So i am on Martha's Vineyard with John. We just had an amazing day and just when we are walking into the hotel room, i get a hysterical phone call from Maeg. Ricky's Cancer is back. I immediately break down crying and John grabs me and holds me.
A few days after July 4th. My cousin Jill realized that her dad was acting funny again. His balance was off and words were bit mumbled. She suspected the cancer was back. Unfortunately, she was right.
My Uncle Ricky has had cancer on and off since he was 27. It was always Lymph node cancer and It was always in a different spot when it was found. Which i guess is unusual for cancer. Usually it attacks the same place. My family and i had to deal with this news every couple of years. But i wasn't aware it was happening until my late teen years. Everyone did a good job hiding it. Well Unfortunately about a year ago, they found a brain tumor. News that they wouldn't be able to hide from us. and needless to say, very devastating news. When talking to Jill about it, just looking in her eyes you could tell she felt helpless. Her father is being attacked and there was nothing anyone could do about it. So of course he went to the doctors. They did some treatment but then made the choice to go in his brain and removed the cancer. This was very scary. It is a dangerous procedure and one that can mostly likely only be done once. There is also a huge chance that it will always come back its just a matter of when.
And now, he has it again. He is going to get treatment and do everything he can to be healthy. I honestly don't even know what to think.
He is a very strong man and i know he can get past this. My aunt Debbie and him are always healthy people. They go for runs and walks on Hampton beach, they take Jill and Will's dogs with them sometimes, they eat pretty healthy.
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