02/25/2021
I want to share a message I received from a childhood friend of mine last week. Aside from knowing my friend was able to catch this early and is ok now, it makes me cry tears of joy. To know that Stevie literally saved a life makes me smile and shows me that his diagnosis and his journey was not in vain.
So many people have asked "why him." Of all the people he was absolutely the last person to deserve a cancer diagnosis. Not that cancer discriminates but if it did, he should have never been on that list.
I do believe in my heart that he was sent to us to carry this burden to save lives. Stevie was a man that touched many. He alone brought so many back to their knees to pray and to pay attention to their own health. That is the only rational thing I can convince myself of that allows me to stop asking "why him."
Because of Stevie, my friend was able to catch colon cancer in its early stages and have it completely removed during a simple colonoscopy. If caught early, colon cancer is one of the easiest cancers to cure. If left untreated, trust me, its a son of a bitch to get rid of. I urge you all to pay attention to your health. You dont realize how important your health is until you dont have it anymore.
This is the message I received. the husband and wife are in their early 40s. (names have been removed)
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We been watching and keeping up with everything on Stevie. about 2 years ago my husband started bleeding when he would go to the bathroom. Well after Steve was diagnosed he made an appointment to get a colonoscopy but later chickened out and put it off. After Stevie passed he made it a point to go and have it done.. We went yesterday and what they originally thought was internal hemorrhoids was actually colon cancer. but they caught it early enough to remove it all so he doesn’t have to do chemo and radiation. Doctor said if he would have waited another year it would have been a different outcome. Your husband saved my husband’s life. I know this doesn’t bring back Stevie but I want to thank you and him from the bottom of my heart for sharing his journey because it saved my husband's life.. I am forever grateful for you and him.
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I CAN NOT STRESS TO YOU ALL ENOUGH - go get checked!! What they found and removed was 25mm in size and had a stalk attached to it, ready to spread out to everywhere. Please pay attention your body.