A Health Update
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- Points238
- Comments36
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#5Peak rank
2Days on list
–Score · 7d
Oct 28, 2026First seen
On Hacker News
- Points
- 238
- Comments
- 36
- Submitted by
- frizlab
- Posted
- Oct 28, 2026
- Site
- furbo.org
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Trending history
A Health Update was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 28, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 71 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #5 of 30, reached on Oct 29, 15:07 UTC. It dropped off the list after Oct 29, 16:37 UTC.
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Best of luck to Craig. If you don't know who he is, he's the reason we call(ed) Twitter posts 'tweets' [1] and also wrote perhaps the first pre-SDK iPhone app from the outside [2]. [1] https://furbo.org/2013/06/28/the-origin-of-tweet/ [2] https://furbo.org/2007/08/19/mobiletwitterrific/
When my wife was diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer earlier this year, she was essentially prepared to die. She didn't even cry once. Her father had died from the same cancer at around the same age as her (early 40s), in the most horrific way imaginable. Her father used to work for the Soviet military in charge of a…
I don't know who you are but I wish you the best of luck. Keep your spirit up. I'm glad that medicine is slowly making progress in cancer therapies and I sincerely hope that we can completely beat it in the not so far future.
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Is A Health Update trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Oct 29, 16:37 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank A Health Update reached?
#5 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 29, 15:07 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has A Health Update been trending?
It was first seen on Oct 28, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (71 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
238 points and 36 comments; submitted by frizlab on Oct 28, 2026.