Name: 當你生命已沒有時間 ► 只剩兩個星期... - Jake Bailey（中英字幕）
Uploaded: 2025-07-15T07:57:42.000Z
Duration: 3 min 56 s
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I was given two to three weeks to live without treatment, and not necessarily a guarantee of life either way.

Believe me, I was never going to be the kid that got cancer, but it turns out that I was.

And apparently the cancer was now doubling in size every 48 hours.

You're 18 years old and you're told that you could die within weeks.

You are told that everything you've been promised since you were a child, the house, the family, the job, might never be yours.

You're told that the next months, the laughs, the parties, the classes, the times with your friends, they will never happen because you will be in a hospital bed fighting for your life.

You're told that everything that you assumed would always be yours, the things which your foundation is built upon, the times with your family, the embrace of your girlfriend, or the sunrise on your face might not be yours to feel any longer.

You're told that your time is up, if not the time that was your life, then the time when you had it easy.

Now you are in an arena, fighting the biggest battle you will ever fight for the greatest prize that there is.

Many enter that arena every day, but there is a limited number of spaces available on the other side.

Instead I asked that if this was going to be the thing that killed me, that I faced it with strength.

If it was going to kill me, it would do it on my terms and I would not die a coward, not wanting to let fear dictate my death any more than it had dictated my life.

But no, no way, there was not a chance in hell that I was going to die of this.

Along the way I learnt some pretty good lessons.

I was dying to get home from school, I was dying for the weekend, I was dying for the school holidays, and then before I knew it I was dying in Christchurch hospital.

And I know now how important it is to make the most of it while you can.

Live each day with passion and pride to your very fullest, because you are able to.

Every morning that I wake up I know that I am on borrowed time.

Every day that I live is another one longer than I was supposed to, and that spurs me on.

However the most important thing that this has taught me is to take each day at a time.

Taking everything day by day allows you to focus on the now and really appreciate life.

And tied in with that is the ability to find the little bits of light in the darkness, because sometimes they will be all that you have left.

Yes, I might have a spinal injection of chemo today, but there's something good on TV tonight.

Yes, I might have my head in a sick bucket right now, but I'll never feel this sick again in my life.

Yes, it's happening to me, but it's not happening to anyone I love.

It's something I remind myself of each day, and it makes every day that little bit better.

But the thing that people are really prone to doing is to spend time on feeling sorry for people whose situations they cannot change.

What you really need to do is be grateful for the people in your life, and for your ability to live that normal life.

There's no excuse to not appreciate life fully.

You owe it to the people that are unable to.

You owe it to them to do them that service, to go out and do your best.

And what a fantastic way to start each day.