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discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,489 posts) Tue Jun 2, 2015, 07:30 PM Jun 2015

I read this quote to my wife after she was diagnosed with cancer

It's now one of her favorites.

From Rocky Balboa:

Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winnin's done!

I remembered it recently after hearing it again on a video game commercial.

Thanks clarice for bringing up positive thinking.

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I read this quote to my wife after she was diagnosed with cancer (Original Post) discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2015 OP

Miz t. had melanoma several years ago. trof Jun 2015 #1

Back at you and yours discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2015 #3

Sounds ideal. trof Jun 2015 #5

Thanks. It's been four and half years. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2015 #6

Ah, approaching the magic 5 year mark. trof Jun 2015 #7

for sure n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2015 #8

It's a great quote. bigwillq Jun 2015 #2

That's what we thought discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2015 #4

Glad she's C-free! That is wonderful. Dont call me Shirley Jun 2015 #9

Thanks and glad to hear that! discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2015 #10

Pui Avanti! Xipe Totec Jun 2015 #11

trof

(54,256 posts)

1. Miz t. had melanoma several years ago.

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Tue Jun 2, 2015, 07:35 PM

Jun 2015

Thanks to an excellent oncologist and surgeon she made a full recovery.
All the best to you and your wife.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,489 posts)

3. Back at you and yours

Reply to trof (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 2, 2015, 07:44 PM

Jun 2015

My wife had surgery at one of the best places in the country and had 2 of the best surgeons.
http://www.fccc.edu/physicians/team/surgical/curcillo.html
http://www.fccc.edu/physicians/team/surgical/king.html

Post OP they gave us both of their cell numbers and they answered them... at night.

BTW they're husband and wife.

trof

(54,256 posts)

5. Sounds ideal.

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 2, 2015, 07:47 PM

Jun 2015

Hope she's recovering well.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,489 posts)

6. Thanks. It's been four and half years.

Reply to trof (Reply #5)

Tue Jun 2, 2015, 07:50 PM

Jun 2015

:Where's that fingers crossed smiley?:

trof

(54,256 posts)

7. Ah, approaching the magic 5 year mark.

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Reply #6)

Tue Jun 2, 2015, 07:59 PM

Jun 2015

That's good.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,489 posts)

8. for sure n/t

Reply to trof (Reply #7)

Tue Jun 2, 2015, 08:01 PM

Jun 2015

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

2. It's a great quote.

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Tue Jun 2, 2015, 07:41 PM

Jun 2015

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,489 posts)

4. That's what we thought

Reply to bigwillq (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 2, 2015, 07:45 PM

Jun 2015

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)

9. Glad she's C-free! That is wonderful.

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Tue Jun 2, 2015, 08:48 PM

Jun 2015

I'm at the 4 year C-free mark.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,489 posts)

10. Thanks and glad to hear that!

Reply to Dont call me Shirley (Reply #9)

Tue Jun 2, 2015, 09:10 PM

Jun 2015

Keep it that way.

Xipe Totec

(43,892 posts)

11. Pui Avanti!

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Tue Jun 2, 2015, 11:09 PM

Jun 2015

Do not surrender even when defeated,
and do not be a slave even in bondage,
trembling with fear advance bravely,
and attack with fury, though badly wounded.

Be as stubborn as a rusting nail,
that refuses to yield though old and ruined,
and do not envy the peacock's plumage,
that hides in fear at the first noise.

Be as a god that never cries,
or as a devil that never prays,
or as the oak whose mighty canopy,
needs of water but does not beg it.

Even when it rolls to the dust,
let your head scowl and bite,
and scream for vengeance.

- Pedro Palacios Almafuerte
Argentinian poet 1854-1917

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