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Date Posted: 12:11:31 05/13/09 Wed
Author: TBone (via a friend)
Author Host/IP: 136.1.1.154
Subject: A gentle reminder about what's important in life

Rough month.....
IP: 75.144.95.209
Posted on December 22, 2008 at 01:57:45 PM by Tbone

A couple of months ago I experienced some stomach pain that I attributed to acid reflux, but when Prilosec didn't alleviate the symptoms I decided to see a gastrointestinal doctor who prescribed several tests to see what might be afoot.

Long story short, I've been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and the cancer has migrated into my liver. I'll be starting chemo very soon and the goal is to get the thing under control so it doesn't migrate further. This type of cancer is not something that can be cured, only maintained to mitigate its spreading.

You can imagine that something like this would be shocking for anyone and it has certainly blown us away. I just turned 55, have never had a serious medical problem and had a good physical 4 months ago. There is no effective way for me to rationalize it other than that it happened as a normal but unfortunate part of life. Of course, my intention is to fight the thing as hard as I can since I truly do have much to live for.

I'll confide this: an incredible torrent of thoughts flood your mind when news like this hits. Boiled down though, I do feel very good about myself, my place in things, the blessings that my family, co-workers and friends bring and the support I've already received from those around me. My wife has incredible strength and I'm seeing the benefit of that already. I've always been proud of my kids and know that I'll continue to be proud of them through this process.

I've been hanging around the board from time to time lately but have been distracted enough so that I haven't been compelled to post. I did want to let people here know, not so much to solicit anything in the way of sympathy (although I know it will be forthcoming and will be appreciated) but just to let everyone know whats up. My hope is that very soon I'll be focused enough to spend time here and contribute a bit (after all, UM hoops is a wonderful thing to talk about these days). In the meantime, I hope the holidays are peaceful for you all.

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