What Would You Do If You Only Had Six Weeks To Live ??

[primera man]

I have started this thread to see what you guys/girls would do if you were told you only had 6 weeks to live.
I'm asking this as i work with someone at work who has been sick lately and has had tests etc to see what's wrong with him.
He got the results back in the weekend and was told he has about 6-8 maybe 10 at the most weeks to live.

I have been thinking all day about what i would do if i was in this boat.
To be honest.....i have no idea what i'd do.

Would i get the cars i always wanted.

Go on a holiday if i could around the world.

Rob banks so i had heaps of money to do what i want?

Track all my enemys down ?

Just book every thing i want up on my visa cards and let someone else worry about it when i'm gone.

Etc Etc

I know its a shit thing to think about....but today it has shown me how short and quick life can be.

P.Man

[johnny]

This is a really thoughtful, deep thread.

I would marry my girlfriend, and try to have a kid.
Spend the last remaining days with family and friends.
I know it sounds cliche, but I'd try to do all the things that I've never accomplished in my life.
Death is a serious thing, but I would try my best not to let it get me down. I would try to live my last days to the fullest, not letting that final day hover over me like an impending doom.

My prayers are with your coworker and his family. These times must be tough for him.

[Moppie]

Damn, man 6-10 weeks is not long! me must be quite sick.
I think the hardest thing would be getting over the shock knowing you didn't have long left, before you even get a chance to work out what your going to do.

So:
Asumming I remain resonable capable up the last few days then I would use the sympathy play as much as I could. Apply for as many CC as I could and max them out on anything.
Tell a few BS stories and drive Ferraries etc. Ask guys at the car club If I could have a drive in thier Lotus's and assorted race cars.
Use the sympathy play more.
NOT WORK A DAY!
maybe write some really mad scribled notes on philosophical theories.
do lots of flying, and travel as much as I could with mates.
use the sympathy play.

If im really sick, well then try and do as much as I can, but make sure im with friends. At the least go flying and have one last fast drive down the coast road.

We all have to die one day, its an anavoidable fact. We all have to face up to it at some point. But I would personaly rather not know when it was going to happen.

[DVSNCYNIKL]

To be honest, just try and meet anyone who's made some form of an impact in my life and tell it was nice. Really can't say anything else.

[Heep]

I'm really not sure what I'd do. I'd tell any girls that I've ever had a crush on that I liked them, I'd make sure I get a real doctors note that proves the inevitable, then go to Ferrari dealerships and stuff and ask to test drive. Can't think of much else I'd do. Write a will in a hurry.

It'd always be fun to max out all the CC's, but then you're leaving your decendants and stuff with the debt, so I wouldn't do that. But if you did do that, it would suck if you magically got better instead and had to pay off the debts......

[DVSNCYNIKL]

Originally posted by Heep
It'd always be fun to max out all the CC's, but then you're leaving your decendants and stuff with the debt, so I wouldn't do that. But if you did do that, it would suck if you magically got better instead and had to pay off the debts......

All them blows to the head have finally got the boy talking to himself. What a shame.










j/k

[YogsVR4]

Hmmmm..... I probably wouldn't spend time posting messages on message boards. But I would see how fast the Spyder is on some serious twisties though

[SkYLiNeFrEaK]

I'd try to meet some of my net buddies. Only person on here i would love to hang out with is Doc, because, I've known him the longest. So i'd chill and have a cold one with him, then I'd hang out with my friends from high school, then last but not least, my family.

[AbsurdParadox]

Hmm, wow, I'd probably do nothing special and just be in denial that I actually only had the 6 weeks to live. I'd go to work, code all freakin day long (ugh! ), go home, play some games and hang out with the woman. Sometimes if you ignore things, they really DO go away!

[gang$tarr]

I would do all the things i'd wanted to do, but was scared of gettin in trouble for
Like going to the Ferrari dealership, with gun.... and getting whatever new ride i want, stuff like that. but i'd do it on one of the last days so i don't spend the rest of my time in jail

i'd do something fun though, maybe hijack a plane and fly it into afganhistan... wouldn't that be ironic hehe
(btw i wouldn't actually do that)

[Porsche]

Probably just move to a Tropical Island and Hope that I could live out my remaining weeks in Peace. Or pull a gan$tarr and Steal Ferraris, or instead of stealing them just tell them you only have 6 weeks to live (Bring you Doctor along) and then get one for a lower cost.

[DantesInferno]

Six weeks healthy can seem like forever, but when it's your last six weeks, I'm sure they fly by, which necessitates making every moment lasting and worthwhile.

I think among the first things I would do is to go to any I have wronged and try to correct or mend our relationship. I shudder to think of leaving things unresolved between me and another I care for.

I think I would take more walks in the rain. I'd stop more to look at the things around me, to take in the beauty of the natural world, including the beauty seen in every person's face, whether it be superficial or radiating from within.

I wouldn't undertake any grand travels. I think that any time I have remaining would be better spent with family and friends. There may be a few regrets of not having seen the Eiffel tower at dusk, or having viewed the Swiss Alps at dawn, but those things mean very little when soon you won't feel the warmth of your lover's hand, or the embrace of a younger sibling.

I would want to hear laughter. I think that one of the greatest sounds in this world is the sound of genuine laughter, over a cup of tea with friends, during a movie with a loved one, or listening to yourself laugh at a silly mistake. I would not want tears to be shed for me. But I would prefer smiles and laughter to replace any heartache felt by my death, because I have enjoyed life. And the end of a well lived life is not to be mourned, but it is to be celebrated.

Of course, there are experiences I would want to have during my last few weeks, including flying, not as a passenger, but as a pilot, to experience defying what so many thought for so long was impossible. I'd like to fly at sunset and watch the sun sink beneath the horizon, leaving the sky around me a dark golden hue.

I would also like to spend a morning at Yosemite, to watch the morning fog rise from the bottom of the canyon, listening to its gentle roar as the sun began to touch the tops of the trees below.

Finally, I would like to spend the last few remaining days in the arms of someone I love. To be held next to his warm body, just listening to each other breathe. To spend every moment possible together. To let each other know how much we have cared for one another. And I think that at the last moment, I would like to feel his arms holding me tight, as I laid my head on his shoulder, while he played gently with my hair, close my eyes, and think about how much love I have experienced, and how much love I have given in return. Because in the end, that will be the greatest measure of my life.

Just my thoughts...

[MBTN]

Get a Ferrari, and have as much sex as possible.

[Heep]

Lol

That's such a contrast to Dantes....

[Moppie]

Originally posted by DantesInferno


Finally, I would like to spend the last few remaining days in the arms of someone I love. To be held next to his warm body, just listening to each other breathe. To spend every moment possible together. To let each other know how much we have cared for one another. And I think that at the last moment, I would like to feel his arms holding me tight, as I laid my head on his shoulder, while he played gently with my hair, close my eyes, and think about how much love I have experienced, and how much love I have given in return. Because in the end, that will be the greatest measure of my life.

First I would need somebody to love, oh why can't i find somebody to love, I just need somebody to love..........(sorry, musical interlude)

Then what happens when you finnaly die and the poor bastard you've just been sharing this great love with is left all alone?

ohh to be a romantic dreamer again!





I think as long as you live your life to its fullest for as long as you can before the end, and dont get overly materialistic about it then your making the best of what is really a rather bad, and sad situation.