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yeah i thought of that just didn't want to get into that topic right away but it does have huge ramifications for the league
If you ever saw him play, you'd know that that's a ridiculous statement, though I do agree that the immediate impact on the league from his death does come from his position with the NFLPA.
This is one of those cancers that you find out about because it's already spread, and it gives rise to those dreaded experiences of a "healthy" man entering a doctors office and leaving with a death sentence, being told they have weeks/months to live. It's an awful, awful disease.
What I can't believe is that it went unnoticed. I'd never heard he was suffering, and pancreatic cancer will just flat out wipe you out. My Brother-in-law died from that and, by the time he went, he was a shell of himself. Horrible way to go.
Having lost my father to this cancer. I can tell you that it moves really fast. I was lucky to see my father last 3 months before he passed away. As this cancer was very painful and unless you catch it very early which is very hard to do. Very very sad. RIP Mr. UpshawThis is one of those cancers that you find out about because it's already spread, and it gives rise to those dreaded experiences of a "healthy" man entering a doctors office and leaving with a death sentence, being told they have weeks/months to live. It's an awful, awful disease.
Thing is we haven't really seen him in public the last couple months and I'm sure now his friends and such now see why they haven't seen him either...
The NFL's statement says, "Gene learned he was sick just this past Sunday".
Or a healthy woman, as was the case with my mom being diagnosed just 1 week after she'd been on a grueling 14-day canoe trip, seemingly healthy as could be. It was an awfully quick trip downhill from there. I would imagine this had some bearing on the NFLPA controversy although it is hard to know how much; people can literally die within a few weeks of diagnosis and so he might not have beeen diagnosed when some of this dissention began. It made more sense that dissention was about Upshaw's nearing the madatory retirement age. That said, his tough talk about seeing the NFLPA through the next set of talks could, in retrospect, have been more a pep talk for himself than what I perceived it to be in May.This is one of those cancers that you find out about because it's already spread, and it gives rise to those dreaded experiences of a "healthy" man entering a doctors office and leaving with a death sentence, being told they have weeks/months to live. It's an awful, awful disease.
Sadly, this is not uncommon for pancreatic cancer. A lot of people think it is just a bad ulcer when initial symptoms appear.
It's a sober reminder to always be ready. It's never too early to make sure you have a will put together and make sure that your family would be provided for if something happened to you.Even more importantly, cherish every moment that you have. You never truly know how much time you have left.
My dad complained of pain for over a year before they finally found it. First they told him he was a diabetic but he never got better and so it went on and on...Like I said he was one of the lucky ones to be still alive after 3 years.BigJim® said:
Cool story.
