Has anyone heard from Evoman?

[EvolveOrConvolve]

I fear he's lost his battle.

For context:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/123028049

[Arugula Latte]

1. Yes I have. He is posting on Facebook, not DU.

He still has lots of terrible, painful, awful days of sickness. But he was able to take a trip to Vancouver recently and is still getting chemo, with a break from it now and again.

[Heddi]

2. Let him know we think about him

[EvolveOrConvolve]

3. Thanks Arugula

Tell him his DU A&A peeps are praying for him.

[kdmorris]

17. I just recently learned that Atheists pray

so... yeah, we can do that!

[progressoid]

4. Yeah,

let him know we're praying for him.

Seriously though, we are thinking about him. Hope he gets better.

[beam me up scottie]

5. .

Tell Evoman we love him.

[Arugula Latte]

6. I will pass along all your good wishes, and

I'm sure he'll also appreciate your prayers to The Almighty Loving God.

[Evoman]

7. I'll never lose "the battle".

In order to lose a battle, someone has to win. And cancer dies as soon as I do so it can't win.

Besides, that's such a cliche. People don't lose their battle against diabetes or heart disease. .. They die from it. This whole battle talk makes it seem like we cancer patients can use willpower to beat cancer, and implies the ones who don't are losers. That's too much pressure!

Anyways guys, I'm still alive and kicking. My last CT scan showed everything was stable. The cancer isn't shrinking, but it isn't growing or spreading either so I still have a little time left. I'm already past my expiration date but I will hopefully get a little warning before things fall of the track. What we suspect will happen is that eventually some portion of the cancer will become resistant and then, if some last ditch chemo or trial doesn't stop it, I'll have about a 6 month count down.

Right now, I'm just looking to enjoy the summer. My 36th birthday is in June and making it until then is my next goal. I'm hoping I'll be strong enough to do some traveling. Other than that, I spend most of my days just relaxing, playing video games, and writing poetry. My poetry has been well received by my palliative care nursing staff and has apparently been read and dessiminated among the nursing staff and patients in the cancer, palliative care and hospice ward. Right now I'm working on putting together a book of my best poems. ..it Is my "legacy" so to speak.

Anyhow hang tight guys. I always mean to stop by more often to keep you guys from worrying so much by I'm extremely distracted constantly. I think that has a lot to do with the chemo. I promise I'll give a better update in the next couple of weeks. I'm on my phone and its hard to write long posts on this thing.

Evoman

P.S. I'm still looking super forward to the game star citizen and squadran 42 coming out, so if any of you are into it, I plan on starting a squad of killer peacekeepers.

[LiberalAndProud]

8. Hi, you!

Are you taking advance orders for your book?

[Evoman]

14. hex no

I'm still writing and I'm not sure if my poems are God enough to publish. I've got some editor friends critiquing them, mostly for feedback I can use to improve, but one of them hinted that I could get it published and maybe even sell, considering the demographic I wrote for: anger and frustration of cancer, chemo, and being abandoned could sell or be donated as e resource for cancer centers. I'm not interested in making money though it would be nice to leave something begins for my wife. I just want people to, in this world constantly being told to be positive, know that is okay to be angry, and be scared, and be pessimistic and even feel hate. That's what I want to teach. .. That's what I want add my legacy. .I want people to not be victims of the tyranny of positivity

[beam me up scottie]

9. It's awesome to see you again, my friend!

Don't feel like you have to stop by often, just if you get the chance, no guilt, no promises necessary.

I too would love a copy of your book.

Enjoy your summer!

[onager]

10. Great to hear from you!

And thanks for checking in.

Your "cliche" remarks reminded me of Barbara Ehrenreich's epic rants about her breast cancer.

She admits to being an atheist, but also admits she prayed for a swift death by shark bite, sniper, or madman with an ax - death by ANYTHING but the "sickly-sweet sentimentality" of those teddy bears wearing pink ribbons...

Her 2001 article "Welcome to Cancerland:"

http://barbaraehrenreich.com/website/cancerland.htm

[nil desperandum]

11. Best to you

I am a lurker who posts quite infrequently, I do agree with your comment about battling cancer...

For me it was just shit luck...doctor found some in a routine exam, was early and so far I remain without any cancer...if I had postponed that exam a year I'd be dead now....that's luck and not a battle in any way.

I wish you the best of that luck and hope you are able to remain for decades past your expiration date.

A squad of killer peacekeepers sounds like quite a good time to me.

[trotsky]

12. w00t! Evo!

Glad you posted, and happy to hear you are in a stable situation. Remember, every day you have is yours to decide what to do with. Although if you decided to also put out a book of your plays, I wouldn't mind. I just gotta know how blotsky's character plays out!

[Evoman]

15. wrote big walk of text then I lost it.

Basically, I'm not sure if I have the concentration or capacity to write even a crappy play, but what I can do is write a poem about the people here and include Blotsky. First I have to find something that ŕhymes with "drinking corona sraight from the horses penis".

Anyhow I'll get to it if I ever have the energy. Unless I'm in the zone, which chemo brain prevents constantly. I will try. .I will try to give him a future, Trots.

[trotsky]

19. Totally understand, it's only if you are looking for something to do.

Take care of yourself first and foremost. You are missed here on DU though.

[Curmudgeoness]

13. Thanks for stopping by and giving an update.

It is good to hear that things are stable, but that isn't the best news to get. Better than it could be though.

Do stop in occasionally to let us know how you are......but don't come here often enough to waste the time you have. Enjoy life to the fullest.

[Evoman]

18. well, you get awfully isolated with cancer and face book and DU

Have introduced me to people, I've even met in r real life and who I even invited to my wedding. I would love of some of you would be my Facebook friends. Name is Daniel, my handle is Evoman360, and I have a pretty weird avatar. I love to have anyone on here in my Facebook page. Look me up.

[kdmorris]

16. Glad to hear from you!

You are right that they never say that those of us with Diabetes lost our battle with it. Some days, it still feels like a battle, though!

I tend to play MMORPG, though I have no time to play games these days.

Enjoy every day to it's fullest.

[deucemagnet]

20. I was wondering about you myself lately, and I'm glad to hear you're dong well.

I've always enjoyed your posts, and you're always in this atheist's thoughts, if not his prayers.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

21. Man, it's good to see you're still with us

We're such a small community here, every loss is huge.