Suck It, Cancer.
 

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.

Sorry for your loss, Poli.

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.

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

So sorry to hear man :(

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

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

So so sorry.

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

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

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.

My thoughts and prayers with you, Poli :(

My condolences.

So sorry for your loss :(

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

Sorry for your loss Rodney.

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

so sorry Rodney, your dad will be in my prayers

Sorry to hear about this. My sincere condolences.

Very sorry for your loss.

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

Sorry for your loss.

Fuck cancer.

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

Rodney,

Sorry for your loss. Prayers are with you.

I'm really sorry.

My prayers are with you and yours

So, so sorry. Terrible news.

Sorry for your loss Rodney. :(

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.

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

My condolences, bud.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

Thanks, my man. Super appreciated.

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. :(

So sorry for your loss RG. :(