I have malignant salivary gland cancer

Starman · May 11, 2022

Mngwa · May 11, 2022

Such good news!

MileHigh · May 11, 2022

Great news.

Baron Scicluna · May 11, 2022

dixiehack · May 11, 2022

I’m grateful the left let it get to this.

OTD · May 11, 2022

This is excellent news, Boogie. Hang in there.

BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo · May 11, 2022

Best news I've seen in weeks!

garrow · May 11, 2022

So great to hear!

Neutral Corner · May 11, 2022

So happy to hear your good news, Boogie. Made my evening on a not so great day!

Songbird · May 11, 2022

CD Boogie said: ↑

I posted this to social media and sharing here bc you folks have been great. I read the Anti-Cancer book @Azrael thank you

“Talking about cancer is difficult, both for the person who has it and the family and friends whose lives are equally impacted. No one knows what to say or do; god knows I didn’t. I was diagnosed with a malignant salivary tumor near my right ear on January 26, the last semi-normal day I remember. It was a rare cancer with no known origin, though if anyone had a lifestyle that might have raised his odds of winning the lottery, it was me.

I of course told family and friends, but many people who saw me in the interim never suspected I had to have a 12-hour surgery to remove my parotid gland and about 100 lymph nodes in my cheek, then had that cavity filled by a flap of skin they carved from my left thigh and attached to the arteries and veins in my cheek – while running a high risk of clipping my facial nerve, leaving me with palsy and an uglier face than I already have. (Pictures available on demand.)

But given all the worst-case scenarios, I got extremely lucky in just about every respect. The surgeons and nurses at Yale were amazing, the procedure went great, all the cancer was removed, and I’ve been healing really well – thanks to a phenomenal support system of family and friends, both current and past. Ya know, it actually means a lot when people say, “I’m glad you didn’t die.”

I am, too.

This morning I finished my 30th and last session of radiation. Three months from now, I’ll get a checkup to make sure it hasn’t returned. But for now I’m enjoying the first modicum of normalcy I’ve had in four months.

They say there’s no time like the present, but I’d prefer to think there’s time BUT the present. For now, I’m alive. And if you’re reading this, you probably are too.

Thank you again to my family, friends and loved ones. Especially my rock of a wife.”

CD Boogie
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Can we at least see a photo of your carved-up thigh?

Great news, Boogie.

CD Boogie · May 11, 2022

Songbird said: ↑

Can we at least see a photo of your carved-up thigh?

Great news, Boogie.
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Here’s my leg

wicked · May 11, 2022

Baron Scicluna said: ↑

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Watch it, that's my shtick.

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