Snarlin' Arlen has cancer, dunno what kind. Don't worry, once he finishes the course and gets a few square meals down for a week or two he'll start filling back out.
Just finished 5 solid days of chemo for Leukemia that took me down from 200lbs to 165; looked like hell! My better half has been plying me with Chocolate Malteds for a month and I'm back up to 175. At least my pants don't fall off when I stand up anymore, I didn't have any butt at all!
Although I would love to have an excuse to drink chocolate malts, I would not want to have to go through what you had to. Prayers and best wishes for you.