{"id":4011,"date":"2010-04-27T12:35:33","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T17:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dobermandan.com\/?p=4011"},"modified":"2010-04-27T12:35:33","modified_gmt":"2010-04-27T17:35:33","slug":"cancer-sucks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dobermandan.com\/blog\/cancer-sucks-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer Sucks!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, 11:13 AM<\/p>\n<p>Dear Friend,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been in a few tough situations over the years.<\/p>\n<p>In every single case, by the grace of God (and with a little  preparation on my part), I wound up being the victor.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s just a small sample:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;ve faced down several homicidal armed attackers&#8230;\n<p><\/li>\n<li>Survived two nasty divorces&#8230;\n<p><\/li>\n<li>Experienced 10 straight years of consecutive business failures&#8230;\n<p><\/li>\n<li>Been legally bankrupt once and technically bankrupt 4 other times&#8230;\n<p><\/li>\n<li>Lived without any kind of safety net in two different foreign  countries (one was the most dangerous country in the world at that  time)&#8230; AND&#8230;\n<p><\/li>\n<li>I even stripped down to my skivvies in front of 300 drunk horny  women to raise money for charity!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to all that, I just added another entry to my list of  accomplishments&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cancer  Survivor!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Colombiana asked me not to share this with you. She thought it  was too personal.<\/p>\n<p>She also said you were sick of me. After all, you heard  from me every single day for the past 30 days during my <a href=\"https:\/\/dobermandan.com\/the-youtube-30-day-challenge\/\"><em>YouTube  30-Day Challenge<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s right&#8230; this IS personal stuff&#8230; and you probably ARE sick of  me&#8230; but I have a feeling somebody might need to hear this.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhoo&#8230; I&#8217;ve alluded to a health issue here on the blog before. It all  started at the end of last year.<\/p>\n<p>Let me give you the &#8220;Readers  Digest&#8221; version of my ordeal.<\/p>\n<p>A week ago at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida I had a large  and rapidly growing tumor removed from my thyroid, along with half of my  thyroid and some lymph nodes.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, I&#8217;d like to answer the numerous questions I received  about alternative treatments.<\/p>\n<p>YES, I did explore (and am still exploring) alternative treatment  options. I&#8217;ve seen numerous success stories from alternative treatments  and believe traditional allopathic options such as surgery, chemotherapy  and radiation should be a last resort.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, in my case, the tumor was growing quite rapidly and  causing some blockage of my airway so I needed a pretty urgent remedy.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the surgeon knew my vocal nerve was involved to some degree and  the longer I waited for my miracle cure, the more likely I  would lose my vocal nerve.<\/p>\n<p>Now to some people that would be GOOD news since losing my vocal  nerve means I can never speak again&#8230; but it&#8217;s kinda important to me.<\/p>\n<p>So after exploring all my options, I opted for the surgery.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m REALLY glad I didn&#8217;t wait any longer.<\/p>\n<p>Once they had me cut open, the surgeon discovered things were worse  than expected.<\/p>\n<p>My vocal nerve went right up through the center of the tumor. He had  never seen a case like that before. It made the surgery a lot  trickier&#8230; and the chance of saving my vocal nerve plunged down to the  single digits.<\/p>\n<p>I think a lesser skilled surgeon would have said, <em>&#8220;What&#8217;s the use.  The chance of saving this guy&#8217;s vocal nerve is so small, why should I  bother.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But not my surgeon.<\/p>\n<p>Even though it took twice as long as expected, he took his time and  did everything he knew to save the vocal nerve.<\/p>\n<p>My voice is still a little weak but coming back quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, with all the odds against me I&#8217;ve come out victorious.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to celebrate that every day.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dobermandan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/button.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/dobermandan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/button-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Moffitt Cancer Center has these cool little buttons.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re color coded according to what kind of cancer you have.<\/p>\n<p>Mine is blue for thyroid cancer.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s kinda like we&#8217;re all in this exclusive little club with our own  secret codes.<\/p>\n<p>We nod to each other in the hallway thinking, <em>&#8220;Poor sick bastard. Thank God I&#8217;m not sick like him.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Or at least that&#8217;s what <em>I<\/em> think. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m glad to say, I&#8217;m leaving the club.<\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t say that I enjoyed  my brief stay. In fact, I don&#8217;t EVER plan on returning.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been an emotional roller coaster the past several months&#8230; and  that&#8217;s been a GOOD thing.<\/p>\n<p>Most people coast through life without ever really thinking about  their own mortality. They act as if they have all the time in the  world&#8230; and because of that, they&#8217;re always putting off their goals and  dreams until &#8220;tomorrow&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The sad fact is most people choose to fritter away their days in  mindless grunt work, never even taking the first step toward all the  things they claim they&#8217;re going to do some day.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow is a promissory note guaranteed to no one.<\/p>\n<p>The time to start is TODAY.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m truly grateful I got my wake up call.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully it will serve as your wake up call, too.<\/p>\n<p>Make your days count NOW. Tomorrow is promised to no one.<\/p>\n<p>All the best,<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dobermandan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dobedansig_sm12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-65\" title=\"dobedansig_sm12\" src=\"https:\/\/dobermandan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dobedansig_sm12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"74\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Thanks to everybody who sent me your positive thoughts, prayers and encouragement. I really appreciate it.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, 11:13 AM Dear Friend, I&#8217;ve been in a few tough situations over the years. In every single case, by the grace of God (and with a little preparation on my part), I wound up being the victor. 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