My dad was an awesome guy. Funny, affable, down-to-earth, just overall great.
He got colon cancer. Beat it. Then he got thyroid cancer. Beat it.
Lasted 15 years into his 70s after the cancers and ended-up dying of a blood infection.
I affectionately called him my ‘canary in the coalmine’.
Being from West Virginia - it fit.
I can relate, I lost my dad to lung cancer three months shy of his 90th birthday. He survived WWII and a motorcycle accident that left him partially paralyzed in 1948, five years before I was born.
Exactly the same with my dad. And mom a year later...
Lasted 15 years into his 70s after the cancers and ended-up dying of a blood infection.
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My wife passed away 9 months ago today of a blood infection at age 65.
She had been taking injections of Humira once a week for over 1 year and yes there is a connection.