I'm 22 years old and just got the news I'm dying.

I failed at life and I'm now leaving behind a 3-year-old daughter.

Now, the original post came on November 26, 2023.

As the title says, last week I got the news that I am dying from lung cancer from my doctor.

It turns out that smoking since I was 15 and then upping it to three packs each day a few years ago was a bad idea.

Stupid, I know, I thought it wouldn't come so soon though.

It's stage four and as of now I have months to live.

Please don't feel bad for me. I've done nothing good in life except to have my daughter to really be sad about losing me.

I've got no family because I grew up in the foster system and I aged out at 18.

My daughter's father is in prison for serious crimes to the extent that even if he got out,

he wouldn't be allowed to be in her life.

My daughter is only three.

We don't live in a good area and when I go to work I have to leave her

with an elderly neighbor that always gets her name wrong every day. I don't want her to grow up like I

did in that foster care system. I feel like it's the reason why I messed up and did nothing good

with my life. Yeah, I know it's not the only reason and my own stupidity cause most of my issues

but if I just had some family or a support system to keep me in check, it could have been better.

I just want to give her some chance to have a better shot than I did.

The thing is, I do have an idea for who could take care of her.

One of my closest friends is a coworker at my job, and she's amazing.

While I'm at the bottom of the job, like if they-worker at my job, and she's amazing.

While I'm at the bottom of the job, like if they need to lay off people, I would definitely be the first to go.

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