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Um, and then, so I graduated in 99 and about a year and a half, I think it was almost two years after I graduated, I had, um, kind of basically took a year off and I started go to, uh, to college in Nelsonville, Ohio, the place called Hawking. It's a, like a technical type school. It's, um, close to OU University, which is, you know, uh, Ohio University, not to be confused with OSU.
Um, and then, so I graduated in 99 and about a year and a half, I think it was almost two years after I graduated, I had, um, kind of basically took a year off and I started go to, uh, to college in Nelsonville, Ohio, the place called Hawking. It's a, like a technical type school. It's, um, close to OU University, which is, you know, uh, Ohio University, not to be confused with OSU.
Um, and then, so I graduated in 99 and about a year and a half, I think it was almost two years after I graduated, I had, um, kind of basically took a year off and I started go to, uh, to college in Nelsonville, Ohio, the place called Hawking. It's a, like a technical type school. It's, um, close to OU University, which is, you know, uh, Ohio University, not to be confused with OSU.
Um, but I, uh, didn't really have the grades to get into OU. You know what I mean? I was in high school. I had, I had to take a lot of special classes and stuff. I have learning disabilities and shit. I'm really hyper. I've got ADD and all that kind of shit. Like I was on meds from a very young age. Um, so I decided to try to go to college and, uh,
Um, but I, uh, didn't really have the grades to get into OU. You know what I mean? I was in high school. I had, I had to take a lot of special classes and stuff. I have learning disabilities and shit. I'm really hyper. I've got ADD and all that kind of shit. Like I was on meds from a very young age. Um, so I decided to try to go to college and, uh,
Um, but I, uh, didn't really have the grades to get into OU. You know what I mean? I was in high school. I had, I had to take a lot of special classes and stuff. I have learning disabilities and shit. I'm really hyper. I've got ADD and all that kind of shit. Like I was on meds from a very young age. Um, so I decided to try to go to college and, uh,
So I'd been in school really only for about a semester and got diagnosed with cancer. And so I'm only 20 years old, you know what I mean? Right, I forgot about that. Yeah, and so it was really crazy how it happened. I went to my family doctor for something just completely unrelated, just like a normal...
So I'd been in school really only for about a semester and got diagnosed with cancer. And so I'm only 20 years old, you know what I mean? Right, I forgot about that. Yeah, and so it was really crazy how it happened. I went to my family doctor for something just completely unrelated, just like a normal...
So I'd been in school really only for about a semester and got diagnosed with cancer. And so I'm only 20 years old, you know what I mean? Right, I forgot about that. Yeah, and so it was really crazy how it happened. I went to my family doctor for something just completely unrelated, just like a normal...
uh, doctor's appointment and I had this mole on the inside of my right leg and it'd been there, you know, forever. And just that day he happened to say, you know, I don't like the look of that. He's like, I want to cut that off. And I'm like, all right. And so he numbs my leg and all of a sudden I'm awake when he does it and he cuts around it and
uh, doctor's appointment and I had this mole on the inside of my right leg and it'd been there, you know, forever. And just that day he happened to say, you know, I don't like the look of that. He's like, I want to cut that off. And I'm like, all right. And so he numbs my leg and all of a sudden I'm awake when he does it and he cuts around it and
uh, doctor's appointment and I had this mole on the inside of my right leg and it'd been there, you know, forever. And just that day he happened to say, you know, I don't like the look of that. He's like, I want to cut that off. And I'm like, all right. And so he numbs my leg and all of a sudden I'm awake when he does it and he cuts around it and
pulls the mole off and like I saw the look on his face when he did it like when he pulled the mole off of my leg like it had all these tentacles and stuff growing like off of it like connected to everything in my leg right and of course they won't tell you shit when they do that they've got to biopsy it you know what I mean right so
pulls the mole off and like I saw the look on his face when he did it like when he pulled the mole off of my leg like it had all these tentacles and stuff growing like off of it like connected to everything in my leg right and of course they won't tell you shit when they do that they've got to biopsy it you know what I mean right so
pulls the mole off and like I saw the look on his face when he did it like when he pulled the mole off of my leg like it had all these tentacles and stuff growing like off of it like connected to everything in my leg right and of course they won't tell you shit when they do that they've got to biopsy it you know what I mean right so
About a week and a half later, I was, I'll never forget, I was in the car with my mom. Now, this is like early 2000s still, so we had actual car phones for all you kids out there. We had phones that had cords on them in the fucking car, if you could imagine. Yeah, shopping. And I was in the car with my mom and the phone rang and it was my doctor.
About a week and a half later, I was, I'll never forget, I was in the car with my mom. Now, this is like early 2000s still, so we had actual car phones for all you kids out there. We had phones that had cords on them in the fucking car, if you could imagine. Yeah, shopping. And I was in the car with my mom and the phone rang and it was my doctor.
About a week and a half later, I was, I'll never forget, I was in the car with my mom. Now, this is like early 2000s still, so we had actual car phones for all you kids out there. We had phones that had cords on them in the fucking car, if you could imagine. Yeah, shopping. And I was in the car with my mom and the phone rang and it was my doctor.
And he said, look, we've taken care of everything on our end. You need to get to OSU hospital immediately to get into surgery. You know, you have cancer and it's spreading at an aggressive rate. And so within a few hours, I was in the hospital in Columbus at OSU, which is one of the best cancer hospitals in the country, actually. And, uh,
And he said, look, we've taken care of everything on our end. You need to get to OSU hospital immediately to get into surgery. You know, you have cancer and it's spreading at an aggressive rate. And so within a few hours, I was in the hospital in Columbus at OSU, which is one of the best cancer hospitals in the country, actually. And, uh,