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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,
had to have an epidural like a pregnant woman like where they stick the big thing in your back and numb you from the waist down and like basically took a huge like chunk out of the inside of my right leg from the knee down like when the surgery was done it looked like a shark took a half moon bite out of the inside of my leg right and that's how much they had to cut out to try to get all of the cancer
had to have an epidural like a pregnant woman like where they stick the big thing in your back and numb you from the waist down and like basically took a huge like chunk out of the inside of my right leg from the knee down like when the surgery was done it looked like a shark took a half moon bite out of the inside of my leg right and that's how much they had to cut out to try to get all of the cancer
had to have an epidural like a pregnant woman like where they stick the big thing in your back and numb you from the waist down and like basically took a huge like chunk out of the inside of my right leg from the knee down like when the surgery was done it looked like a shark took a half moon bite out of the inside of my leg right and that's how much they had to cut out to try to get all of the cancer
And then it had also spread to like the lymph nodes in my right leg. So they had to remove the ones out of my groin and like all that shit. It was brutal. I was 20 years old. Scary. You know what I mean? Right. Yeah. And, um, yeah, it, uh, so, you know, I had to have all that done. And like I said, it was wild, man. And, um, yeah, I did.
And then it had also spread to like the lymph nodes in my right leg. So they had to remove the ones out of my groin and like all that shit. It was brutal. I was 20 years old. Scary. You know what I mean? Right. Yeah. And, um, yeah, it, uh, so, you know, I had to have all that done. And like I said, it was wild, man. And, um, yeah, I did.
And then it had also spread to like the lymph nodes in my right leg. So they had to remove the ones out of my groin and like all that shit. It was brutal. I was 20 years old. Scary. You know what I mean? Right. Yeah. And, um, yeah, it, uh, so, you know, I had to have all that done. And like I said, it was wild, man. And, um, yeah, I did.
I did a couple rounds of that just as like a, to, to make sure, you know, that they've
I did a couple rounds of that just as like a, to, to make sure, you know, that they've
I did a couple rounds of that just as like a, to, to make sure, you know, that they've
did got everything they said that the margins were really good when they cut it out they were pretty positive but they wanted to just make sure because I was so young you know what I mean to have that basically they told me this mole the growth rate had accelerated 20 years in the course of three months that's how much it had spread that's how fast malignant melanomas grow which is what kind of cancer it was if I didn't mention it was malignant melanoma
did got everything they said that the margins were really good when they cut it out they were pretty positive but they wanted to just make sure because I was so young you know what I mean to have that basically they told me this mole the growth rate had accelerated 20 years in the course of three months that's how much it had spread that's how fast malignant melanomas grow which is what kind of cancer it was if I didn't mention it was malignant melanoma
did got everything they said that the margins were really good when they cut it out they were pretty positive but they wanted to just make sure because I was so young you know what I mean to have that basically they told me this mole the growth rate had accelerated 20 years in the course of three months that's how much it had spread that's how fast malignant melanomas grow which is what kind of cancer it was if I didn't mention it was malignant melanoma
And, uh, so got very lucky though. I beat it, um, made it over the five-year hump. Um, you know, but that is what really started my downfall into just everything addiction and, uh, whatever, you know, if you remember at the time, you know, 2000, 2001, there was no such thing as like a pill epidemic. There was no, um, Anything like that, man. Doctors were just handing that shit out like Tic Tacs.
And, uh, so got very lucky though. I beat it, um, made it over the five-year hump. Um, you know, but that is what really started my downfall into just everything addiction and, uh, whatever, you know, if you remember at the time, you know, 2000, 2001, there was no such thing as like a pill epidemic. There was no, um, Anything like that, man. Doctors were just handing that shit out like Tic Tacs.
And, uh, so got very lucky though. I beat it, um, made it over the five-year hump. Um, you know, but that is what really started my downfall into just everything addiction and, uh, whatever, you know, if you remember at the time, you know, 2000, 2001, there was no such thing as like a pill epidemic. There was no, um, Anything like that, man. Doctors were just handing that shit out like Tic Tacs.
You know, you could go to an emergency room and get 20 Percocets. Like, I mean, just as easy as tripping and falling off the fucking curb. Like, it was just, you know what I mean? And so, because of the cancer and the surgery, they were prescribing me. I was getting Oxycontin. I was getting Percocet for, like, breakthrough pain. I was getting, you know, Valium to help me sleep. It was ridiculous.
You know, you could go to an emergency room and get 20 Percocets. Like, I mean, just as easy as tripping and falling off the fucking curb. Like, it was just, you know what I mean? And so, because of the cancer and the surgery, they were prescribing me. I was getting Oxycontin. I was getting Percocet for, like, breakthrough pain. I was getting, you know, Valium to help me sleep. It was ridiculous.
You know, you could go to an emergency room and get 20 Percocets. Like, I mean, just as easy as tripping and falling off the fucking curb. Like, it was just, you know what I mean? And so, because of the cancer and the surgery, they were prescribing me. I was getting Oxycontin. I was getting Percocet for, like, breakthrough pain. I was getting, you know, Valium to help me sleep. It was ridiculous.
I'd never been on any medication like that before. I'd never, you know, up until this point, the most I'd ever done is smoke a joint. You know what I mean? Just with like some friends in high school. Right. Yeah. I understand. Yeah. So all of a sudden I'm on all this medication and like I'm getting hammered basically every day. Like fucked up. You know what I mean?