"Shonda and I want to send a sincere thank you and our appreciation to those who have called and sent prayers, and we ask that if you are so inclined, to keep the Schilling family in your prayers," Schilling said in his statement."
He added: "My father left me with a saying that I've carried my entire life and tried to pass on to our kids: 'Tough times don't last. Tough people do.' Over the years in Boston, the kids at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have shown us what that means.
"With my incredibly talented medical team, I'm ready to try and win another big game. I've been so very blessed and I feel grateful for what God has allowed my family to have and experience, and I'll embrace this fight just like the rest of them, with resolute faith and head on."
Via ESPN
14 comments:
Didn't he also blow a lot of his dough on a start-up that went belly-up?
His wife has had cancer, too.
My wife passed away from cancer 10 years ago. Treatment has changed so dramatically since then.
We have to die of something, right?
I remember a hippie underground comic of the 60s that suggested that, at the age of 60, every person should be visited by a clown. After a big party, the clown gives the Birthday Boy a slice of poison pie.
Don't trust anybody over 30!
Here's a pic that's to die for.
Sunrise in the Catskill.
Up at 5 a.m., Old Fart Time.
I'm just getting around to finishing up the back issue of Lapham's Quarterly on the topic of Death. I went through it slowly because there's a lot of profound insight to be had from the excerpts and I wanted to let things sink in a bit before moving on to the next entry. I'm behind in my reading because of it but I think it's worth it.
Part of the problem with our age of mass media is we tend to expect every batter to hit a home run. The dynamic isn't so very different from that of a spoiled child and I'm as guilty of letting that happen to me as the next person. Probably moreso, truth be told.
I confess I wondered whether Althouse would have considered this Curt Schilling story to be "blogworthy" and whether she would have tagged it with "lightweight religion."
Personally, I think "cancer sucks" gets it exactly right; a home run, if you will.
Myself and a former high school classmate of mine started a website for our upcoming 50th high school reunion this year. The Friday before last, my phone rang at 7 am, and Lyle told me that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer. He's 67. Doesn't smoke.
Cancer is bad ass.
Get well soon Schilling.
Don't trust anybody over 30!
More like don't trust anyone UNDER 30.
I guess I'm the only guy thinking of Lyle Alzado when hearing this, huh?
I did not come up with the cancer sucks tag. Somebody else made that happen.
I remember Schilling' s debut with the Orioles. Sorry to hear of his cancer. Did I miss where they said what kind? And yes, I did immediately jump to steroids.
On my posts i try to recycle what we have. Im a green poster.
I hate to be a skeptic but did anybody check the medical records. Is Schilling setting up a foundation or something because that could very well be a fraud.
Because he has done it before.
Nevermind not trusting anybody over 30.
Don't trust a Red Sox.
Schilling wouldn't lie about something like that.
I don't know Lem.
You know that was ketchup on his sock. Just sayn'
Chrisy, because Lem's article didn't say which cancer, I found another article that said the type of cancer was not announced.
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