Best of luck, Scorcho. [Sadly passed. RIP, Scorcho.]

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Oh hell. :( My wishes are with you dude. I still remember your rpj avatar being one of the best cross-breeded ones (you in the chair with the lube on the floor). :p

Anyway hang in there man, and don't forget we're all around and with you too.
 
I'm so, so sorry to hear that. I hope you can make it through this scorcho. You're one of the first people I started to recognise here.
 
So rough to hear these stories. I hope you can pull through and gain back some kind of quality of life. My mother is going in for her biopsy this morning...


Goddamn I hate cancer.
 
This sure makes all the disagreements we've had in the past look really, really stupid.

I just hope we agree on one thing, Scorcho: Fuck whatever is killing you, hard.
 
Considering the shit I do to my body, it's criminal that Scorcho is going through this shit and I'm not.

Much love, man. No one should go through what you've already been through, and what you will go through.

It just kills me to hear these stories. I don't want my wishes to sound like they're a throwaway statement, so please know that you are TRULY in my thoughts. I do not mean that lightly. Be strong, man.
 
I wish you the best, man. I have no advice that can actually help, but I will pray to one of the many deities so you might feel better somehow. : (
 
thanks for the continued warm wishes, folks. i'm feeling a bit better today, so i'm feeling hopeful about holding on for a bit longer yet. the last few days i've been dealing with 2 hours of rest each night as the tumor(s) combined with other crap in my body to make breathing while laying down nearly impossible except in certain positions.

last night was different, and i was able to rest a full 7 hours. i'm still dead tired as i type this, but mentally i feel a world better.

here's a picture of me in better times with the girlfriend. this was taken in Lima, Peru a few months before i was diagnosed. posting for no other reason than to make me cry like an ass when i visit this thread later.

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again, thanks guys.
 
Man... whatever you can do... just make each breath count regardless of the cancer or potential outlook - good or bad.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you and everyone around you. *hugs*
 
Scorcho. Where do you live? Perhaps some of us could get together for a Neogaf Visit!?!

If you need company man, post it here and we will somehow get to you.
When I was going through my 2nd bought of the Big C I had some life changing visits from friends from a forum. It sounds stupid but its SO amazing.

Lastly, keep your head up bro. It sounds like you have but just know that everyone is pulling for you.
 
scorcho said:
thanks for the continued warm wishes, folks. i'm feeling a bit better today, so i'm feeling hopeful about holding on for a bit longer yet. the last few days i've been dealing with 2 hours of rest each night as the tumor(s) combined with other crap in my body to make breathing while laying down nearly impossible except in certain positions.

last night was different, and i was able to rest a full 7 hours. i'm still dead tired as i type this, but mentally i feel a world better.

here's a picture of me in better times with the girlfriend. this was taken in Lima, Peru a few months before i was diagnosed. posting for no other reason than to make me cry like an ass when i visit this thread later.

dave-and-em.jpg


again, thanks guys.
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Beautiful. You are in my thoughts.
 
That picture of you and your gf. Fucing hell everyone at work is staring at me now due to the tears I have been shedding.

Stay strong and hopeful.
 
scorcho said:
thanks for the continued warm wishes, folks. i'm feeling a bit better today, so i'm feeling hopeful about holding on for a bit longer yet. the last few days i've been dealing with 2 hours of rest each night as the tumor(s) combined with other crap in my body to make breathing while laying down nearly impossible except in certain positions.

last night was different, and i was able to rest a full 7 hours. i'm still dead tired as i type this, but mentally i feel a world better.

here's a picture of me in better times with the girlfriend. this was taken in Lima, Peru a few months before i was diagnosed. posting for no other reason than to make me cry like an ass when i visit this thread later.

dave-and-em.jpg


again, thanks guys.
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Hey there scorcho. It's nice to put a face to the name after all this time. For some strange reason, this is really close to how I pictured you. Glad to hear you're feeling better today.
 
Scorcho:

I like you.

I like you for two reasons

1 - I like your avatar

2 - You were nice to me in a thread once

You can do it! I believe in you!
 
Over the last few years, I've grown my hair out for cancer-related donations, and donated twice as a means of honoring two friends who lost their battle. I just cut my hair off this past weekend, so theoretically I could start growing it out again, but you have to win. You have to.
 
A few weeks ago I watched a movie called "1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife" and just thinking about you and your girlfriend makes my eyes teary.

Best of luck, man.
 
kurtrussell said:
Scorcho:

I like you.

I like you for two reasons

1 - I like your avatar

2 - You were nice to me in a thread once

You can do it! I believe in you!
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That's it folks: this is something worth getting behind, and I hereby submit to you all a new avatar suggestion (sorry SalsaShark, this is more deserving):

"The Scorcho"


I'll go first. Hang in there, Scorch!
 
Sad to read this, really enjoyed your posts. Hope you pull through. I thought you had it beat, missed the last thread you made. Really sad to hear. :(
 
Update:

I'm not sure if I should use this as a running medical log/livejournal diary. I'm a web developer. I really should just repurchase my old domain, throw up a quick CMS and go hog wild on it. Let me know if you'd rather not read any of this and I'll stop.

So I guess this is some slightly positive news. There is currently only one open trial at NIH for my type of cancer involving a drug called Sunitinib that's had some limited success in containing tumor growth in patients with either thymoma (less lethal) and thymic carcinoma (super lethal and, unfortunately, my type). I'm no longer in any physical condition to make the scheduled trips from NYC to MD to receive the treatment, so we hoped to get the drug instead through my insurance and treat it at my current hospital (Memorial Sloan Kettering). Total cost - $10k for a 30 day supply.

I wrote above that Pfizer donated the drug after reviewing my financial record for last year where I was on medical leave for six months recovering from my 2nd open chest surgery. I actually received a call later on reversing the decision after they reviewed another tax form.

A friend helped get one last appeal out quickly and finally one of them worked. I have the drug, and after consulting with my doctor at NIH and at Sloan we agreed to skip tomorrow's treatment, have a new scan on Tuesday and assess from there.

The responses to the trial at NIH have been positive so far - they've seen tumor shrinkage in all the first round scans 5 weeks in. Few side effects as well. There have been cases of this drug successfully holding the cancer in stasis for a little over a year for some patients.

I'm hoping for enough shrinkage to lay down comfortably again. Or, better yet, to relieve enough pressure off my heart and lung to allow me to get off this oxygen machine. Dare I dream...

--

and thanks again everyone for the kind words. even with my friends and family, these last few months have felt incredibly lonely. seeing your responses have done a lot for my mental health and overall mood.
 
That's awesome! Hope you continue seeing improvement for as long as you can. I remember you from way back in the pre-neogaf days, man. It's sad to see you go through this. Hang in there and don't lose hope.


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scorcho said:
Update:

I'm not sure if I should use this as a running medical log/livejournal diary. I'm a web developer. I really should just repurchase my old domain, throw up a quick CMS and go hog wild on it. Let me know if you'd rather not read any of this and I'll stop.

So I guess this is some slightly positive news. There is currently only one open trial at NIH for my type of cancer involving a drug called Sunitinib that's had some limited success in containing tumor growth in patients with either thymoma (less lethal) and thymic carcinoma (super lethal and, unfortunately, my type). I'm no longer in any physical condition to make the scheduled trips from NYC to MD to receive the treatment, so we hoped to get the drug instead through my insurance and treat it at my current hospital (Memorial Sloan Kettering). Total cost - $10k for a 30 day supply.

I wrote above that Pfizer donated the drug after reviewing my financial record for last year where I was on medical leave for six months recovering from my 2nd open chest surgery. I actually received a call later on reversing the decision after they reviewed another tax form.

A friend helped get one last appeal out quickly and finally one of them worked. I have the drug, and after consulting with my doctor at NIH and at Sloan we agreed to skip tomorrow's treatment, have a new scan on Tuesday and assess from there.

The responses to the trial at NIH have been positive so far - they've seen tumor shrinkage in all the first round scans 5 weeks in. Few side effects as well. There have been cases of this drug successfully holding the cancer in stasis for a little over a year for some patients.

I'm hoping for enough shrinkage to lay down comfortably again. Or, better yet, to relieve enough pressure off my heart and lung to allow me to get off this oxygen machine. Dare I dream...

--

and thanks again everyone for the kind words. even with my friends and family, these last few months have felt incredibly lonely. seeing your responses have done a lot for my mental health and overall mood.
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This is your Hope Fuel. Don't let this slide past you. Like I said, and wish for with all my being, stick around, man.

I can't imagine how tired you are of all this, but people do kick this, and fuck, it may as well be you. :)
 
I don't post terribly often, but your story and voice has very much affected me the last day.

Stay strong through the fight and as a fellow NYC gaffer, please don't hesitate to ask if there's anything that I can help in.
 
scorcho said:
Update:

I'm not sure if I should use this as a running medical log/livejournal diary. I'm a web developer. I really should just repurchase my old domain, throw up a quick CMS and go hog wild on it. Let me know if you'd rather not read any of this and I'll stop.
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This is the only thread I've ever subscribed to. Post away.
 
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