[patriotspride]

I wanted to believe that his physiology gave him an edge, but it now is
clear there was some enhancement going on.

To me, keep quite Lance.

You lost your dignity, credibility, and respect.

Those of us who honored your courage, now want you to do us a favor
and fade into oblivion.

My wife and I are cancer survivors , so we know of your pain, and will to live.

You offered a symbol for all of us, and now you are a shell of that bigger than
life hero and encouragement.

Go away please.

[Vision]

Just to give you some insight you may not have. Doping gives you an edge as it keeps your body from breaking down, mostly during long races. It does this in a few ways, the most important is by maintaining a high level of oxygen in your blood. There was doping in the TdF (and all European cycling) way before Armstrong got there. But Armstrong took it to a level nobody had seen before.

Anyway, I want to let you know, given your history, Armstrong's story would still have been great without the drugs. He would not have won as he did, possibly never been a international name, but overcoming cancer was/is possible.