The missing ones
One thing I've noticed in this subreddit is that a fair number of people come back a year or more later to say they're doing well. Those posts are incredibly encouraging.
But I often wonder about the people who don't.
I know testicular cancer is often quoted as being around 95% curable, and that's reassuring. But it also means that, statistically, one in 20 don't.
Not because I assume that's what happened to everyone who disappears. Many people probably recover, move on with life, stop using Reddit, or simply don't want to revisit that chapter.
Still, there are so many accounts that post during diagnosis or treatment and then are never heard from again.
Does anyone else think about those people? I'd be genuinely interested to know how many quietly recovered and moved on versus how many unfortunately didn't.
It feels like there are a lot of stories we'll never know.