# Final thread on my brothers brain tumor **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 4, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-thread-on-my-brothers-brain-tumor/545516 "2010-07-04T14:36:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-thread-on-my-brothers-brain-tumor/545516/21 "2010-07-05T04:43:49Z")
My condolences, **gonzomax**. I hope the good memories will soon outweigh the bad. ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-thread-on-my-brothers-brain-tumor/545516/22 "2010-07-05T04:56:21Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Not my idea of taking it easy on those who are already hurting. Right? Not to mention spending the night before the funeral with the body of the deceased in the living room, candles lit etc. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-thread-on-my-brothers-brain-tumor/545516/23 "2010-07-05T05:03:26Z")
I’m sorry to hear this, **Gonzomax**. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-thread-on-my-brothers-brain-tumor/545516/24 "2010-07-05T07:44:28Z")
You and your family have my condolences, **gonzomax**. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-thread-on-my-brothers-brain-tumor/545516/25 "2010-07-05T15:10:29Z")
It’s kind of hard to convey sympathy on a message board when words are not what is most needed. Imagine lots of silent hugging and bearing witness; that is the best course of action here. Since we cannot do that, take a virtual hug and know that we care. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-thread-on-my-brothers-brain-tumor/545516/26 "2010-07-05T15:22:10Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > It is so final . I know he is dead but I felt like that is slapping your face with the somber reality. I’ve been to a few Christian burials where this is done. Shocking if you’ve never experienced it before, and it is still a real slap even when you have. Also flowers and tear stained handkerchiefs. So sorry for the lost of your brother. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-thread-on-my-brothers-brain-tumor/545516/27 "2010-07-06T04:09:24Z")
My sincere condolences. He was lucky to have you as a brother who obviously loved him very much. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-thread-on-my-brothers-brain-tumor/545516/28 "2010-07-06T11:17:22Z")
Sorry about your brother’s death. I hope you can honor him in some positive way after you’ve mourned him a bit. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-thread-on-my-brothers-brain-tumor/545516/29 "2010-07-06T11:28:32Z")
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