever about this title.
-They announced Abe's Oddysey: New'N'Tasty for eShop. Wow I used to own this for PC and actually I rebought it off steam recently and loved it, you should download this game, it is huge, trust me.
-Two Brothers. A gameboy inspired Action RPG? me want!! It reminds me of the good old gameboy handheld days, what's even more exciting is it is supposedly supposed to progress into color and is centred around that idea a bit, also 15-20 hours? that's fairly decent for an indie game.
-Mario Kart 8. Looks fantastic, I haven't ever really played a console MK title apart from Mario Kart 64, but ever since the DS and 3DS versions I've loved them even more. What I love? Graphics (not a graphics whore here, but was amazed at the detail), looks to bring everything about what made MK7 and MKWii awesome too.
-Super Mario 3D World. I was surprised they didn't go for a successor to the Galaxy games, but that was on everyones minds, including mine. No, I don't mind a sequel to one of my most played 3DS titles, I love the cat power-up (especially the bell that transforms mario), four player with Peach? Gimme!! There are not enough words to convey how much I love the idea of this game, no really.
-Super Smash Bros for 3DS/WiiU. I was so excited and amazed at the step-up in graphics. The newcomers? Wow I never thought they'd choose Villager and "the Wii Fit trainer", I read on forums on people wanting an Animal Crossing character sometimes, guess they got what they asked for! SSB for 3ds/wiiu would definitely be a must-have for me if it came out in time, but oh well.

What i didn't like:
-No updates for WiiU and/or 3DS. Seriously where is Miiverse for 3DS? announcement date for next WiiU firmware update? nowhere to be seen. maybe next nintendo direct?
-Where's Earthbound? seriously, I want to play Earthbound, one game that I wish to own on some device whatever it is, come on nintendo I have a Wii U what are U waiting for??
-40 minute presentation. Could've been longer, could've shown us Zelda Wii U, but didn't.
-Quirky moments. Was E3 not the best place to show off your quirkiness? No Smash bros. didn't count, I mean from Iwata or Reggie, come on! My body was ready!

Not really a ton of things wrong but I mean to nitpick a little since they weren't doing the standard E3 presentation like the other major console companies. I wasn't too worried about Nintendo not having a proper E3 presentation this year, but they could've dropped a bomb of games on everyone so that they had at least a chance of "winning" E3.
Well to be honest, I hate how people expect a "Winner", I don't really honestly see Nintendo actually competing with Sony or Microsoft, I mean they do their own thing and thats actually good, but I want them to be recognised and stand out, only if it's more than say Microsoft.

Speaking of other Console makers, I've never really cared for what other companies bring out hardware wise, why should I have to pick between Xbox and PS3? that's kinda always been a mentality for me. Besides, I enjoy Nintendo games because of the handhelds and the unique controllers for the consoles, I can't stand people who rely solely on graphics as bragging points, it's just too easy to look that way and side with apparent fanboys, I'd rather do my own thing and not follow sheep. I'm not saying people are stupid for liking other consoles/handhelds, but it does get on my nerves when i express my love for Nintendo and most other people are like "oh nah, PS3/ Xbox has better graphics, blah blah blah etc etc". Eh, enough of that, I'm not here to start a flame war or anything, but it's just I'd thought I'd share that here because some of you might not know me that well.

Anyway forgetting game talk, I really appreciate all of you and your kind words and I'm keen to read your comments and hear you share your thoughts, I wish I had all of you as real life friends but as impossible as it is, I would never get to meet any of you. I will definitely keep posting as much I can and feel like doing so, so don't worry ok?

@RetroGBHippie92 I am so sorry to hear about your circumstances, but I really admire your ability to gracefully accept them and prevent them from stealing your happiness. You are very strong, and we all want you to know that we support you and wish you the best in everything you do. I may not have personally known you, but I do recall talking to you in a previous thread where you talked about your cancer. When I read that old thread, I had the impression that your cancer was under control, but it turns out it was much more serious than I thought. I almost cried reading this thread: You still have so many things that you should have had the oppirtunity to do. At least you get to go to Comicon, and I'm glad for you. Hope you have fun! When you're in LA and San Diego, you should really give In-N-Out Burger a try. Their food is simply amazing, especially their fries. Unfortunately, I don't live in the area, so I can't recommend anything else per se (perhaps Sea World?), but I'm sure you'll have an amazing time regardless. Keep us posted on everything, including your trip. We all want to know how it is. Stay positive, we're all rooting for you!

Wow man, I don't mean to embarrass you, but you are a great person. You want your cancer to be over just so you may stop this tragedy and be in good health again. Once again, it would be a very saddening thing, if you.... well..... die. Don't lose hope, you can get cured, I really hope so. That first post you did is complete awesomeness along with tragedy, but hey, just really try to hang in there. There is still hope while you are alive, I strongly recommend that you do.not lose that hope.

It's tough, but I hope you can stay as happy as you possibly can. You'll be sure to have great memories made at Comicon. As for your stuff, i'm sure your family will respect it.

Wow. Best of luck, man. Never lose hope. And have a great time at Comic Con!

I'll be wishing and praying for your health on my end. Hope you get to go to Comi-Con, you'll have a blast. Good luck man.

I'm sorry to here that man. I hope you enjoy your trip stateside and you'll be in my prayers.

I'm sorry to here that man. I hope you enjoy your trip stateside and you'll be in my prayers.

I feel absolutely terrible for waiting so long to click on this thread...

You've always been one of my favorite posters here @RetroGBHippie92, and this is very disturbing news. I've known about your condition for some time now (ever since that first post a little over a year ago), but I thought you were past the worst of it.

My best friend's mother went through the same thing, and although I wasn't as devastated as her immediate family, I was still very close to them, & was saddened a great deal. I don't know how much of a consolation it is, but I'll be praying for you & your loved ones.

@waveboy

please, please stop posting this sort of thing. my daughter had leukemia from the age of 14 til she died at 19. i know you mean well, but the advice you are giving is dangerous. leukemia is NOT one of the easiest cancers to kill. it is true that little kids are living longer and considered 'cured', but teens are being dx'd more and more and they are dying. the survival chance of a kid over the age of 13 is 60%.

at the time of diagnoses, my daughter's cancer cell count in her bone marrow was 93%. without immediate treatment with chemotherapy, she would have been dead within a month. in order to have a bone-marrow transplant, radiation must be used to kill the existing marrow which contains cancer cells.

the hemp oil you mention is a chemical! chemotherapy, by definition, is therapy using chemicals. immune systems are compromised, but the leukemia is a bigger threat to life.

i am sorry you lost your father to leukemia, but there are many different types and the age at onset varies the treatment greatly. i had 5 years of learning about ALL, the type my cait had.

@WaveBoy I'm not sure Hemp Oil would help my cancer specifically, I have Neuroblastoma, not leukaemia, it's altogether different and I don't know anything about leukaemia anyway. I have had relatives push natural products before, but i'm not a health freak like one or two of them are.
In one case, an aunt of mine tried giving me NingXia Goji (wildberry) berry puree, which was pretty much a really bitter liquid in a red, wine bottle, awefull stuff, she said it could be mixed but that wasn't enough to convince me of it's health benefits.
If you can find out or ask a doctor or someone you know that knows more about using hemp oil for my cancer, then that would be awesome, but I've never really wanted to try drugs nor products made from drug plants, so i'm a little skeptical, naturally of course.

EDIT: The cancer is most notably in my bones, when i was first diagnosed I had severe pain in my legs on a scale of 1-10, I was pretty much a 9, so you can get an idea how bad it was. I remember being at work and I was a Kitchen Hand at the time at a local bar and restaurant, I felt my legs grow in pain over several nights and it got worse every night passing that one night I had to leave mid-shift because of my problem. Of course, eventually I had to go to hospital to get diagnosed, which took longer than usual, It was at least 2 days before the doctors could figure out what I had. Anyway, speaking of my workplace, they didn't seem sympathetic at all, but I won't go into that, still something worth mentioning since I haven't had a job since (I've been on a Invalids benefit the last year and a half).