<prompt> Human: I only found out about two weeks ago. I hope you all dont mind, but Im using a throwaway here because I havent revealed it to everyone I know yet, and Id hate for them to find out the bad news by snooping on my regular Reddit profile.So heres the deal: Personally, Im at peace with it the the extent than I can be. I can get a lot of my bucket list out of the way in five years, and it gives me a good amount of time in reasonably well health leading up to the last year or so for me to spend with my wife.But now that the shock has worn off somewhat, Im trying to plan a little more practically. Im looking at a LOT of guaranteed medical bills in the next few years, if only to maintain a reasonable quality of life. Thats going to require a lot of my work-provided insurance, which of course I need to work full time for. The problem is, obviously Id really have nothing to work towards other than the insurance. I dont really have much of an incentive to work towards building a career now. Im 27 years old, and likely wont live to see 35 unless Im a rare medical case and end up extremely lucky. Id rather spend my remaining years knocking things off that bucket list and generally just living as much as I can, not existing in a florescent lit office out of mere necessity.What are my options here? Is there something within Obamacare that would allow for me to have a better quality of life when it came to medical bills and working full time? Are there any options Im not considering? Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.Update: Thanks for all of the wonderful replies. This seems to have taken off since I posted it this afternoon, and my inbox has obviously exploded. I dont really have time tonight to reply to everything, but I will try my best tomorrow.To answer the general conversation, no I havent really completely given up. Its great to see many stories from survivors here, though I am not very knowledgeable of this whole thing and I dont even really understand the specifics myself at this point to be honest. I have gotten two opinions from doctors that were both suggested to me, but I need to take time to process things to understand the next step.Im kind of a whirlwind of emotions right now. Im sad for my wife who has to deal with this, angry with God for doing this to me, resentful and jealous of others who live healthy lives without worry, but in a weird way kind of happy that I know it all has an end date. At least theres that bit of certainty in a situation otherwise altogether uncertain.The thing that really sucks is that right now, at this moment on paper, Im worth more dead than alive. If I were to die in a car accident tomorrow, my wife would have a half million payout on my life insurance. If I continue to live for five years or longer, Ill have sucked our life savings dry with medical costs.So yeah, still trying to figure out what to do, but looks like I came to the right place to start considering my options. Thank you so much.  <response>: So off-topic but I feel the author needs to know this in order to make a decision about his financial future.So 7 years ago I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Non-Hodgkins Follicular Lymphoma.I was a former Ironman and marathoner. Now I am completely in remission. I work out often, eat nutritious food, and try to keep my stress levels down.I went through a regimen known as R-CHOP. A year after they chemoed me a newer regimen was introduced. So, in a nutshell, dont listen to the bastards that tell you that you have a certain amount of time to live. BS. Not only are new drugs being introduced all the time, but the old ones 7 years ago are doing fine for me. I run 12 marathons, rock climb, do triathlons, etc. I take no drugs for my former? condition and I feel great. Although what I had wasnt curable, I am in the mind set that it will not come back. But, if it does, there are many options available.The most important thing you can do is go to a National Cancer Institute Hospital. I think there are 21 of them in the U.S. They are the best and what we are talking about here is your life- you deserve the best! I know that I still get regular checkups at Siteman Cancer Center in St. Louis. They care of a wide range of socio-economic levels of people there. I would certainly think that other renowned hospitals would do the same for you.You need to be told that there is hope for you. I understand the emotions that you are going through. You need a good oncologist and a good hospital!As an aside, the first oncologist that I went to was a joke. I can remember overhearing this sshole oncologist on the phone talking about me sayingYa- you should see this guy. Hes in great shape. This is something that I only see once every 10 years. Lets just see how much we can scare this guy is what I was thinking. Well the hell with you and your observations Mr. small-town oncologist. Go to the big boys hospital where they see this stuff every day, not once every 10 years.Good luck my friend! I wish you only the best!!!Just in case you want to visit the organization that I am now involved with:Its call Powered by Hope. The web site is PoweredByHope.OrgTo briefly summarize, as a cancer survivor, I am one of a group of survivorswho visit hospitals and give out medals and coins to cancer patients and their caregivers to give them hope. I pray that you have hope. I know, as a survivor who has gone through what you are going through, how important it is.Oh, btw, I turned 60 this month! 