Should I Leave Before I Die?

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Michael feels like a burden on others as he battles stage 4 cancer and he's considering breaking up with his boyfriend. Email questions or comments: [email protected] - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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0:00.0	Thanks for downloading my call of the day podcast you two can participate in my live radio program heard weekdays from two to five PM Eastern time on serious XM triumph 1 11
0:13.0	Michael welcome to the program
0:15.3	Thank you, Dr. Laura. It's a great privilege and blessing to be speaking with you today
0:21.0	Thank you. That's very kind to say. How can I help?
0:25.7	Well, Dr. Laura I
0:27.7	I'm only 22 years old, but I have an extensive cancer history and in late May of this year, I had a recurrence of my cancer and it's a stage four and the
0:41.7	chances that I'll be living past this disease is approximately seven point five percent
0:47.7	Put in a more negative perspective 92 point five percent chance of death within about five years
0:55.7	Oh, my God. Of course, I'm so keeping up hope and whatnot. I've always been a strong Christian and and I pray and have lots of belief in
1:05.7	No matter what happens to me, I'll be put on the path I'm supposed to
1:10.7	But the reason I'm calling today isn't so much about my own personal grievances, but
1:16.7	You know the impact that my disease has been having on
1:20.2	Others in my family and specifically my boyfriend of three years and 20 days and I've loved each day of it
1:28.7	but
1:29.7	especially you know recently in these last couple of months
1:34.7	I've become
1:36.7	unemployed
1:37.7	I have a disability
1:40.7	I've had to get surgery as well as chemotherapy for my treatment. So I'm not able to work
1:47.2	So it kind of renders me useless in terms of like being able to
1:53.2	You know raise any money around and so I
1:56.2	I rely on my boyfriend to be the sole bread winner of my house, which is actually a condominium that I rent
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