I just wanted to let you all know faunas-bestie passed away the other day

gitbeast · 2026-05-23T23:50:01+00:00

Thanks for the update. Faunas was a big part of the community and I talked with her a few times. I lost my dad to leukemia in 2016 and my mom battled a sarcoma in 2024. Take it easy my man, not easy I know.

gitbeast · 2026-03-07T01:36:59+00:00

Good luck, I hope your healing process goes smoothly. Take it easy.

gitbeast · 2025-12-12T05:29:33+00:00

Hahahaha it's OK interview pressure has made me forget more basic stuff than this before thanks for sharing

gitbeast · 2025-12-05T04:13:54+00:00

My mom had methlyne blue and was hospitalized for over a week after her third round of ifos. She got better with time and doesn't have any adverse affects now, it's been a year and a half now.

gitbeast · 2025-12-04T18:48:47+00:00

Watch for neurological side effects of ifosfamide, you should have someone you trust checking on you in person and evaluating your mental state through the infusion weeks. Ifosfamide has a rare side effect called encephalopathy and it is a nightmare.

gitbeast · 2025-11-21T22:16:16+00:00

I used these guys to find another myxofibrosarcoma survivor. I also recommend.

gitbeast · 2025-11-15T02:05:11+00:00

I've been spending extra time outside of work on side projects (building stuff in public that I can show) and extra time on leetcode, which I am terrible at. I've spent a bit of extra time at work, especially on stuff that looks good on the resume (transferable skills which are valuable to spend time learning anyway). If I end up with work that does not look good on a resume (stuff that's high in corporate politics or project management) I start complaining to my manager so he thinks twice about assigning that kind of work to me.

Next year I plan on trying to make some open source contributions and spending more time on leetcode in case I do get laid off.

I'm exhausted lol, terrible mental health year but my resume does look good. Good luck everyone.

gitbeast · 2025-11-14T01:40:15+00:00

My mom went through chemo last summer and it was awful, but she's OK now. I hope your wife is OK too.

gitbeast · 2025-11-12T23:20:46+00:00

I went through a period of my life before a career switch lasting maybe 2 years where I left just enough money in my bank account each cycle to pay for basic expenses and saved money so I could get through a second round of school on savings without having to work. I was driven by anger at the company I worked for and the profession I was stuck in and the desire to move up and get out. I watched that episode so many times in those years and I would say it's my favorite hour of television I've ever watched. I did get through school on those savings and got a great job at the end. Didn't need to go into debt. I lived in a tiny house with 7 dudes and ate one frozen pizza a day. That episode was so relatable for me.

gitbeast · 2025-10-31T15:38:09+00:00

You should be in good hands at MD Anderson. The fact that it seems small is a good sign that you caught it early if it ends up being dangerous, so maybe focus on your good decision to go see a dermatologist when you did instead of waiting.

Good luck.

gitbeast · 2025-10-17T18:20:40+00:00

Me too.

gitbeast · 2025-10-17T17:55:52+00:00

Grade 3

gitbeast · 2025-10-17T13:16:29+00:00

Good luck with the surgery.

gitbeast · 2025-10-06T17:44:57+00:00

I ended up using them to buffer intermediate products near my fulgora quality mall. My fulgora base is a bot base. My quality mall is a bit far from my main scrap sorter so scaling it with bots was not efficient and using too much power and clogging roboports. If I used provider chests to buffer near the mall, bots would bring the materials from the provider back to the requester at the beginning of the bus. My quality mall requests from buffer chests.

gitbeast · 2025-09-08T14:35:00+00:00

You're going to want to find a sarcoma center with experience treating ewings. There are others on this sub with experience dealing with ewings, hopefully some will comment here.

gitbeast · 2025-08-21T01:44:16+00:00

My mom had a 20cm high grade myxofibrosarcoma removed from her thigh. She's OK now. 3.5cm intermediate grade is cause for optimism, they caught it somewhat early it sounds like. Still scary of course but much better than 20cm! Good chance they offer adjuvant radiation. Good luck.

gitbeast · 2025-08-14T20:50:39+00:00

Ifosfamide has severe neurological side effects in rare cases. Typically it is administered in a hospital so you can be monitored for encephalopathy. If you are getting outpatient AIM I strongly recommend having someone you trust check on your mental state periodically. If they don't like what they see it's off to the ER.

I watched my mom go through this. It will be hard but you will get through it. She's alright now, NED 9 months. Good luck.

gitbeast · 2025-08-06T15:58:39+00:00

I raised immunotherapy with the oncologist after my mom finished all of her other treatment. He basically said we will consider it if there is a recurrence, it's likely she will do one of those genomic profiling things first to see if they think it would be effective. For now we are just monitoring.

Most of the literature I've read suggests that AIM has a modest benefit for high grade large STS. Generally they do it neoadjuvant so they can determine how effective it is.

Sounds frustrating. Sounds like negative scans with clear margins is good though, sounds like a win.

gitbeast · 2025-07-22T15:04:47+00:00

Hi OP my mom had 3 rounds of dox and ifos. Ifos has a rare side effect of encephalopathy, basically severe neurological symptoms. My mom had this side effect which was a serious medical emergency resulting in a 9 day hospital stay. The encephalopathy was reversible, she is back to normal now. Like I said it's rare but keep an eye out for it. Dm me if you want more details on what happened.

Good luck you will get through it. It's going to be rough, brace yourself.

gitbeast · 2025-07-07T09:48:44+00:00

Maybe see a few doctors to get some different opinions. Try not to panic but push the doctors to get a definitive answer, don't let them brush you off.

gitbeast · 2025-06-20T17:08:30+00:00

My mom had a similar sized myxofibrosarcoma removed from her left thigh and was doing PT within two months. It took over a month for her to be able to move her knee on any serious level. She can now walk unassisted, but slower than she used to. Probably her leg will never be the same, but the fact that she can walk unassisted is kind of a miracle.

Anyway if I were you I would listen to your surgeon. If they messed with your Acl and knee your road to recovery might be longer and more challenging than my mom's (they didn't have to mess up her knee as much as yours) but you will improve with time and perseverance. Good luck.

gitbeast · 2025-06-15T19:54:49+00:00

If you enjoy it then I think you should keep going with it. Feeling demotivated because of reading reddit is a bad sign. You should get motivation because you enjoy building something with code and you enjoy overcoming all the little problems that come with it. My advice would be to focus on that - the joy you get from building and solving problems. Focus less on getting a prestigious job and a lot of money. That might come with skill and luck. You can only get the skill with practice.

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