My friends...

[billybud]

I have deleted this post twice...but decided o post it.

I hope to watch football through this next season...but I may not make it. Metastatic cancer has spread through my lymph nodes. I find my mind to be clear but I do get cranky at times.

For the many seasons that I have enjoyed your company, I thank you.

I will check in from time to time..

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[Spence]

I hate to hear this. Cancer is such an awful disease. I lost both my parents and 3 of my grand parents to it. I wish you strength through your journey. This is a poem that someone gave my dad when he went through his battle. I hope it helps some.

What Cancer Cannot Do
Cancer is so limited.......
It cannot cripple love,
It cannot shatter hope,
It cannot corrode faith,
It cannot eat away peace,
It cannot destroy confidence,
It cannot kill friendship,
It cannot shut out memories,
It cannot silence courage,
It cannot invade the soul,
It cannot reduce eternal life,
It cannot quench the spirit,
It cannot lessen the power of the Resurrection.
-Author Unknown

Peace be with you and your family.

[billybud]

Start radiation this week...after weeks of making me glow in the dark, will come chemo....

Guess I'll buy a few hats.

[Spence]

Start radiation this week...after weeks of making me glow in the dark, will come chemo....

Guess I'll buy a few hats.

Good luck, the treatments and journey today are lots better than when my dad went through it, so hopefully they can eradicate the cancer cells in your body. Or if that isn't possible, kick the can down the road long enough that they might finally find an end to the disease. Hats aren't bad. The sun will cause you some issues, again good luck.

[Derek]

Start radiation this week...after weeks of making me glow in the dark, will come chemo....

Guess I'll buy a few hats.

My prayers are with you billybud. I hope everything goes well. Would love to hear from you when possible. I know it won't be easy, but I am praying for your comfort and healing.

[billybud]

Derek, Spence....thank you

Going through radiation is the devil...can't swallow without a lot of pain...the liter of rat poison that they infuse in my veins once a week is merely nauseating and weakening.

Losing weight...but downing high cal-hi protein drinks made for folks like me and ordered through my oncologist (insurance pays). Fighting to stay above the weight loss limit where they will insert a feeding tube into the abdomen.

Spence is so right...cancer can't defeat love...My wife and I are like a pair of horses in trace. We have hauled the wagon together for a lfetime...the road is usually smooth, but every now and then you hit a section of deep sand. We look at each other, nod, and pull through it to the other side.

I have a goal...to be well by August 24 and travel to Dublin to watch FSU vs GT...I have not put a deposit down yet for tickets and I will have to pay a little more...but we'll see...Tomorrow never knows.

[Spence]

Keep fighting. That is the key to pushing on. Even if you don't feel like it. Even without a terrible disease, fighting is the key to life.

[billybud]

Still checking board.....

I've lost 30 pounds but am hanging in....Today is a good day..finished chemo and rads early....and seem to have a little more energy..

[Spence]

Still checking board.....

I've lost 30 pounds but am hanging in....Today is a good day..finished chemo and rads early....and seem to have a little more energy..

Keep fighting.

[Derek]

Still checking board.....

I've lost 30 pounds but am hanging in....Today is a good day..finished chemo and rads early....and seem to have a little more energy..

I'll echo what Spence said, Keep Fighting! Good to hear from you!!!!!

[billybud]

Well...I am alive..althought he ducs told me I was circling the drain....still being fed by inserted tube into my abdomen...but am recovering strength. No longer being wheeled around in a whel chair...life is back to near normal except for eating...but that will come along, I hope.

Looking forward to another season of football....My Noles start tough with #6 LSU and #11 Clemson in September...looking for 10 wins this year.

[Derek]

Well...I am alive..althought he ducs told me I was circling the drain....still being fed by inserted tube into my abdomen...but am recovering strength. No longer being wheeled around in a whel chair...life is back to near normal except for eating...but that will come along, I hope.

Looking forward to another season of football....My Noles start tough with #6 LSU and #11 Clemson in September...looking for 10 wins this year.

Thanks for checking in Billybud!! Good to hear from you. I pray that you are back to eating normally again soon.

[Spence]

Well...I am alive..althought he ducs told me I was circling the drain....still being fed by inserted tube into my abdomen...but am recovering strength. No longer being wheeled around in a whel chair...life is back to near normal except for eating...but that will come along, I hope.

Looking forward to another season of football....My Noles start tough with #6 LSU and #11 Clemson in September...looking for 10 wins this year.

I hope you get several more seasons of college football. Take care!

[Dossenator]

Just now seeing this. I am glad you are regaining your strength. I too pray you can get to eating normal soon and that you have many more football seasons to enjoy.

[Derek]

Just now seeing this. I am glad you are regaining your strength. I too pray you can get to eating normal soon and that you have many more football seasons to enjoy.

Good to hear from you Doss!