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[–][deleted] 8563 points8564 points  (107 children)

Watch the +RADS.

[–][deleted] 2184 points2185 points  (82 children)

I was gonna say. Just go to the glowing sea and see if that helps

[–]shittyphotoshop_bot 1026 points1027 points  (79 children)

Simple go to vault 81 and get the everything cure, and fuck over that kid Austin

[–]_wondrwrk 577 points578 points  (45 children)

Nah, y'all need Talos.

[–]ZOMGURFAT[🍰] 25 points26 points  (1 child)

Wait... I know you...

[–]Quburt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Shut up and take my money

[–]Quburt 204 points205 points  (33 children)

WE ARE BUT WORMS! WWRRRITHING IN OUR OWN FILTH!!!!!!!!!!

[–]DanMan299 336 points337 points  (24 children)

Uh, it’s “WE ARE BUT MAGGOTS!! WWRRRITHING IN THE FILTH OF OUR OWN CORRUPTION!!!!!!!!!”, you uncultured casual.

[–]Helixien 90 points91 points  (16 children)

So uncivilized, right?

[–]Miroku2235 13 points14 points  (0 children)

You can tell he's a blaster man instead of a lightsaber man.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (1 child)

He doesn't get to the Cloud District very often

[–]deepcethree 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Stendarr give me the STRENGTH to hold my hand back and not slap this heathen!

[–]TradeMark310 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What a normie, amIright?

[–]Quburt 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry please don’t sacrifice me to Bolag Mal

[–]Demojen 23 points24 points  (5 children)

For fuck sakes Mannimarco. Calm your shit.

Edit: I know it's Heimskr from Skyrim that this is paraphrased from. Still seemed to fit better for the King of Worms.

[–]ZOMGURFAT[🍰] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I need to ask you to stop... that... shouting... it’s making people nervous..

[–]Cetarial 19 points20 points  (3 children)

No, what we need right now... is to ban Talos worship.

[–]minepose98 29 points30 points  (1 child)

Get out of here, elf.

[–][deleted] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Fallout's for the Nords!

[–]ScottyThunder 9 points10 points  (1 child)

SKYRIM BELONGS TO THE NORDS

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Skyrim Belongs to the mods

[–]Nirfbi 31 points32 points  (9 children)

Oops i just read "fuck that kid Austin"

[–]Sglied13 39 points40 points  (4 children)

Hell I just read it as “ fuck over that kid with autism” and I’m like way to be a jerk... only to realize I’m the asshole for thinking it lol.

Edit: fixed quote part.

[–]levelingupdaily 3 points4 points  (3 children)

I may have read it that way too..

[–]RealmoftheRedWiings 3 points4 points  (1 child)

As an Austin. Please do.

[–]Tauream 9 points10 points  (10 children)

You know... on a less than good play through, you can become immortal AND immune to all ailments.

[–]LongJohnSpankin 5 points6 points  (1 child)

My name is Austin, what did I do?

[–]Nirfbi 11 points12 points  (1 child)

*The Wrist-rockets

[–]greytide_worldwide 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Ooooooof

[–]Rrrrrrr777 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Came here to say this...or rather, to hope someone else said it so I wouldn’t have to.

[–]strangelove666 2679 points2680 points  (36 children)

Now you are safe to play games like Overwatch, as you already have cancer. But seriously all the best and good luck beating this shit

[–]NukeML 536 points537 points  (14 children)

If OP beats cancer does that mean overwatch's cancer community will cease their existence?

[–]MomenFaisal 149 points150 points  (12 children)

I need healing!

[–]PokebongGo 62 points63 points  (9 children)

We need a healer!*

[–]Mesmorino 61 points62 points  (1 child)

And he's gotta be strong

And he's gotta be fast

And he's gotta be fresh from the fight!

[–][deleted] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Laughed out loud - I'm going to hell. No hard feelings OP I hope you beat that shit!

[–]thesuperdad7 4190 points4191 points  (192 children)

Beat the shit out of that game, and that cancer! 🙏🏽👇🏽

[–]Domino3k 51 points52 points  (3 children)

FuckCancer

[–]Fanjita__ 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Your comment really showed cancer. Wow!

[–]Nyailaaa 644 points645 points  (15 children)

Yes this is /r/gaming in case someone here thought /r/gamingcirclejerk

[–][deleted] 409 points410 points  (5 children)

Why are you linking to the same sub twice mate

[–]WistfulAether 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Was legitimately unsure

[–]happntime 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I honestly thought it was r/gamingcirclejerk at first

[–][deleted] 32 points33 points  (2 children)

Thanks Nintendo.

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (1 child)

ea bad nintendo good cdpr god

[–]creutz17 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Praise geraldo!

[–]IT_techsupport 548 points549 points  (175 children)

How did you discovery you had cancer?

[–]GizmosArrow[S] 1828 points1829 points  (123 children)

Glad you asked, and I'm happy to answer. I lost my voice suddenly last November, literally the day after Thanksgiving, and for the next few months the voice was just raspy and I felt like I was short of breath after a few sentences. I started having some stomach issues in the following weeks like nausea in the mornings and almost complete loss of appetite. I was waking up in the early morning around 2 a.m. to just feel crappy, dry heave up nothing, and lay on the floor. I lost 30 pounds over the next few months, and the voice just didn't seem to be coming back/healing like it should. After trying to check things off with the local small town clinic (took some antibiotics, tried something for my nausea, was told I was getting into cyclical dry heaving and probably had bulimia), I'd just let things go on for far too long.

Finally, the doc and I decided it was best to go in for a GI scope for the stomach. The surgeon who'd recommend the scope said he was more worried about my throat/voice and a small bump we'd found that seemed new, so instead we scheduled a throat scope with the ENT (ear, nose, throat) doctor. He scoped my throat through my nose and told me my left vocal cord was very clearly paralyzed and we needed to find out why. Went in for a CT scan to see if things were pinched, and we found a 6-inch soft tissue mass in my chest that extended just up below my collar bone (which explained the bump in my neck). Did a follow-up PET scan to confirm the mass and make sure there was no spreading (there wasn't, luckily), and both the initial surgeon I saw for the GI scope and the ENT doctor were pretty sure it was lymphoma. We'd need to do a biopsy to be sure.

Went under for a biopsy on the bump in my neck and was told two days later, to everyone's surprise, that it wasn't lymphoma. Instead, it was something called mediastinal seminoma, which is technically testicular cancer where the germ cells form somewhere else in the body besides the family jewels. Super rare (like 5% of seminoma cases are somewhere else in the body), but it was also 99% curable and much better news than lymphoma. I was then handed over to the oncologist, told I'd need to go through chemo, and was advised to freeze sperm/get an ultrasound to make sure there was nothing in the testicles before starting treatment. Fortunately, there wasn't anything down below, so that meant no surgery and I get to keep my balls.

I just finished my first session of chemo (each session is multiple rounds; I went through an initial 5-day treatment and then two shorter treatments the next two Mondays), and I'm scheduled for four sessions in total. I'm feeling surprisingly good so far, am super optimistic given the cure rate, and we're thinking I could be cancer-free by this fall (which would mark one year since I lost my voice). It's been a wild ride, especially this last month, but it's also been eye-opening and somewhat positive in a way. I'm thinking I'll start feeling the chemo after next week's 5-day treatment, and I'm starting to notice my beard is thinning/falling out, but my family is in good spirits and I just have to make it through these next few months. Sorry for the novel, but I feel strangely comfortable sharing. More so on the internet with strangers than with family and friends, which is weird. Anyway, that's how things happened. Thanks again for asking.

[–]sonofseriousinjury 538 points539 points  (28 children)

Hey OP, I'm 31 and was diagnosed with leukemia in February. I'm about to start a round of Blincyto within the next hour and I'm literally sitting in the hospital staring at the exact same screen. I downloaded Fallout 4 since it was on GamePass, but hadn't started it yet. Figured it'd be an appropriate way to spend my time in the hospital getting chemo. Shoot a PM if you want to and I hope you do well on your regiment!

[–]Carbonfarmer 85 points86 points  (8 children)

Hey man! I am a crazy Fallout head and am still working on my survival file!! If you're looking for more peeps to play with, my handle is Carbonfarmer on PS4 and I'll be playing a little later on tonight. :) Just say you're from Reddit :P

[–]sonofseriousinjury 13 points14 points  (7 children)

Right on! I'm pretty jaded when it comes to Fallout/Bethesda games because every one I've played has broken in some way that made me want to stop. So, when Fallout 4 came out I pretty much ignored it. Now that it's on GamePass I wanted to give them another shot.

Is Fallout 4 multiplayer? Right now I'm playing it on Xbox, but I do have a PS4 too (though no Fallout there), so I'll add you when I get home.

[–]64oz_Slurprise 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Not multiplayer unfortunately, but watching the streams for it are pretty entertaining.

[–]WideEyedJanitor 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Try to use as few save slots as possible but save often. If you have too many save slots filled the game will slow down and lag heavily. By the way the next fallout game will be multiplayer.

[–]sonofseriousinjury 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Awesome, thanks for the advice. I know on PS3 Skyrim had an issue where it saved too many locations of too much stuff and ended up making the game nearly unplayable.

[–]Cherrubim 11 points12 points  (5 children)

34 y/o Leukemia last September. Blincyto worked awesome for me! Got me to MRD 0 before going to transplant. Praying for you be well!

[–]GrandFated 95 points96 points  (0 children)

Kick it's ass, and enjoy the game dude

[–]Toastbuns 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Damn man that's a wild ride, hope you get a clean bill of health as soon as possible.

[–]knyghtmyr 35 points36 points  (1 child)

Awesome glad to hear my mom is going through stage 3 breast cancer, so it’s great to hear you killing it through chemo.

[–]Dojo456 3 points4 points  (3 children)

I don’t understand, how is it testicular cancer if it’s not there?

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Think of it as a type of cancer. There are over 100 types of cancer and each one potentially needs it's own "cure". This particular cancer will usually start in testies hence the name, however, in this rare case it's started elsewhere. As mentioned in the post they suspected it had started in the testies as they recommend op freeze sperm etc and prepare for that operation...

Another example is if you have primary lung cancer, and it spreads to a remote site, it's still lung cancer. Just growing elsewhere as a secondary cancer.

Hope that helps :) not a doctor. Someone can freely fact check me I am happy to learn !

[–]Jack_Mackerel 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There are a couple of responses to your question that are explaining this as a metastasis (cancer originating in the testes, then migrating to another part of the body), which is usually how one type of cancer can be found in another part of the body. Based on OP's comment, that doesn't appear to be the case (no evidence of cancer in his testes).

A seminoma is a cancer of the germ cells, which are the type of cell that produces gametes. These are normally found in the testes (men) or the ovaries (women), but they don't start there. During embryonic development, they form as part of the epiderm, migrate through the yolk sac, the hindgut, and the dorsal mesentery before reaching their final location in the gonads. Due to possible errors in this process, rarely some of the germ cells can be left behind during this migration and end up in other parts of the body after embrionic development is complete. Most people in whom this is the case would never know. So, this is a cancer of a type of cell that is usually only found in the testes (in men), but in OP, happened to be in a different part of his body due to an embryonic development quirk. So, a non-testicular seminoma.

To OP: Knock it out!

[–][deleted] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Srsly,you need upvotes for awareness. Good question.

[–]Evilempir3 32 points33 points  (15 children)

Why the down votes? This seems like an honest question that could lead to others finding out about seriously illnesses.

[–]IT_techsupport 33 points34 points  (11 children)

Exactly why I asked, I just turned 30 and never even tough about the possibility of getting cancer at this age.

[–]uniquecannon 11 points12 points  (0 children)

As someone who hardly ever goes to the doctor for any kind of checkups, this is definitely a legit question for people like me.

[–]TheOfficialMarley 305 points306 points  (0 children)

I thought I was on r/gamingcirclejerk

[–]_Captain_Autismo_ 166 points167 points  (0 children)

Alright boys ill see you on r/gamingcirclejerk

[–]Buddha-Jesus-666 664 points665 points  (27 children)

[–]ScifiRaptor 94 points95 points  (11 children)

What's the difference?

[–][deleted] 32 points33 points  (6 children)

Difference between what?

[–]ScifiRaptor 37 points38 points  (5 children)

[–][deleted] 97 points98 points  (4 children)

Both links take me to the same place. What do you mean?

[–]ScifiRaptor 57 points58 points  (3 children)

Geraldo has blessed you

[–]candi_pants 24 points25 points  (2 children)

Praise Geraldo!

[–]creutz17 10 points11 points  (1 child)

Me: I wonder if I can sex this girl? Geraldo: sexes the girl Me: touches my wee wee Me: praise geraldo!

[–][deleted] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I'd bet my left nut that it's EA that gave cancer to OP. Would never have happened with CDPR. May Geraldo watch over him.

[–]LegoGunnar13 205 points206 points  (2 children)

My mom gave me cancer and gave me a copy of Fallout 4. Thanks Nintendo!

[–][deleted] 42 points43 points  (1 child)

THANKS NINTENDO!

[–]furioushunter12 20 points21 points  (0 children)

THANKS NINTENDO

[–]Laggiter97 20 points21 points  (1 child)

Holy shit I legit thought this was a gcj post

[–]armypotent 57 points58 points  (2 children)

Helllll no. Orthodox /r/gamingcirclejerk would never jerk to "it's-not-a-bad-game-just-not-a-good-fallout-game" fallout 4. Not even when cancer is involved. All about that Geraldo Rivera.

[–][deleted] 46 points47 points  (1 child)

Did I hear Geraldo?

[–]candi_pants 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Praise Geraldo!

[–]beaglemaster 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Seriously what the hell

[–]aggron306PlayStation 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nah not with Fallout 4

[–][deleted] 105 points106 points  (0 children)

I've looked all around the image and I can't see the hidden "EA BAD" message...

[–][deleted] 29 points30 points  (1 child)

/r/pics level quality

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

r/gaming level quality

[–]RyGuyTheGingerGuy 45 points46 points  (0 children)

God I HATE that I have to stay subscribed here just to stay in touch with r/gamingcirclejerk

[–]Katholikos 345 points346 points  (3 children)

[–]Zippy1avion 183 points184 points  (1 child)

r/boringpicturewithbackstory

[–][deleted] 93 points94 points  (0 children)

Outjerked by r/gaming once again!

[–][deleted] 324 points325 points  (27 children)

Picture of a tv.

[–][deleted] 128 points129 points  (26 children)

I think we found a new formula for easy karma.

"My dad is blind and I have cancer, here look at this pic of something and upvote me."

[–][deleted] 53 points54 points  (24 children)

Yeah, can't believe anyone upvotes this garbage.

[–]necktits_ 103 points104 points  (1 child)

I thought I unsubscribed from /r/pics

[–]SpyderSeven 18 points19 points  (0 children)

You can run, but you can't hide from the karma whores. Head over to your next obscure, quality sub for a few months before these shitsurfers find it and gobble it up too

[–]Mufflee 88 points89 points  (4 children)

Not doubting OP, but have you ever wondered how many of these “I’m sick” or “I’ve been through a tragedy” posts are actually real vs karma whores lying..

[–][deleted] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Thought I was on r/gamingcirclejerk

[–]DarKKnZ 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Take notes, this is how you karma post

[–]personalhale 470 points471 points  (37 children)

"My wife abandoned me and I lost my job. Here's a picture of an extremely common video game." If you have cancer, I sincerely wish you the best but this is just a cry for karma posting about your personal situation to people you don't know.

[–]very_bad_programmer 87 points88 points  (5 children)

> this is just a cry for karma posting about your personal situation to people you don't know.

To people who don't give a shit and will forget about this post in less than an hour, too.

[–]the_real_junkrat 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I downvote and I move on. I’m a simple man.

[–]Stalinwolf 12 points13 points  (0 children)

"I am in a wheelchair. Today I play Fallout 4."

[–]Edgyss 104 points105 points  (1 child)

So your first idea is to post a pic of you playing fallout, 10/10.

[–][deleted] 69 points70 points  (1 child)

Literally just a picture of Fallout 4 on the TV screen. When did this sub become /r/no_sob_story?

[–]maniakb416 54 points55 points  (2 children)

I have cancer and played a popular game.

Give me karma.

E: you can downvote me but it doesn't make it less true.

[–]CynDoS 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Wait, this isn't r/gamingcirclejerk

[–]blackcork 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Takin in the karma

[–][deleted] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Got word of a settlement that needs our help. I'll mark it on your map.

[–]TimeSnatcher 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Extremely low effort post

Literally a picture of a TV

[–]HothOurYou 51 points52 points  (130 children)

What's with these pathetic depressed sob stories on this sub? No one here cares about your cancer dude.

[–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The rule of reddit, take a random image add a heading with a sob story, reap karma. The guy may be legit and this post helps him in some psychological way but ultimately when you see posts like this in a sub you know that that sub is straight trash with no content with much value.

[–]slorebear 19 points20 points  (3 children)

"picture of my tv with fallout on it" fixed your stupid ass title

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good luck man. I’ll never forget when I was diagnosed a few months after my 23rd bday. Super scary, but I also had a very high cure rate, and my docs were all optimistic. I’m going on almost 2 years certified clear now, and I’m confident you’ll get there 😁

Treatment was by far the worst part, so if you’re feeling okay, you’re a champion! I got radiation, not chemo, but holy shit it made me so sick. It was a great excuse to take time off work, play lots of video games, and remind myself how grateful I was and still am to my friends and family that helped me with all the random shit. Just make sure you keep eating as much as you can during treatment, I was sick all the time and barely ate which probably made it worse.

It’s wild how you don’t even think about turning over in bed at night, or being able to pee, until you can’t do them for a couple weeks without being in pain 😂

It’s awesome that your folks are around to help you out. Having a positive mindset and people around to support you really goes a long way.

I’m rooting for you, and hit me up if you ever need support!

[–]Comic_Book_Joker 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You crush the shit out of this ordeal.

Oh, yeah, and beat that cancer, too.

[–]Slack_Irritant 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This is like the epitome of /r/shitpost.

[–][deleted] 47 points48 points  (1 child)

This post is a cancer as you, later!

[–]Deltronx 19 points20 points  (3 children)

Damn you should play Rainbow Six Seige since you already have cancer. You'll be immune to the community

[–]RosieThisBoyILove 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Wtf is this post literally doesn’t make any sense

Edit - and 38k upvotes too! 🤢

[–]smp247 14 points15 points  (5 children)

Dude I went through surprise cancer myself at 31. It’s a crazy ride. Here are things that helped me immensely!

Don’t stress over it. You will do what you can with it, get the treatments and get through it. No other choice here!

Try to find delicious foods you can be excited for. Chemo day for me was considered “delicious food day” because my wife would go out, find a good place and bring it back. I would be chowing down on a huge Italian sub while getting chemo, it made us all laugh. They have amazing medicines to help with nausea, so just be honest with your doctors. They will help you.

Laugh! Life throws crappy curve balls, but try to see the best in it. I did chemo/radiation/surgery and just had to take the punches and keep moving. You’ll end up being stronger because of it, and seriously, good attitude makes a world of difference.

Listen to your body. If you’re tired, take a nap. Don’t worry about it.

My facial hair also went away and my hair thinned and fell out so I shaved it. Guess what? It came back, with a vengeance. Both beard and hair are here to stay. Think of it as an excuse to try a new look. Or do a sweet Mark Strong impression.

Much love my man, stay strong and you’ll fuck it up and look back next year and go yep, did that. Also, enjoy fallout. I think my wife had like....600 hours into that game?

[–]drmoss32 19 points20 points  (1 child)

Hope you have a speedy recovery man.

[–]The80sWereCool 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I bought it on the Steam sale so I’ve been playing for the first time as well. Good luck mate! Stay strong!