cliftonparksufan
Iggy Award Czar/Co 2020-21 Iggy Award Winner PPG
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Great news for Dickie V.
Great news for Dickie V.
WowGreat news for Dickie V.
Awesome. Dick Vitale deserves everything good that cornes his way.Great news for Dickie V.
Awesome. Dick Vitale deserves everything good that cornes his way.
Congrats to him!
I hate seeing this thread making an appearance for this very reason.
It's not for sure, as many on here know cancer took my wife when my girls were 4 and 8. It touches everyone. My youngest Daughter now works as a communications director for the ACS in the Pacific Northwest and there are amazing strides being made every day. Dick is at one of the better spots in the country at Duke so he will continue to receive amazing care. The goal has to be to push therapies that are only available at the top cancer centers down to smaller regional hospitals sooner. Proton Therapy and Immunology need to be available to as many people as possible and of course early detection is the key to most medical successes. Cancer is beyond horrible, hopefully in our lifetime or my girls it becomes a chronic disease something that can be managed if not eradicated.Life isn’t fair too often.
Get well soon Dick.
Yeah man, I work in healthcare and see this way too often, a reoccurrence of cancer. It's devastating.I hate seeing this thread making an appearance for this very reason.
I didn't know and I'm very sorry to hear this. My sister was diagnosed back in 2015 with stage 4 lung cancer when she was pregnant in her early 30s. She has been part of clinical trials at Dana Farber and at University of Florida. The advancements made since she was diagnosed have been amazing and have been keeping her alive. Like you said I hope one day they figure this out, such a non discriminatory and awful disease, I'm so sorry.It's not for sure, as many on here know cancer took my wife when my girls were 4 and 8. It touches everyone. My youngest Daughter now works as a communications director for the ACS in the Pacific Northwest and there are amazing strides being made every day. Dick is at one of the better spots in the country at Duke so he will continue to receive amazing care. The goal has to be to push therapies that are only available at the top cancer centers down to smaller regional hospitals sooner. Proton Therapy and Immunology need to be available to as many people as possible and of course early detection is the key to most medical successes. Cancer is beyond horrible, hopefully in our lifetime or my girls it becomes a chronic disease something that can be managed if not eradicated.
Thank you. It's been a journey for sure, but the girls are doing really well and thankfully they have their mom's intelligence and spirit. We were fortunate to be able to go to Penn for surgery and the Mayo for post operative care. My wife didn't smoke or drink and died biliary cancer which is a rare and extremely difficult cancer to treat. My experience at the Mayo changed my view on medicine and doctors. Just like any other profession there are the best and the not as good. I encourage anyone that has the ability to not fear leaving their home area in the event they or a loved one is diagnosed with a difficult medical issue.I didn't know and I'm very sorry to hear this. My sister was diagnosed back in 2015 with stage 4 lung cancer when she was pregnant in her early 30s. She has been part of clinical trials at Dana Farber and at University of Florida. The advancements made since she was diagnosed have been amazing and have been keeping her alive. Like you said I hope one day they figure this out, such a non discriminatory and awful disease, I'm so sorry.
That poor guy, he’s still battling. Wishing him good news.
I can’t imagine the anxiety that accompanies waiting for results.
An SU roommate of mine is awaiting biopsy results right now. No fun.I can’t imagine the anxiety that accompanies waiting for results.
Hope he gets good news. The waiting can be so difficult.An SU roommate of mine is awaiting biopsy results right now. No fun.