| Re: Firday the 29th of July year of our Lord 2016 chat |
Subject: Re: Firday the 29th of July year of our Lord 2016 chat by KPotter on 2016/7/29 17:12:08 Hey gang, I know I have been pretty lax on posting lately but it has been really stressful here on Planet Potter. You probably are not aware that I have twin nephews both of which are Iraqi veterans. Well, one of them at the age of 33 has just been diagnosed with tongue cancer. They were supposed to operate this past Tuesday but had to stop the surgery because the tumor had grown to include one tonsil and surrounded his trachea. The options they gave him were: 1. Immediate surgery to remove everything which would cause loss of speech and ability to eat. He would have a feeding tube the rest of his life. 2. Radical chemo to shrink/kill the tumor so they could operate at a later date retaining the ability to eat and speak. 3. Death. He chose option 2. The commander at his base has issued an order that all who served in Iraq are to schedule and take a full physical examination. The other twin had his exam the other day and so far looks to be clean, just waiting for the final bloodwork results. Apparently tongue cancer is pretty frequent among Iraqi veterans, lots of articles out on the web about it. Pretty heavy dose of reality there. |
