Anybody see "Wit"?

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wendybill
wendybill Member Posts: 84
edited March 2014 in Ovarian Cancer #1
It is a movie about a young-ish professor that gets diagnosed with stage 4 OVCA. It has Emma Thompson in it and received rave reviews. I thought it might help me understand my mom better. Any thoughts?

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  • Cindy Bear
    Cindy Bear Member Posts: 569
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    Hi Wendy. I saw this film some years ago, maybe 5 or 6, long before my mother was diagnosed with uterine cancer. Long before cancer came barging into our lives, sat it's a** down at our table and refused to leave. I found the film to be dark and depressing. It is a well acted film, but honestly I don't think I would recommend it to anybody, patient or caregiver. Not while actively going thru treatment.
    Of course I felt the same way about the Farrah cancer doc. last year but I still watched it, then wished I hadn't.... Just my opinion.
  • Hissy_Fitz
    Hissy_Fitz Member Posts: 1,834
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    Cindy Bear said:

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    Hi Wendy. I saw this film some years ago, maybe 5 or 6, long before my mother was diagnosed with uterine cancer. Long before cancer came barging into our lives, sat it's a** down at our table and refused to leave. I found the film to be dark and depressing. It is a well acted film, but honestly I don't think I would recommend it to anybody, patient or caregiver. Not while actively going thru treatment.
    Of course I felt the same way about the Farrah cancer doc. last year but I still watched it, then wished I hadn't.... Just my opinion.

    Another one is "My Life
    Another one is "My Life Without Me". It's about a young woman who is diagnosed with OC and keeps it secret from her family while she fulfills her "to do" list.
  • kikiz
    kikiz Member Posts: 94
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    Hissy_Fitz said:

    Another one is "My Life
    Another one is "My Life Without Me". It's about a young woman who is diagnosed with OC and keeps it secret from her family while she fulfills her "to do" list.

    I cry at all those movies
    I watched the Farrah movie in the hospital after my surgery. Big mistake. I have never watched the ones you have posted but grew up watching shows like "Something for Joey", "Brians Song" and "Johnny Bakers Last Race". I don't know if watching one where the lead character has OC would make a difference to me or not but I do know when I watched all those shows with my kids later, I still cried like a baby even though I knew what happened.

    Lori
  • wendybill
    wendybill Member Posts: 84
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    kikiz said:

    I cry at all those movies
    I watched the Farrah movie in the hospital after my surgery. Big mistake. I have never watched the ones you have posted but grew up watching shows like "Something for Joey", "Brians Song" and "Johnny Bakers Last Race". I don't know if watching one where the lead character has OC would make a difference to me or not but I do know when I watched all those shows with my kids later, I still cried like a baby even though I knew what happened.

    Lori

    Sometimes I wonder if the
    Sometimes I wonder if the release of feelings all bottled up inside would be helpful. I feel so "corked" with my mom's illness if that makes any sense.
  • kayandok
    kayandok Member Posts: 1,202 Member
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    wendybill said:

    Sometimes I wonder if the
    Sometimes I wonder if the release of feelings all bottled up inside would be helpful. I feel so "corked" with my mom's illness if that makes any sense.

    I agree,
    that sometimes it is good to find a reason to cry, and release the stess, process some of the grief, and movies are great for that.
    k❤
  • wendybill
    wendybill Member Posts: 84
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    kayandok said:

    I agree,
    that sometimes it is good to find a reason to cry, and release the stess, process some of the grief, and movies are great for that.
    k❤

    I did watch the movie
    Yes---it was depressing. However, it did help me see some of the similarities between my mother's emotions and those of the main character. The main character is a very independent, smart woman who has relied on no one in her life. There is a scene in the movie where she is hospitalized for tx and at 4am decides to pinch her IV tubing to set off the occlusion alarm so that the nurse will come and sit with her. The fear piece really hit me. The part for me that was the hardest was knowing that my mom has all of these emotions bottled up inside of her. I feel guilty for not doing more to talk about them. She is pretty closed about emotions and I am really wishing that she was in a cancer institute so that she would have more counseling services specific to cancer. I know for a fact she is getting diddly while in her current hospital setting. This makes me sad.
    Wendy

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