r/cancer • u/AnimalIllustrious736 • Jul 20 '25

Patient Terminally ill at 17. I'm scared.

I have Pontine Glioma. I just want to vent if that's okay. The world's so unfair, I didn't get to live my whole life yet. I'm just scared, I'm really scared. I won't get to see my siblings grow up, marry my girlfriend, make my parents retire... I don't want to die.

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u/inkrml Jul 21 '25

37M terminally ill. It sucks and is so unfair. But you can still focus that energy when you have days that you feel good on doing some awesome things. My wife and I go camping and hiking. We take our dogs for trips. We may just play video games all day. Just whatever we want to do, gets done most days. Not diminishing your fear or disregarding it. Just wanted to offer this one outlook on life that has been truly beneficial to me outside of the fear and grief.