So um yea. I found out last year that I have stage 4 cancer. This is like soloing a raid boss in Legion. I am not amused.
Cancer is a funny thing. Half the time you won't even know you have it until you're in big trouble. Kinda like accidentally pulling the boss before the raid is ready. Err, not that I've ever done that before, you know.
But I pulled this raid boss.
It was August 2015 and I felt fine.
I decided to put the house on the market. (Coming home from work and seeing water pour out of the garage from a busted hot water heater was the last straw). Floods will make you do funny things. I called the plumber and then called a real estate agent and put the house on the market.
To get it show ready, I came home from work every day and cleaned out closets, crawled around on the floor and painted baseboards, painted ceilings, replaced bathroom fans that weren't working, cleaned out the garage, replaced light fixtures, etc. etc.etc.
And then I hit a wall. In November I was exhausted. Not sleepy, not tired, but exhausted. I found myself sitting in the Jeep in the driveway for an hour too tired to get out and walk into the house. Once I did manage to get myself out of the car and crawl up the stairs, I fell into bed. Skip dinner, skip WoW (now THAT should of been a sign right away that something bad was happening) and just go to sleep.
I sold the house March 16, 2016 and moved into a town home the same day. I went to the doctor March 17, 2016. March 18, 2016 the diagnosis was in. Colon cancer.
I went downhill fast. I was too weak to do anything. My 3 sons and my sister rallied like the biggest raid group EVAH! They took me to the oncologist, CT scans, more doctor visits, pushing me in a wheelchair. They helped me crawl (literally) up the stairs to bed and when I couldn't even manage that, they tucked me up all snugly on the couch to sleep.
This new raid boss was kicking my ass. But my guildies had my back.
Cancer is a funny thing. Half the time you won't even know you have it until you're in big trouble. Kinda like accidentally pulling the boss before the raid is ready. Err, not that I've ever done that before, you know.
But I pulled this raid boss.
It was August 2015 and I felt fine.
I decided to put the house on the market. (Coming home from work and seeing water pour out of the garage from a busted hot water heater was the last straw). Floods will make you do funny things. I called the plumber and then called a real estate agent and put the house on the market.
To get it show ready, I came home from work every day and cleaned out closets, crawled around on the floor and painted baseboards, painted ceilings, replaced bathroom fans that weren't working, cleaned out the garage, replaced light fixtures, etc. etc.etc.
And then I hit a wall. In November I was exhausted. Not sleepy, not tired, but exhausted. I found myself sitting in the Jeep in the driveway for an hour too tired to get out and walk into the house. Once I did manage to get myself out of the car and crawl up the stairs, I fell into bed. Skip dinner, skip WoW (now THAT should of been a sign right away that something bad was happening) and just go to sleep.
I sold the house March 16, 2016 and moved into a town home the same day. I went to the doctor March 17, 2016. March 18, 2016 the diagnosis was in. Colon cancer.
I went downhill fast. I was too weak to do anything. My 3 sons and my sister rallied like the biggest raid group EVAH! They took me to the oncologist, CT scans, more doctor visits, pushing me in a wheelchair. They helped me crawl (literally) up the stairs to bed and when I couldn't even manage that, they tucked me up all snugly on the couch to sleep.
This new raid boss was kicking my ass. But my guildies had my back.
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