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This concern pops up every once in a while because people like to put it out of context. Most operating systems don't allow any way to poll for file events in a specific folder only, so you either keep looping through all files in the folder looking for changes which would be an annoying resource hog or you get all events and ignore changes that don't occur in the folder of interest. It's completely fair to say that any installed application can do whatever it wants so you are concerned, but the touching files part is just people wanting to complain.

Chemotherapy does not work on this type of cancer. The best treatments, with the exception of one semi-annual treatment, give 2 days of fatigue and that's about it. The physical torture is not there, only the mental torture of having a terminal illness. Additionally, this cancer does not cause your health to degrade until the very end.

You're right about it depending on the person though. There is just a lot of misconception about this particular cancer, which is why I commented about it.

Please, if anyone else reading this has the same cancer, do not listen to any medical professional saying to lay back and die. Sacks was, lucky if it can be called that, to have the less aggressive strain of Ocular Melanoma that metastasized. The most aggressive usually results in death in 18 months, but there is progress being made to extend this to 4 years. Look up Dr Sato of Thomas Jefferson. He's the expert on this cancer. Your loved ones will be extremely grateful for an extra 2 years with you, and the best treatments barely degrade the quality of your life at all.