# Potentially fatal illness: fight, or give up and die?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potentially-fatal-illness-fight-or-give-up-and-die/623199>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 26, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potentially-fatal-illness-fight-or-give-up-and-die/623199 "2012-05-26T21:33:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potentially-fatal-illness-fight-or-give-up-and-die/623199/22 "2012-05-27T07:14:09Z")

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> [@cynyc](#):
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> So you are a self-avowed hypochondriac with a “revelation.”
> 
> What do I think? Methinks you should go volunteer with child victims of terminal diseases, or, better, see a shrink.

The OP didn’t have any bearing on what they thought regarding their symptoms, rather it was a polling question that came from something in his life.  
Your post, however, is jerkish and threadshitting, **cynyc**. You’ve been warned about this before; here’s another.

Do not post like this again in this forum or your posting privileges may come under review.

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