Tuesday, February 26, 2008

The Big C (Again)

Twenty minutes ago my son rang to say he had a phone call from
his father who had been to the doctor.

(Don Sr has smoked since he was twelve years old. Five years
ago when he had blocked arteries the doctor said he would not
operate unless Don Sr gave up the smokes. He did for the time
it took to get the op done and within a week was smoking again.
He said if he gets cancer he gets it.

Well two years ago he was diagnosed with emphysema and ended up
carting around a cylinder of oxygen.)

So it did not surprise me in the least when Don Jr said the
doctor told his father that he has lung cancer and that it has
spread to his liver. A death sentence.

So it looks like Don Sr was right for once and that last
Christmas could very well have been his last.

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