So I was recently diagnosed with polycythemia and the doctors words were literally "holy fuck! They didn’t tell you this 7 years ago???

I’m having a very hard time right now because people with this condition are expected to only survive 20 years after the diagnoses. Meaning I have less than 15 years to live. I’ll never see my child graduate high school. I’ll never see them get married. I’ll never get to meet my grandchildren… this sucks. I’m so terrified right now. What am I supposed to tell my wife? What am I supposed to tell my parents? I’m going to die before all of them? How did I upset the universe to deserve this? I’m so scared and I don’t know what to do. L

  • Victor@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    Negotiation is one of the stages of grief, if I’m not mistaken. This is a heavy grief situation, definitely.

    You’ll go through the stages, and continue to feel it until you’re gone, probably, but once Acceptance sets in, you’ll be able to make the most of the time you have left! ❤️

    I wish you the best, and tell your family and friends the bad news so that they can get through their stages of grief as quickly as possible too, so you can all start living the rest of your years not taking each other for granted.