Members The Great Waldo Pepper Posted July 4, 2007 Members Share Posted July 4, 2007 http://markkaran.com/ I just received an email from Mark Karan. Mark is a great guy... I know Mark mostly through emails and a bit of phone tag, but from that I can tell he is among the best type of person out there. I believe that positive energy in any form goes a long way. So lets help Mark and his family in anyway you do. I was going to ask his permission to repost the email but since it is on his front page here it is. i have been diagnosed with a cancer of the throat. it's a tuff kind to fight. it's a squamous cell tonsular cancer that has metasticized into two lymph nodes... and it's stage four. the good news is that it's "extremely well contained". everything looks really good for getting thru this with hard work and a good attitude, chemo, radiation, surgery, accupuncture and any/all other healing methods that make sense... we're a-gonna breed us a multi-headed dragon to help me thru this thing! while i know this to be an unusual approach, i am not choosing to perceive this as a battle or a fight... or even to see it as neccesarily a "bad thing". i am trying to look at this as the eastern medicine people might. in chinese the word for "crisis" is synonymous with "opportunity". i am trying to see this as an opportunity for growth in my life experience. to do this, i am doing my best to bless this cancer and thank it for the "wake-up call" that's demanding of me that i make long needed changes in my diet, activity level and attitude and begin to truly care for myself... something i haven't always done too well. having already begun some of these changes, i now feel the message has been successfully delivered and it is time for the messenger, the cancer, to move on from where it is no longer needed. that is my current mission... to move it out of my body. i don't believe it is time for me to leave the planet just yet, so i don't plan to. i have faith that i'll be around for a long while to come. any thoughts, meditations and/or prayers any of you offer are more than welcomed. meanwhile, we're doing our best to stay up & positive. it's not always emotionally easy and we haven't even started the treatments yet, but i have a LOT of faith that i'll come thru this ok... maybe better than ever. it's likely to be a tough road for a while but i truly believe this too shall indeed pass and that "that which does not kill us makes us stronger". meanwhile, i will not be touring this summer. i'll be staying home and healing, building strength thru the summer and hopefully back to touring w/ratdog again this fall. i'd love to hear from any of you although i'm not talking a lot yet as they stole one o' my tonsils just so's they could give me the "good news". we're doing our best to stay up & positive. it's not always easy and we haven't even started treatments yet, but i have a LOT of faith that i'll come thru this ok... drop a line or give a call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members justintee Posted July 4, 2007 Members Share Posted July 4, 2007 positive thoughts and prayers sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members analogmike Posted July 4, 2007 Members Share Posted July 4, 2007 Mark is one of the good ones... his outlook is amazing and I think he will be out playing again soon.All my best wishes to Mark and his family! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members autopilot Posted July 4, 2007 Members Share Posted July 4, 2007 prayers sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aaron SS Posted July 4, 2007 Members Share Posted July 4, 2007 Mojo sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gil1 Posted July 4, 2007 Members Share Posted July 4, 2007 Prayer sent for Mark's healing, and his family's comforting. One thing that helped the people I've known who have had Chemo is to listen to some mellow music on headphones while they administer it, and in the hospital afterwards. It makes the sickness a bit easier. If you want to pass that on to him, Nic, that would be cool. I couldn't find anyway to email him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EvilSoup Posted July 4, 2007 Members Share Posted July 4, 2007 Cancers a tough thing,my Grandma passed away a few weeks ago from colon cancer.I wish him all the best for his recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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