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“I’ve surrendered” Irrfan Khan on his battle with cancer

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MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan has finally confirmed that he is suffering from a high-grade neuroendocrine cancer. He penned down a special letter that said that cancer he’d been diagnosed with was rare and had more unpredictability of its treatment.

In an emotional note, he said,

“It’s been quite sometime now since I have been diagnosed with a high-grade neuroendocrine cancer. This new name in my vocabulary, I got to know, was rare, and due to fewer study cases, and less information comparatively, the unpredictability of the treatment was more. I was part of a trial-and-error game. I had been in a different game, I was traveling on a speedy train ride, had dreams, plans, aspirations, goals, was fully engaged in them. And suddenly someone taps on my shoulder and I turn to see. It’s the TC: “Your destination is about to come. Please get down.” I am confused: “No, no. My destination hasn’t come.” “No, this is it. This is how it is sometimes.”

“The suddenness made me realize how you are just a cork floating in the ocean with UNPREDICTABLE currents! And you are desperately trying to control it.”

The hospital he’s currently being treated for cancer stating is across the road from the world famous cricket stadium, Lord’s.

He wrote, “As I was entering the hospital, drained, exhausted, listless, I hardly realized my hospital was on the opposite side of Lord’s, the stadium. The Mecca of my childhood dream. Amidst the pain, I saw a poster of a smiling Vivian Richards. Nothing happened, as if that world didn’t ever belong to me.

“This hospital also had a coma ward right above me. Once, while standing on the balcony of my hospital room, the peculiarity jolted me. Between the game of life and the game of death, there is just a road. On one side, a hospital, on the other, a stadium. As if one isn’t part of anything which might claim certainty – neither the hospital nor the stadium. That hit me hard.”

The popular Bollywood actor then revealed that he had finally surrendered himself to his fate adding that ‘the only thing certain was the uncertainty.’

He wrote, “All I could do was to realize my strength and play my game better. This realization made me submit, surrender and trust, irrespective of the outcome, irrespective of where this takes me, eight months from now, or four months from now, or two years. The concerns took a back seat and started to fade and kind of went out of my mind space.

“For the first time, I felt what ‘freedom’ truly means. It felt like an accomplishment. As if I was tasting life for the first time, the magical side of it. My confidence in the intelligence of the cosmos became absolute. I feel as if it has entered every cell of mine.”

In March this year, Irrfan had revealed he had been diagnosed with NeuroEndocrine Tumour adding that learning about the disease ‘has admittedly been difficult.’ He had written,

“The unexpected makes us grow, which is what the past few days have been. Learning that I have been diagnosed with NeuroEndocrine Tumour as of now has admittedly been difficult, but the love and strength of those around me and that I found within me has brought me to place of hope.

“The journey of this is taking me out of the country, and I request everyone to continue sending their wishes. As for the rumors that were floated, NEURO is not always about the brain and googling is the easiest way to do research. To those who waited for my words, I hope to be back with more stories to tell.”
 
there is no doubt about it that he is a great actor and my prayer for his better health ..world need good people like him
 
Sad to read this, all the best Irfan.
 
Maybe he should write his name Irfan and not Irrfan to cure his health.
 
Googled this -
Symptoms of neuroendocrine tumors
Different types of NETs cause different symptoms, depending on the location of the tumor, and whether the NET is functional or nonfunctional. Functioning NETs are defined based upon the presence of clinical symptoms due to excess hormone secretion by the tumor. Nonfunctional NETs do not secrete hormones. They may produce symptoms caused by the tumor's growth.

The following are some common symptoms of NETs:

  • Flushing (redness, warmth) in the face or neck without sweating
  • Diarrhea, including at nighttime
  • Shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat/palpitations
  • High blood pressure
  • Fatigue, weakness
  • Abdominal pain, cramping, feeling of fullness
  • Unexplained weight gain or loss
  • Wheezing, coughing
  • Swelling in the feet and ankles
  • Skin lesions, discolored patches of skin, thin skin
  • High blood glucose levels (frequent urination, increased thirst, increased hunger)
  • Low blood glucose levels (shakiness, dizziness, sweating, fainting)
NETs often don’t cause symptoms early in the disease process. When symptoms are present, they may be similar to those caused by more common conditions. As a result, NETs are sometimes misdiagnosed as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). However, with IBS, abdominal discomfort is usually relieved by going to the bathroom.
 
He is one of the best.....both in serious and comedy roles!
 
Sad to hear this. Hope he gets well. Life is temporary, sooner we realise the better for us. Cancer and diseases are just reasons to take you back.

I’ve lost close loved due to cancer. And many other loved ones recent times. This world is temporary nothing will last, one day we will all have to depart. May Allah cure him and forgive him.

He needs to do proper tawbah and seek repentance.
 
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