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Post by John on Jun 27, 2014 10:08:44 GMT -5
yesterday i found out that one of the few people that i can be friends with here at the court has a very aggressive form of bladder cancer. they are going to remove his bladder and fit him with a pee bag. but even with all of that, they give him a 50/50 chance of survival and at most up to 5 years. fukk!!! rick is a good friend of mine here and we go to lunch together almost every day. i've known him since 1987 when i first moved to phoenix and he's a very close family friend especially with my cousins who also live here. he was in the air force with one of my cousins back in the late 70's. i guess he's going to get his retirement and disability started and i think it's safe to say that he's done working.  i fukking hate that disease cancer. |
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Post by mika on Jun 27, 2014 13:14:50 GMT -5
Sad news! All the best to Rick!
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Post by metalwarrior on Jun 28, 2014 10:03:32 GMT -5
I hate cancer too. It kills so many people, incuding my parents. Bladder cancer can be aggressive with poor prognosis. I hope that your friend will have lots of extra time. Cancer is beast and can come back years after you're declared cured.
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Post by Tomcat on Jul 1, 2014 7:12:23 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that. Best wishes to him!
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Post by John on Oct 8, 2014 12:16:51 GMT -5
well, rick was back to work for a couple of weeks. they had removed his bladder and he was using a bag. they hadn't started chemo yet because they were waiting for the risk of infection to go down. well, he went back for a checkup monday and they put him back into the hospital right away. they found 3 more tumors. so they did emergency surgery on him yesterday i think. i'll know more as the days go on here. but it doesn't look good now. i have a really bad feeling about this. |
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Post by mika on Oct 8, 2014 14:50:52 GMT -5
Oh no! All the best to him and also to you, John!
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Post by John on Oct 9, 2014 0:51:00 GMT -5
i went to visit him today after work. he's in good spirits on the outside. not sure how he really feels though. i'm just going to take it day by day and see how it goes.
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Post by Tomcat on Oct 9, 2014 4:38:22 GMT -5
F**k... Best wishes to him. Hope he's a fighter.
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Post by John on Oct 9, 2014 8:28:41 GMT -5
he had round 2 of chemo last night and will get another tonight then be released to go home. hopefully it works.
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Post by Tomcat on Oct 10, 2014 2:07:22 GMT -5
Let's hope...
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Post by John on Oct 11, 2014 12:05:21 GMT -5
i'll try to check up on him this weekend and find out how things went.
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Post by Tomcat on Oct 14, 2014 6:49:01 GMT -5
Did you meet him? How's he?
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Post by John on Oct 14, 2014 11:07:58 GMT -5
haven't heard anything new yet. |
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Post by Tomcat on Oct 15, 2014 5:02:00 GMT -5
Aye. You have your own things to care for.
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Post by John on Oct 15, 2014 10:54:35 GMT -5
i need to check on him though. i'll send out a few emails and texts.
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i fukking hate that disease cancer.
