Memoir of a Hollow Man |
My name is Dave Cashen and I am a hollow man. On May 30, 2011 my life changed forever due to cancer...and this is my story. My most recent happenings appear at the top, but for my journey to read in it's entirety, it is best to begin with my first posting. To find it, scroll down the page, then click the arrow at the bottom to 'page back' until you can't go any further and you see my first post "How I Got Here". Click the link "About Me" to learn more about myself and the reasons why I felt I needed to share my story. |
After I declared bankruptcy I was a little less stressed, and it was perfect timing as I had a couple more surgeries coming up and fast. Yes, I said more surgeries…
I had known for a while I had a deviated septum surgery planned for the end of October, but I was pleasantly surprised to receive a call that the first stage of my ACL reconstruction; a bone graft from my hip to my knee was to take place the following week. Again, if you’ve been following my story from the beginning you would know I have been anticipating my knee surgery for some time and it has been a priority of mine to get rebuilt. I had also been waiting almost a year for the deviated septum surgery, so there wasn’t a hope in hell that I wasn’t going to proceed with either surgery.
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