SiWIng's Unbroadcastables - #1 "Retinoblastoma"

I have a few short sketches on my computer which are too dark to exist anywhere other than this morally-suspect little corner of the world wide web.

I apologise in advance.
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A HUSBAND HAS HIS ARM AROUND HIS WIFE, AS THEIR YOUNG, SICK DAUGHTER IS SAT WITH HER HEAD ON HER MOTHER'S LAP.

DOCTOR: This kind of childhood eye cancer, a retinoblastoma, is extremely aggressive, and I'm sorry to have to tell you that Kylie's abdominal MRI showed signs that there are already secondary tumours present inside her liver. We've caught it too late...

FATHER: Oh God!

DOCTOR: Scientists are making breakthroughs in cancer research all the time. However, with such aggressive metastasis, I am afraid that current treatments can only be palliative at this point. This means that Kylie has, at most, three months to live.

THE MOTHER COLLAPSES TO THE FLOOR AND STARTS WAILING UNCONTROLLABLY. THE FATHER LOOKS BROKEN.

THEN A MESSAGE COMES UP ON THE SCREEN:

"Should've gone to Specsavers"

THE 'SPECSAVERS' LOGO THEN APPEARS ABOVE THE SLOGAN.

You can't get cancer by not wearing glasses.

Yacob's right - as going to Specsavers wouldn't have helped her, the sketch makes no sense. You should rethink it.

I assume he means the condition might have been picked up earlier by an eye test? In which case inserting "if only we had caught it earlier" might make it work better.

But honestly I don't think the 'Joke' actually works for me.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2199880/Father-diagnosed-eye-tumour-routine-examination.html

'I've urged all my family and friends to make sure they visit their optician, and will certainly make sure I keep up my regular appointments with Raj.'

Optometrist Mr Sandhu, said: 'Gareth's story just goes to show that eye examinations are extremely important, not just for testing how well you can see but also for detecting other underlying health issues.'

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But honestly I don't think the 'Joke' actually works for me.

Not really a 'joke'. Just pictured it as a bad taste parody advert tbh