I got an update tonight about my uncle who was just diagnosed with throat cancer.  It's Human papillomavirus and I was very surprised to learn that.  For some reason, I thought HPV was just cervical cancer.

What's even more odd is that my paternal grandfather -uncle's dad - died at the same age from the same thing -- throat cancer.  I don't know if ( Read more... )

I got an email from my dad.  Two sentences.

Your Uncle Bob is in the hospital.  Call the house if you want more information.

That's right, folks.  Email, good enough to tell you a loved one's in a dire situation, but not quite good enough to give you any other details!  Of course, this is my dad and it's all part of his game now that we are on the ( Read more... )