Suck It, Cancer.

[Poli]

I lost my dad last night to lung cancer that had spread through his body. Two months ago he was fine. Got a little sick over Christmas. I took his grandson down to see him for the first time. A week later they diagnosed the cancer. I saw him the next week. He was half the man I saw just two weeks earlier. The hardest part was having him apologizing for not being the best dad he could have been.

I saw him again Friday. He was nearly gone. I didn't think it could get worse. It did on Saturday until it took him. I was the last person to talk to him before he passed. He couldn't talk but his eye moved slightly as I thanked him for everything.

He was 72.

Now I'm left writing a speech for him tomorrow that I've struggled with all day. It's hard to figure out what to leave out for a man that changed my family tree when I was 2 years old. I want to tell them everything.

Thanks, dad, for changing my life. I'm forever in your debt.

[spleen1015]

Sorry for your loss, Poli.

[Subby]

Terribly sorry to hear about your dad. I lost my step-dad to lung cancer and it was horrible.

Hang in there. Sending good thoughts your way.

[JonInMiddleGA]

You know that you & your family are in my prayers.

[Radii]

So sorry to hear man :(

[M GO BLUE!!!]

Ouch. Sorry for your loss, man... he's out of pain now.

[JPhillips]

Sorry to hear. It's a real trial to lose your father to cancer. God bless.

[SegRat]

So so sorry.

[hoopsguy]

Very sorry for your loss. I imagine that it meant a lot for him to see his grandson.

[BYU 14]

So sorry Rodney, you know you and your family are in our prayers. Call me if you need anything buddy.

[PadresFan104]

Poli, I'm sorry for your loss and I'm part of the Cancer Can Suck It club... I lost my Dad to lung cancer the day after Christmas, 1998. Think about him every day.

[SirFozzie]

My thoughts and prayers with you, Poli :(

[kingfc22]

My condolences.

[Icy]

So sorry for your loss :(

[Bad-example]

Sorry for your loss. Sending good thoughts to you and yours.

[Lathum]

Sorry for your loss Rodney.

[CleBrownsfan]

So sorry to hear about your loss Poli... My thoughts are with you and your family :(

[saldana]

so sorry Rodney, your dad will be in my prayers

[Dutch]

Sorry to hear about this. My sincere condolences.

[Kodos]

Very sorry for your loss.

[Blackadar]

Sorry for your loss, Poli. I'm sure he was glad you were there at the end.

[BillJasper]

Sorry for your loss.

Fuck cancer.

[PackerFanatic]

Thoughts and prayers with you and your family, man...so sorry for your loss.

[MacroGuru]

Rodney,

Sorry for your loss. Prayers are with you.

[booradley]

I'm really sorry.

[Abe Sargent]

My prayers are with you and yours

[Castlerock]

So, so sorry. Terrible news.

[MizzouRah]

Sorry for your loss Rodney. :(

[Vince, Pt. II]

Sorry for your loss, AE. My band and I held a benefit concert last night for Relay for Life to help fund cancer research, unwitting or not his memory was part of the celebration.

[Solecismic]

Sorry, Rodney. I hope he wasn't in pain at the end.

[MIJB#19]

My condolences, bud.

[samifan24]

I'm so sorry for your loss, Rodney. You and your family are in our prayers.

[MJ4H]

I'm really sorry about this. I wish there was something I could do, but I know there isn't.

[digamma]

Hope you can find your own peace here. Best wishes.

[General Mike]

So sorry to hear about your loss. Wish I had better words then that but they aren't coming to mind.

[Poli]

Had you on my mind today, pop, when the song, "You Love Me Anyway" came on during my morning run.

Thanks for loving me anyway. I wasn't yours. You didn't have to. Thankful you were there for me.

[Groundhog]

Sorry to read about your loss. :(

Had my own personal cancer scare this year, which at 31 was not something I expected. Thankfully caught it early thanks to an unrelated health issue, and there's a very good chance that I'm in the clear, but it shook me big time as a close friend of mine lost her husband to cancer last year.

[Poli]

A year ago, today. I'll never forget where and when I was when he or my mom passed away. I'm a little jealous of my wife. She has both of her parents still, giving Davin a set of grandparents to love on.

If only I could have more time. Bah.

[Vince, Pt. II]

Tonight my band puts on our annual benefit concert. Proceeds go to Relay For Life, one of the American Cancer Society's charities. We'll keep you in mind again!

[Poli]

Thanks, my man. Super appreciated.

[RomaGoth]

Had a rough few days, lost my cousin to cancer last Thursday (February 27, 2014). She was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2010, and was only given 6 months to live. She was a helluva fighter, and made it nearly 4 years. In the end, she had cancer in her spine, a tumor in her brain, and tumors in her lungs. After numerous surgeries and air lifts to the hospital, she finally succumbed.

She was only 44 years old. :(

[MizzouRah]

So sorry for your loss RG. :(