When you can`t do a thing about it.

I`d like to share a sad in-real-life situation that I am currently experiencing.

He’s  above alive, however, he’s dying. He`s 24, engaged, and awaiting his first child. This man is a man who lives his existence to the fullest; he’s always optimistic, courteous, compassionate and enjoyable to be around. I met him through a friend just recently, we instantaneously got along, which is infrequent por moi. He gives off such a positive force, even without speaking a word. His wife is almost like him, but she still pales in comparison. He is definitely an amazing human being.

A few months ago, he noticed his voice becoming raspy, frequent coughing, chest pain, wheezing, not eating well and exhaustion. Initially, he considered it being asthma, given that he did have asthma as a child. However, no matter what he was doing, all his “asthma”-symptoms still lingered. His fiancée was exceedingly bothered by his unnatural amount of coughing, wheezing, exhaustion..Etc.,  and recommended that he went to a doctor. The doctor suggests that his lungs were the source of this all (obviously) and he was sent to a hospital to get it further taken care of. He acquires his results from the hospital; He has Stage 4 Lung Cancer and it`s terminal. He has 6 months – 12 months to live and he has never smoked / lived with smoking people in his whole existence. Prior to telling his pregnant fiancée regarding the news, he decides to visit numerous hospitals...Unchanged results. He can`t even accept it as true, not to the degree that his fiancée took it though. She cannot grasp onto it at all and nowadays she`s vastly depressed, awfully harmful for the soon-to-be child. His death could also circuitously execute the first life he`s ever produced. This great guy… He smiles, everyone he knows smiles with him. He dies, everyone he knows dies with him (psychologically, and perhaps bodily).

To sum it up: The nicest man I`ve ever met has terminal lung cancer. He`s too young to die. He`s never smoked. He`s expecting his first child and is(I guess was) soon to be married. Whilst he told me all this, we both cried plenty, although I haven`t known him for long. I cried while typing this up, and my heart feels like it has sunken to the bottom of my abdomen.


Life is like this from time to time. I just wish I could make a difference.