Quote Originally Posted by Weedhound
How does a 17 year old get cancer? I know Rebgirl had a form of cancer as well and she's also pretty young.....

My heartfelt sympathy to your brother and your family.
Quote Originally Posted by Gandalf_The_Grey
Even young children, 5 or 6 years old, sometimes get it. A friend of my friends had his little boy die of at the age of 4 or 5. Just more of God's mysterious love you know.
Yeah, good question. And Gandalf's probably right, something to do with not enough faith or vitamins or something. But he's actually been cancer free for about 8 months now. Good luck man.