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John Tenta, most famous for his character as "Earthquake" in WWF wrote this on the Wrestlecrap Forums Monday:

"Well 'Crappers i know you've been waiting for an update so here it is. The silence was due to the fact I was moving into our new residence a couple weeks ago. Well, I don't know how to say this other than I've NEVER been kicked in the balls as hard as I was last Wednesday. Thinking I was licking this thing I met with my chemo doctor ready to 'Quake the cancer. Well..... I now have a new tumor in my left lung, and two lymph nodes are enlarged in my heart. I go in for chemo tomorrow for a 4-day session.(The beginning of many) I've been given 13-18 months to live. I'm not giving up, and hope to of course live longer, but that is what I've been told, and that it is incurable. I don't really know what else to say, it really caught me off guard. I'll try keep you posted, but no guarantees folks.

Thank you for all your kind support, and may God bless you all.

'Quake

http://www.wrestling-news.com/artman/publish/article_78.shtml

1 posted on 08/17/2004 3:51:46 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture

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2 posted on 08/17/2004 3:54:21 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture

To: CounterCounterCulture

I knew he was sick but I was hoping it hadn't spread.

3 posted on 08/17/2004 3:55:42 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)

To: CounterCounterCulture

Sad to hear. I remember some of his WWF matches from the late 80's - when he crushed Damien (Jake's snake), and his feud with Hogan before forming the Natural Disasters with Typhoon (formerly Tugboat).

4 posted on 08/17/2004 4:03:01 PM PDT by LanPB01

To: CounterCounterCulture

I've seen 6 months turn into 5 years with 4 of them being fairly good years.

Hopefully, his is that case. My grandmother is fighting lung cancer and wasn't supposed to see her 79th birthday. She turns 80 next month.

5 posted on 08/17/2004 4:06:19 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan (A gun owner voting for John Kerry is like a chicken voting for Col. Saunders. (bye bye .30-30))

To: CounterCounterCulture

My prayers are with you, John.

6 posted on 08/17/2004 4:06:21 PM PDT by GreenHornet

To: CounterCounterCulture

Well, I've been through it (and still am going through it), although by no means to the extent that this gentleman has or is going through it. My doc has told me on several occasions that as long as you are breathing, you should always be optimistic (difficult when you are being hammered by chemo, but necessary regardless of how you maintain it...optimism).

It sounds to me as though Mr. Earthquake has the right attitude, and we can all pray for quality time to come.

10 posted on 08/17/2004 7:48:03 PM PDT by stevem

To: CounterCounterCulture

Man, that is sad to hear.

11 posted on 08/18/2004 8:07:47 PM PDT by Commander8 (Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? Galatians 4:16)

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