Ben Addison
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He told me that he would find lumps of hair on his pillow. At the time, a lot of this because of him having cancer, getting up and whatever, we had separate rooms just so that he would not interrupt my sleep. There were other places, you know, like eyebrows, eyelashes, pubic hair, other places that people were like, well, normally it affects hair.
He told me that he would find lumps of hair on his pillow. At the time, a lot of this because of him having cancer, getting up and whatever, we had separate rooms just so that he would not interrupt my sleep. There were other places, you know, like eyebrows, eyelashes, pubic hair, other places that people were like, well, normally it affects hair.
every hair not just the hair in your head but you know that was getting into all these new medications and part of it was pelotonia i mean pelotonia's goal in life is to raise funds to find cures for cancer and part of what he was telling us is that they found this new drug that will not make you lose all your hair which made sense but not really ben's but not really is pretty significant
every hair not just the hair in your head but you know that was getting into all these new medications and part of it was pelotonia i mean pelotonia's goal in life is to raise funds to find cures for cancer and part of what he was telling us is that they found this new drug that will not make you lose all your hair which made sense but not really ben's but not really is pretty significant
So I'm thinking, okay, we're going to do a surprise birthday party for John for his 50th and all these other things. Well, I go in, I'm like, hey guys, I said, yeah, I'm excited. We're going to, you know, let's plan John's 50th birthday party. They're like, what are you talking about? They told Ben straight out. We believe John does not have cancer.
So I'm thinking, okay, we're going to do a surprise birthday party for John for his 50th and all these other things. Well, I go in, I'm like, hey guys, I said, yeah, I'm excited. We're going to, you know, let's plan John's 50th birthday party. They're like, what are you talking about? They told Ben straight out. We believe John does not have cancer.
I'm like, oh, I've been kind of waiting for five years for someone to come and tell me this, or at least to confirm my suspicions.
I'm like, oh, I've been kind of waiting for five years for someone to come and tell me this, or at least to confirm my suspicions.
They picked this one Saturday. It was like at 4 o'clock, and they're like, we're coming over, you know, it was like a full intervention type of thing.
They picked this one Saturday. It was like at 4 o'clock, and they're like, we're coming over, you know, it was like a full intervention type of thing.
We're all sitting in the living room and I'm actually sitting in the dining room in a chair kind of looking in. I'm like, I don't know if I really want to be full part of this. And they just started asking questions and literally, you know, what's the name of your doctors? He would never even tell me the name of his doctors or anything.
We're all sitting in the living room and I'm actually sitting in the dining room in a chair kind of looking in. I'm like, I don't know if I really want to be full part of this. And they just started asking questions and literally, you know, what's the name of your doctors? He would never even tell me the name of his doctors or anything.
He gave them a name and they Googled it and there was no such person. The person just did not exist. They ask, can we see medical bottles, pill bottles, receipts? You know, you go to the doctors just for a checkup and they give you a 10 page printed copy of all your vitals and your history and everything. And then they're like, OK, well, then go down to the hospital and get it.
He gave them a name and they Googled it and there was no such person. The person just did not exist. They ask, can we see medical bottles, pill bottles, receipts? You know, you go to the doctors just for a checkup and they give you a 10 page printed copy of all your vitals and your history and everything. And then they're like, OK, well, then go down to the hospital and get it.
Well, I can't get it without my doctor. I was like, what are you talking about? Well, you said you just had chemo. Show me the scar. Show me the hole. Show me the whatever. And there was nothing. And we're on for, like I said, about an hour. He kept denying it. No, no, no, I have it. And then at one point he just said, I can't do this anymore.
Well, I can't get it without my doctor. I was like, what are you talking about? Well, you said you just had chemo. Show me the scar. Show me the hole. Show me the whatever. And there was nothing. And we're on for, like I said, about an hour. He kept denying it. No, no, no, I have it. And then at one point he just said, I can't do this anymore.
I'm like, is he going to run? Is he going to do something? And he came in just, you know, deflated. And I'm like, you got to go. We are done. You cannot be here anymore. And I think the words that he said was, I know. So it wasn't like, I'm sorry or anything like that. My mind just went crazy. Part of me was like, yes, finally the out that I have.
I'm like, is he going to run? Is he going to do something? And he came in just, you know, deflated. And I'm like, you got to go. We are done. You cannot be here anymore. And I think the words that he said was, I know. So it wasn't like, I'm sorry or anything like that. My mind just went crazy. Part of me was like, yes, finally the out that I have.
But then it turned into the, oh shit, what have I done for the last 18, 17 years?
But then it turned into the, oh shit, what have I done for the last 18, 17 years?