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Stephen's Tribute to Oliver heads up from Mustang
Oliver Milton, died 5/21/2015, 1 day after his birthday
Hi.
My dad, one of the most important people in my life, died on May 21st,
2015. His name was Oliver Milton. This was after an 11 month fight with
Stage 4 Bladder cancer. He was one of the most important people in my
life and I miss him greatly. He died at age 71.
His birthday was May 20th and we had a small party in ICU with a cake
and cards the day before he passed. His doctors and nurses were there
with immediate family. I am grateful I made it out to see him before the
end but I am still very consumed by grief.
I have a great group of friends and family helping me through it and I
feel kind of selfish for posting this, but I want him to be remembered
as a father, a great family man, and my best friend. We did a lot
together and I will never forget it.
If you are fighting cancer, please know that your close friends and
family are grateful for every single day we have with you. If you see
yourself in a long-odds diagnosis. please PLEASE do not isolate
yourself. Make time for your friends and family. Spend your good days
with them doing things YOU (not them) love. They will not begrudge a
minute! They WANT TO BE WITH YOU for whatever you want to do.
Long-odds or not (and this is to a lot of the males)... don't be
stubborn. If people want to pay for a dinner or show or round of golf it
isn't because they see you as dying or sick.... it is because they want
to be around you and build memories, REGARDLESS of the outcome. They
aren't writing you off... they are enjoying your presence and company.
Know this and go with it.
-Stephen Milton
2 comments:
There are a LOT of people dying from cancer. We have two at work just in the last couple months. Both mid-50's. And anyone I've even hear about dying in my circle of people I'm connected to have died of cancer. Either something is in our environment making this happen or something is being put in our environment.
And in the tin foil hat realm (or not), we know that congress has no idea what to do about the massive influx of SSC recipients vs the funding. I think obammycare is also designed to deny health care to seniors (ala Canada) so that we all just die off and solve that fiscal problem for them. SS has been robbed blind by people starting with lbj who are all dead now after enjoying the spoils of their theft.
K- I'm w/you!--cancer is big $$$ for the drug and med. 'professions' --my belief is that cures could be or have been found - but- $$$ count more --
as to the acronym SS - I find it interesting that it is the same as hitler's SS - and have been using it -SS- in my writings to show tyranny - like that of nazi Germany-
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