1968FormulaS340
Well-Known Member
Talk about getting kicked in the balls while you are down.
I have mentioned my Dad here before. He was a wounded Vietnam combat veteran, had finished college, and refused the Army's offer of going to OTS. He just wanted to be a regular soldier.
He was shot in the left side of the body, the bullet, exiting the right side of his body, and continuing through his right elbow, destroying the elbow.
He retired at age 50 from UPS. He spent the rest of his life doing volunteer work for the community, working for the local food bank and such.
Just 7 weeks before his death, he was doing dishes at a charity breakfast, something he did every Sunday.
His cancer was so far advanced and had moved deep into the bones of his spine at the time of his diagnosis.
From diagnosis to death was only 5 weeks but we made those 5 weeks the best damn time of his life and he was very happy.
My Mom was scheduled for her yearly mammogram but instead of getting the normal one, which causes her a bunch of pain, she requested an MRI, which the insurance company approved.
During the MRI, they noticed a spot on her lung. Yesterday, through some kind of radioactive dye test the determined that it is 99% likely to be lung cancer. Lung cancer is usually fatal because it is almost always found in stage 4 (by stage 4, it has moved outside the lungs).
My Mom's is at stage 1. The Doctor even said, "We never find this at stage 1". Thursday, my mother will have a biopsy to remove all doubts. After this last test, she will be scheduled for surgery to remove the cancerous part of her lung.
The doctor said, "After surgery, you will be cured." No further treatment, they will just go in, pluck out the "bad" and it will be over.
Lets pray that it goes that well.
I have mentioned my Dad here before. He was a wounded Vietnam combat veteran, had finished college, and refused the Army's offer of going to OTS. He just wanted to be a regular soldier.
He was shot in the left side of the body, the bullet, exiting the right side of his body, and continuing through his right elbow, destroying the elbow.
He retired at age 50 from UPS. He spent the rest of his life doing volunteer work for the community, working for the local food bank and such.
Just 7 weeks before his death, he was doing dishes at a charity breakfast, something he did every Sunday.
His cancer was so far advanced and had moved deep into the bones of his spine at the time of his diagnosis.
From diagnosis to death was only 5 weeks but we made those 5 weeks the best damn time of his life and he was very happy.
My Mom was scheduled for her yearly mammogram but instead of getting the normal one, which causes her a bunch of pain, she requested an MRI, which the insurance company approved.
During the MRI, they noticed a spot on her lung. Yesterday, through some kind of radioactive dye test the determined that it is 99% likely to be lung cancer. Lung cancer is usually fatal because it is almost always found in stage 4 (by stage 4, it has moved outside the lungs).
My Mom's is at stage 1. The Doctor even said, "We never find this at stage 1". Thursday, my mother will have a biopsy to remove all doubts. After this last test, she will be scheduled for surgery to remove the cancerous part of her lung.
The doctor said, "After surgery, you will be cured." No further treatment, they will just go in, pluck out the "bad" and it will be over.
Lets pray that it goes that well.
