Cancer sucks, I am thinking about Downsizing
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Welcome to the forum, from Oregon.
Your prognosis certainly sucks. Very sorry to hear that.
It would help to know what you are driving now. What kind of mid size GMC? Truck, SUV....other? Can it be a Chevrolet? What safety feature(s) are you thinking of? Compared to your current safety features?
Your prognosis certainly sucks. Very sorry to hear that.
It would help to know what you are driving now. What kind of mid size GMC? Truck, SUV....other? Can it be a Chevrolet? What safety feature(s) are you thinking of? Compared to your current safety features?
Yea I guess that would help. Currently driving 2012 Yukon SLT white out. 5.3 Vortec 4wd. GMC owner for 40+ years (wore out 3 Jimmies, 2 other Yukons.) Looking at Arcadia. Mobility issues need cameras newer driving features (blind spot lane change etc.. also would like good dash cam coverage. Usually just me and my service dog.
I am sorry to hear of your situation. You might consider looking at a minivan.
Sorry man that's horrible. God bless.
Thanks for the reply, but why would I want a minivan? I'll be in hospice within a year. I currently drive 70 miles round trip to see my wife in a nursing home. I'm a Yukon/Jimmy (God knows how much I miss the K5's) guy. I'm just looking for better security features and something luxurious because I no longer have a butt (do to 50 lb weight loss). If I sit to long my legs will fall asleep due to loss of blood flow. Nice seating helps alot. I was looking for recommendations in similar vehicles, and while I appreciate the thoughts, I'm not looking for sympathy my life is what it is, I've accepted it.
No offense was meant. You hadn't mentioned that you apparently won't consider anything other than a GM SUV, so my suggestion was solely based on ease of access and seating comfort, which is great with minivans. Those factors have been top priorities with folks I've known in similar situations, some of whom moved from trucks or SUVs because access even on non-lifted 2WDs had become progressively more difficult for them.
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Sorry if I sounded harsh, no offense, were good. My fault by not being totally specific in my original post. Downsizing is really a sore spot because I'm losing more everyday.
If you are gonna stick with a full size SUV, the 2wd sits slightly lower.
I once rented a smaller Buick suv and it was honestly very comfy.
still gm and probably going to have the softest seats in the line up.
definitely F cancer, I don't know if it just comes with getting old but man I seem surounrrd by it the last few years.
still gm and probably going to have the softest seats in the line up.
definitely F cancer, I don't know if it just comes with getting old but man I seem surounrrd by it the last few years.
Yes, I had no idea how big the cancer community was until last July. Wife collapsed, erratic pulse, super low blood pressure.... 40 minutes away from the nearest hospital driving normally. Transported her in the Escalade, fortunately the speed limiter had been tuned out a couple months before after the AFM delete. Quite smooth at well over a hundred miles per hour, amazingly sounded like a Corvette at 6,000 RPM. Long story short it was a hemorrhaging stage 2A colon cancer tumor.... She was well below the lethal amount of hemoglobin, measured out of 3.8. Several units of blood, they had to operate dangerously at a 7.0, which put her at roughly only half of her normal blood supply. 11 months later.... She has four autoimmune diseases wrecking havoc on her body, fibromyalgia, nerve impingement between c4 and C5 in her spine requiring surgery, her liver is too damaged so she can't have surgery or chemo for at least 8 months if it recovers, meanwhile the tumor markers are twice as high as before the surgery, PET scan lit up six areas of concern. She's left with cognitive issues, and doesn't really understand how much trouble she's in right now. People dealing with cancer, either themselves or family members, started coming out of the woodwork. Two of our neighbors, four co-workers, and now her uncle and her father. We never realized it's such an epidemic. And she's only 52.
All you can do is keep fighting, any other option just isn't acceptable. At this point they say she has a paraneoplastic syndrome.... All we can do is try to manage the symptoms and hope she doesn't go into liver failure, but instead maybe the liver will heal.... The other immune of attacked her eyes, nose, mouth and throat.... Her vision is left blurry, severe pain off and on all day.... Pain meds don't work because they weren't designed to target the source when it's autoimmune caused.
Sorry, a bit off topic but your post hit a chord. We can't part with the Escalade. At 174,000 mi, about a month after I went through the engine deleting the AFM, went through the cylinder heads, an L92 camshaft, replaced all the belts and hoses, water pump, power steering hardware, entire front suspension and brakes all the way around, u joints.... It did more than we ever asked of it in about 26 minutes. In front of the ER when they were unloading her, engine running, the exhaust system was making some very loud ticking noises as it cooled off. I thought for sure we squeezed every bit of life left out of that vehicle. It not only saved her life, it continues to run like new. The only place it goes now is to her many appointments. I can't help but think some of the small decisions I made on the vehicle ended up being possibly life-altering. Right down to the pirelli scorpion tires that were about 2 months old.
So when you work on your vehicle, spend the extra money for OEM or better quality parts. You never know in a split second when it's going to make a huge difference.
All you can do is keep fighting, any other option just isn't acceptable. At this point they say she has a paraneoplastic syndrome.... All we can do is try to manage the symptoms and hope she doesn't go into liver failure, but instead maybe the liver will heal.... The other immune of attacked her eyes, nose, mouth and throat.... Her vision is left blurry, severe pain off and on all day.... Pain meds don't work because they weren't designed to target the source when it's autoimmune caused.
Sorry, a bit off topic but your post hit a chord. We can't part with the Escalade. At 174,000 mi, about a month after I went through the engine deleting the AFM, went through the cylinder heads, an L92 camshaft, replaced all the belts and hoses, water pump, power steering hardware, entire front suspension and brakes all the way around, u joints.... It did more than we ever asked of it in about 26 minutes. In front of the ER when they were unloading her, engine running, the exhaust system was making some very loud ticking noises as it cooled off. I thought for sure we squeezed every bit of life left out of that vehicle. It not only saved her life, it continues to run like new. The only place it goes now is to her many appointments. I can't help but think some of the small decisions I made on the vehicle ended up being possibly life-altering. Right down to the pirelli scorpion tires that were about 2 months old.
So when you work on your vehicle, spend the extra money for OEM or better quality parts. You never know in a split second when it's going to make a huge difference.
Yes. I'm 10 years older and I always figured it would be me.... New medical team took over last week. You think a new 6L80E is expensive.... Her new Primary Care is a Rhodes Scholar from Oxford in biology, infectious diseases, a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard School of medicine.... She's set up with top notch oncology, rheumatology and an endocrinologist. They're working together to come up with a plan, estimated 2 weeks from now. 1600 pages in her medical chart from last July. A lot of data. If they can't turn around this downward spiral in the next 12 weeks.... At least we'll know we tried everything. I know one of the things being investigated is a stem cell transplant to reboot her immune system, and stop it in its tracks, potentially allowing her liver to recover. But that comes with inherent risks as well. Living one day at a time...
swathdiver
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The last years and higher end models of that generation have side blind zone alert. You can buy dash cams and get an inch lower step in with the power running boards.
If you can hang in there a few more years, GMC is bringing back the Jimmy on the mid-size platform to look like the one you and the rest of us long for.
The K2s have massaging seats which can help with blood flow. The 2026 Acadia Denali Ultimate has them too, first year for that line.
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Good afternoon Raptor227. Sorry about you're situation. We have a 2013 Traverse LT, bought it new. It has been a great mid-sized SUV for the wife. Not as plush as the Acadia, but they are built on the same platform. Due to the year, it doesn't have all the options you are looking for, but as far , as the platform is concerned, I'd buy it again. It sucks that GM dropped the 3.6 L V-6, it's been good for us.
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