General

Granddad: Age 89
Alzheimer's
Died of old age with it, but he was always getting delusional and thought that his wife was still alive when she passed away 5 years before then. Note he never had this disease before until she passed away (Good year after.)

Grandma: Age 84
Heart Disease. She would always lather stuff with butter, etc on everything she ate. Pretty much caused it but yeah.. She didn't really suffer since it was quick thing.

Grandma past away when I was in grade 7, so that was really tough for me. Granddad before I graduated; I was in my last year of high school too.

this thread is saddening

My grandmother had diabetes and kidney problems
Idk how old she was. She is dead, but I don't remember her.

You already know about my sister

My grandmother died of Diabetes. My cousin has Down's Syndrome.
A VERY close family friend died of Breast cancer a few months ago.. And the sad part is her first daughter was pregnant with a baby with many chromosomal abnormalities and the baby is dead now.

damn feels brah
I was no more than 11 years old and very ignorant of what was going around so I can't recall much. Uncle got cancer(maybe) and was basically in and out the hospital a lot. I saw a healthy man turn into skin and bones completely bed ridden and dependent on others for at least a few months until his death. A few weeks before his death my parents would take us to his house everyday where my parents, my uncle and his wife, and a nurse would discuss stuff. I never sat with them or asked my uncle how he was doing during these visits and to this day I regret it very much. Instead I would go upstairs with my cousins and play super smash brawl and try to do the glitch at hyrule temple. He died on a friday and after school I was told and we went to his house again. I remember sitting on the stairs looking through the railings at all my family and relative sitting around his body weeping. My grandma from vietnam had flown in a few weeks ago and was fortunate enough to be with him his last moments. Back to the railing, I remember sitting there with my brothers fake crying, because we really didn't care(as cynical as it is, we were very ignorant and selfish at the time). I also saw these 2 guys in suits carry the body out as my grandma was crying and being held back from her deceased son.

Fast forward a few years later. My family and relatives soon began to become distant to the point where we never had those family get together at someones house and have a big asian feast. I noticed this and asked my mom and she told me a lot of family drama on that side of the family. For example, even though my dad has 8 siblings only 4 were the "good" ones. ie. His sister hired someone to hurt her brother over some money back in vietnam. One brother was a bad father and husband.
So essentially my uncle was one of the good siblings that kept the other siblings close and acted as the mediator in tough situations. And after his death everyone began to split.

So present day: I look back on this and really hate myself for not getting to know such a wonderful guy and being unable to appreciate what he did and could have done.

My twelve year old Australlian cousin has a brain tumor.
Her options right now are
*Death
*Surgery which will result in
-Death
-Vegetative state
-Loss control of her arms and legs.

There's a good chance my aunt will kill herself when my cousin dies.

@lmm616: ugggghhhh x___x..... so sorry for her...
@Rationale: sucks

Grandpa>alcohol>liver problems>death(age something like 40)
Grandma>Ovarian cancer>death(65 ish)

Grandpa>Alcohol and too much salt and fried food>Kidney and liver problems>Dialisis>death(75)

Dad:Kidney stones>alive
And almost everyone else in my family had kidney stones..so not really a big deal.

I come from a long lines of kidney stones and i got it once....worst thing i ever felt....

Besides that my mom almost died twice giving birth to me and my sister(she lived for a few minutes then died,she would be twelve or thirteen if she was alive)

My grandma had a major stroke and nobody decided to mention it to me till like 1-2 weeks later

you obviously get treatment for cancer...... Chemotherapy

My aunt got cancer when I was small, thing is she never found out until it was too late... I cried back then and I still like to remember her from time to time, but what hurts the most is thinking how hurt my dad is when the subject is brought up. I have the same feelings for my grandmother (my mother's mom) who past away just 2 months back from some sickness (I do not know what it's called in English). Forever in our hearts < 3.

@Nashi She's in her 60's. It can't be treated. Sucks to say this but, she's probably going to lose her vision in 5 years if there's no treatment developed by then.

My uncle got a cancer in his tongue that spread to his throat, so he can barely talk now.
I still don't like him, but the treatment was a lot of Chemotherapy as far as I know after getting the most of the cancer taken out.

every1 in my family except my sister has had an episode of suicidal depression, my mother is bipolar and my uncle has schizophrenia
we turned out ok except my uncle and all of us are under 55 which is p young
we're really good physically tho aside from the old people getting cancer

@lmm616: Oh no I'm so sorry to hear that... how old is she? and can it not be treated somehow? x-x
@Rationale: What's up with all those alcoholics they seem to be SO common.... are you close to all of them?
@TheDStar: Did he get some sort of treatment?

My aunt is currently living with us because she's unemployed. However, it looks like she's soon gonna get a job, so yeah.

My uncle had cancer (not sure what kind).

He lived.
He's around 40 something.

My grandmother has some type of eye cancer right now. One of her eyes is blind, and the other one only has tunnel vision. It's only been getting worse.