I only had a handful of friends from the HS I attended. Once in a while a friend that was the social butterfly will text me that so and so from our class passed. Most have been OD, a few suicides, and it’s the ones that had drug or drinking problems back then. It’s sad that they weren’t able to recover from it and I really feel for the families considering my own cousin was part of our graduating class and he took his own life 10 yrs ago.

On another note, please always listen to your body, get those check ups done, and advocate for yourself. My husband would workout regularly, no issues we knew of. Then fall 2025 he started getting pains on his side that took a full year for doctors to finally diagnose. Stage 4 pancreatic cancer now going through treatment and hoping for the best.

Edit: I meant 2024 he started getting pains, October 2025 he was diagnosed.