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A funny thing happened to me on the way home from Debbie's, one night in August 2011. I had a pain in my side all day at work and then went to a charity party for Rey Feo after work. We were at the party and the pain was getting worse, so Debbie said we should go to a med clinic near her home. I told her I would be ok, as I am a stupid male, and dropped her off at home. On my way home I went to the emergency room and was admitted for appendicitis, and wheeled into surgery. I texted Debbie to let her know, we had been dating for a month, so it was the least I could do. My mamma was 90, so I wasn't going to let her know at 2:00 a.m. that I was going to have surgery. I made it through surgery and I called her in the morning. I received this lucky bamboo plant the next day, from my coworkers. Seven days later, I found out that my appendix was cancerous. A month later I had surgery to remove some of my intestines just to make sure all of it was gone. I didn't have to do chemo or radiation. I'm 7 years cancer free in October, thanks to my lucky bamboo.
Or because I'm a stupid male.

Story and photo by Bruni

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