CaleHoopes Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 (edited) Hey Dane! Just read the article on Komo. So sorry to hear about your cancer. You're a fighter - I know you'll overcome! Cale Since many of us know Dane from here, I thought it'd be nice to show our support for him. He's helped me a great deal in gearing up for climbing, choosing gear, general advice and I'm sure others here have been helped by him. Anyhoo, I thought it'd be nice to show support. http://www.komonews.com/news/health/132764463.html Edited October 28, 2011 by CaleHoopes Quote
billcoe Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 Wow, on a long list of things that sucks that's on the list up higher. Good luck Dane, kick ass! Quote
genepires Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 Hope you win this battle Dane! Good luck. Quote
Julian Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 Good luck Dane, you are going to beat this! Be strong like you are in the mountains and you will see it through. Quote
Bronco Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 Very admirable to be so open and spread the word about the vaccination. Best wishes for your treatment and recovery. Quote
Sherri Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 My heart goes out to you, Dane. Keep living strong! Quote
ivan Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 badasses don't die, they just faaaaade away! good article, and congrats to everyone, most especially myself, for not making a sex-joke out of the whole thing Quote
powderhound Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 your in my thoughts friend, you will battle through Quote
YocumRidge Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 Keep up the good fight and never give up, Dane! Quote
sobo Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 Wow, Dane, really sorry to hear about this. Keep up the good fight and you'll beat it. I didn't let you crater on me to have this BS take you out! Quote
Water Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 best wishes dane, very heartfelt, so sorry to hear the news. But you'll pull through it and bring even more perspective and depth to the world. And thanks for your PSA about the vaccine. keep the camp fire of hope burning strong! my pops made it pass late stage malignant melanoma about..23 years ago. Quote
ZimZam Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 Fight man Fight. Attitude=Altitude. Hang tough. Quote
Dane Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 Thanks everyone. Round 2 of chemo is next week. Which gives a whole no definition to the term suffering, trust me on that one. Ivan?..BTDT already made all those jokes myself "I got freakin cancer from skanky WHAT ?!" Interesting factoids as I naviagate this... 40% of the girls brought in for the vacine between 10 and 12 years old already have HPV. So being sexually active isn't the entire background of this virus. No numbers on the boys yet. Most importantly according to the Federal CDC, HPV P16 driven cancers are is literally at pandemic proportions for men between 30 and 60 today. It will get much worse very quickly within that population and the age will drop. More interesting to me and likely most reading here. All of us are at risk. My family Dr. after looking twice couldn't find anything wrong with me after getting back last spring from the Alps. But I knew from my slow recoveries (noticed with a HR monitor) after a couple of our climbs that something was wrong. (there are other likely symtoms, I just didn't have any of them...none!) If I han't followed up and pushed the issue on this I'd likely have a terminal prognosis in 9 months or less instead of a likilyhood of a total cure. My cancer was stage 4 when finally found in Sept. And I knew some bad shit was happening since April! In August I was told, "no worry, we've checked and it is not cancer!" Talk about a dumb ass medical community. I just couldn't put a finger on it until the minor swelling on the side of my throat showed up. And finally thankfully it is a HPV driven throat cancer (sex jokes aside) anything else in the throat found at stage 4 and you likely have zero options outside a pine box and a 6' dirt dive. My thought is, trust no one...and follow through yourself if you suspect something. Just like in climbing be your own best advocate and pay attention to the details of your own health. No one else will! Vaccinate if you can..other wise get an education if you are at risk. Anyone, man or woman with more than one sexual partner is at a higher risk. The higher the number the higher the risk. (including the sheep obviously Sobo and Ivan are gonna die and thankfully I am not contagious Helps to know where your partners have been as well. But it is only part of the whole story and only the surface of this one. Feel free to turn this into a educational discussion on the cancer if anyone wants more info. There isn't a lot of info available but I know more than I did in August and will share. Quote
Tyson.g Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 Thank you for posting that Dane and I wish you the best of luck in a full recovery. Tyson geBauer Quote
keenwesh Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 always love reading your blog and the book you sent me a while back is one of the few that I brought to college with me. goodluck and don't give up man. definitely gonna get the vaccine before going in (down?) for the australian kiss... whoops, made a sex joke Quote
ScaredSilly Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 Damn, that is harsh Dane. Best of luck with it all. BTW ... last summer while visiting a friend who's brother like to hang out in Thailand he told a story of being advised that if he wanted to engage in oral sex he should put a condom over his tongue! I thought it odd but now I can understand. Quote
rob Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 BTW ... last summer while visiting a friend who's brother like to hang out in Thailand he told a story of being advised that if he wanted to engage in oral sex he should put a condom over his tongue! I thought it odd but now I can understand. Yeah, but to do it right you've really got to use your lips, too. Probably just best to not do that kind of thing with a thai hooker. Take care, Dane. Rough stuff. Quote
Dane Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 (edited) "Probably best not to do anything with a thai hooker." Ya think? Edited October 29, 2011 by Dane Quote
Tyson.g Posted October 29, 2011 Posted October 29, 2011 "Probably just best to not do that any kind of thing with a thai hooker." Ya think? I will second that! Plus I fixed the original quote. Quote
obwan Posted October 29, 2011 Posted October 29, 2011 Dane - You are a hero to bring this to the forefront, people should not hide or fear reality. You are the man! I've got three grandsons in the 9-12 year old range, and I try to teach them how to survive in this world - thanks again. Quote
Laughingman Posted October 29, 2011 Posted October 29, 2011 (edited) Best of luck in your long road to recovery, my thoughts go out to you. Such a deeply personal issue must be hard to talk about, let alone on television. I applaud your effort to go and speak about the issue. Best regards Zach Edited October 29, 2011 by Laughingman Quote
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