{"id":5726,"date":"2024-09-10T09:12:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T13:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/?p=5726"},"modified":"2024-09-10T09:12:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T13:12:23","slug":"potus-debate-lost-friends-and-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/es\/2024\/09\/10\/potus-debate-lost-friends-and-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"POTUS Debate, Lost Friends and Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>tonight&#8217;s agenda<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obviously, the debate will be center stage this evening. But what else would a former political reporter watch? I&#8217;ve admitted I don&#8217;t like politics but without democracy our country wouldn&#8217;t be what it is today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sure, we have our faults. The floors are cracked because of greed, power, and money. Yet it&#8217;s all we have. So, I do stay informed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But as I watch Harris and Trump go at it, my mind will likely focus on lost friends. I will also think about the meaning of friendship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I learned yesterday a friend of mine passed away of brain cancer. She lived four doors down from me. We had been friends since I moved in the mobile home park seven years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was her second battle with the disease. And although I&#8217;m saddened for her passing, I&#8217;m happy she&#8217;s no longer in any pain.  She suffered greatly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickollie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Linda.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"938\" height=\"666\" data-attachment-id=\"5728\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/es\/2024\/09\/10\/potus-debate-lost-friends-and-cancer\/linda\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickollie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Linda.jpg?fit=938%2C666&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"938,666\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Linda\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickollie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Linda.jpg?fit=938%2C666&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickollie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Linda.jpg?resize=938%2C666&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickollie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Linda.jpg?w=938&amp;ssl=1 938w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickollie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Linda.jpg?resize=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickollie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Linda.jpg?resize=768%2C545&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This past Christmas, Linda (that&#8217;s her) and her ex-husband, Tom, gave me this Christmas Card. It was as I began my own fight with cancer. No, they didn&#8217;t live together any longer, but Tom was always there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They loved each other. But couldn&#8217;t be together. She often told me how she hated that she loved him because of the time he&#8217;d spend caring for her. One time she broke down in an embrace with me. She was crying and she said she didn&#8217;t have the strength to tell him. She also said how much she cared for me being there when he wasn&#8217;t. I shed my own tears along with her fearing my own impending fight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickollie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-170.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-attachment-id=\"1181\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/es\/2023\/12\/14\/got-love-radiation-day-iii\/image-170\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickollie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-170.jpeg?fit=1280%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 12 mini&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1702372316&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.022222222222222&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-170\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Radiation Therapy&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Radiation Therapy&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickollie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-170.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickollie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image-170.jpeg?resize=1280%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1181\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Radiation Therapy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cancer sucks, we&#8217;ve all heard that and it true. The emotions it brings may not be the killer but can hurt even more. I loved Linda as my friend and will miss her dearly. May she rest in peace and pain free for eternity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that&#8217;s not where this story ends. In 2021 I had a colectomy after a colonoscopy detected a polyp that the doctors couldn&#8217;t snare normally. The biopsy on that came back negative for cancer yet I spent five days in recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next week I go back for a three-year follow-up procedure. And I find myself thinking about the dreaded disease once again along with another lost friend. Not of cancer but of misunderstandings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Linda had her opportunity to tell me how she cared. Now I want that lost friend of mine, Casey, to know I do too. Knowing something bad can appear after the procedure&#8217;s biopsies are completed is a possibility. I don&#8217;t want to wait until it&#8217;s too late or not have said it at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Life is too short to hold grudges and not make amends to those you love and care for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong><em><strong><em>You can find my sites on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/rickollie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Linktree<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;And if you enjoy my writings, please consider hitting that cup of coffee and making a donation. 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