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Hmm... Just when you think that all is lost, take a look at this guy...

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"Phil Lesh Is a Two-Time Fighter

Founding Grateful Dead bass player Phil Lesh, 81, has beat cancer twice. He was treated for prostate cancer in 2006, and for bladder cancer in 2015 and is still performing music. In most cases, prostate cancer is a very treatable disease."

Never give up and continue to fight!

Best,

AJ

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Shooter1 profile image
Shooter1

Wish I had G 6/7or8. Might make it easier... Life Is Good, G9/10 not so much.

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westof in reply to Shooter1

Hey Shooter,

4 years ago my dx was G9 ( but stage 3) and I've made it to 73!

Who knows what new cures are on the horizon.

Keep fighting!

Best

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hopeful1956 in reply to Shooter1

My husband is G7 (4+3), has bone met and BRCA2+. Not so good for him either.

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CAMPSOUPS

Pig Pen himself. I never noticed his bass is a 6 string. No wonder some of those bass lines always stood out. Melodies played with the bass notes.

I recall when I told my best friend and he said : " well that's the one they say you die with and not from" and I had to say "well normally but it's too late for that with me".

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westof in reply to CAMPSOUPS

No, Pigpen was not Phil:

"Ronald Charles McKernan (September 8, 1945 – March 8, 1973), known as Pigpen, was an American singer and musician. He was a founding member of the San Francisco band the Grateful Dead and played in the group from 1965 to 1972."

In 1971 they played at The Brooklyn 46th theater in the afternoon and all of 300 fans showed up.

I had taken a year off from school and had decided to work in NYC .

The concert doors were wide open and I went to a bar across the the street for a few drinks (no drugs, I was pursuing a career in finance and didn't want a rap sheet to follow me).

Pigpen strolled in and proceeded to order 3 "double Jacks!" He died of cirrhosis a few years later.

We struck up a conversation and since I was a "working man" , I picked up the tab🥂🤔

He invited me back stage, partied and ended sitting on an amp facing the audience.

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CAMPSOUPS in reply to westof

Duh. That's right. I remember seeing your "met Pig Pen at the bar" story before. Pretty wild.

Good memories I'm sure. Better than an autograph I say.

I say them in 73, and twice in the 80's. Jerry Garcia helped my 2 friends and I stay standing on the floor at the bottom of the bleachers once. Band was warming up and when the usher tried to speak telling us we needed to take a seat Jerry would start making his guitar louder. Then as my friend pointed out there was no room at our place on the bleachers Jerry kept the guitar quiet. Then Usher would speak and he would get loud on guitar again. Went back and forth a few times then Usher gave up. Despite the shrooms I'm sure this happened lol.

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westof in reply to CAMPSOUPS

Hmm... Guessing that we both have had many" long, strange trips" on our journey.😃

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CAMPSOUPS in reply to westof

Since you were a "working man". Damn adt and old age and who knows what. I missed that the first read thru. lol.

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westof in reply to CAMPSOUPS

I'm still a "working man"!

After my career in high finance crashed and burned in 2010 ( my retirement secured),

I retired to golf for 6 months (until winter in CT and " Darling wife" decided to return to teaching.)

I am now a self employed medical courier and I love it!

I drive an average of 115 miles daily and walk about 4.5 miles (according to my watch)

I know more medical professionals that you can shake a stick at!

Or, as I describe my relationship with them to "Darling wife"...

"I crack jokes with the doctors and flirt with the nurses"!! 😂😂😂

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Muffin2019 in reply to westof

At 70 still a working man part time 21 to 24 hours a week, keeps me mentally sharp and the exercise keeps me limber, as long ad I am able why not, oncologist approves this with a good for you. I could easily retire but then what, if you sit you rust as my mom used to say. Very active, belong to a club of 49 years, 5 rescue cats and helping neighbors and gardening.

Back garden last year
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westof in reply to Muffin2019

Yep! If you are able, I feel that you just have to keep on "Truckin"

We rescued a little Tabby in November and she is still fearful and won't let us touch her.

Besides patience, any ideas to help her to socialize with us?

Thanks!

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Muffin2019 in reply to westof

Lots if patience, we were lucky, I have a way with animals, it will trust, they pick us out. The one was a biter but took her by the back of the neck, reprimanded like a mom cat would do and cured that, now best girl you could have a calico. The one tabby took me years to trust but found out he has irritable bowel disease and is on steroids, now I can give him medicine and is the mist loving cat, he always preferred my roommate over me.

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dhccpa in reply to CAMPSOUPS

You have to wonder who started that line of crap.

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siouxbee19

Keep on rockin' in the free world...to quote Neil Young. Peace! ;O)

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Haniff

AJ

Thanks for the motivational ❤️ piece.

It’s always good to know that others have jumped over hurdles and are strong survivors.

Haniff

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Peace-to-you

Not that I’m one upping Phil, but I’m a 5 time cancer survivor…colon, melanoma, kidney, CLL and this devil called MCRPC…58 yo, still kickin, searching for the cure.

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j-o-h-n in reply to Peace-to-you

One Up Phil all you want...... You deserve a round of applause!!! Bless you sir....

youtube.com/watch?v=eK-Y4dS...

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Sunday 03/13/2022 7:09 PM DST

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Cancer often finds a different organ to attack. Keep up the good fight. As a good friend says, he is living with cancer.

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NewPotatoCaboose

Phil also had a liver transplant. I saw my first Dead show on March 21, 1971, and have been a lifelong fan. Grateful Dead music continues to be very therapeutic for me. Here's a poster for my first show I still have.

March 1971 Grateful Dead poster
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westof in reply to NewPotatoCaboose

Hmm... that is a great poster! Milwaukee I guess ( Billy Mitchell Field)

$4 buck admission!! ( which explains why I was able to pick up "Pigpen's" bar bill. $10, including tip! )😉

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Boywonder56

Dont have any met the dead stories...but i did visit pig pens grave site in san francisco when there for a furthur ny eve run in 2012...saw dead first in houston 11/72 when they were suppose to ipen for allman bros but barry oakly waljed the triumph gang plank so it was dead for hrs...it is ob tape somewhere....box of rain was written by phil and hunter i belueve for phils dad who was dying of cancer...and was on american beautty....phil had good voice then.. ...ayways the bus came by and i got on in 71.....bw

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westof in reply to Boywonder56

Hey BW! Hope all is well.

Yea Phil's voice went downhill over the years, UNTIL he recorded this!

youtu.be/5zIurB7IUfM

Best

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Boywonder56 in reply to westof

Right on......

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Gabby643

Phil had a great voice. Saw them at the Cow Palace, the audience looked liked something from “Night of the Living Dead”

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westof

Hmm... Horrible band? They would fill football stadiums with 80k fans and were always sold out!

Now, regarding "draft dodging hippy scum"...

Now, I will admit that that when I was 18 I fashioned myself as a "hippie", but a flag waving PATRIOTIC ONE!!

Went to Whitehall Street (NYC) for my physical, only to be informed that I was 4F due to a perforated eardrum.

Dad served in the 82nd Airborne and it would have broken his heart If I had considered leaving for Canada to avoid the draft.

"Darling Wife" went to one concert and she didn't dig em. However, after 50 years she still digs me! (I think)🤔

My guess is that your musical tastes lean towards "The Partridge Family" !🙄😁

Best

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westof

😂😂😂

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LOL! All in good fun.

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Yep!

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Boywonder56 in reply to westof

Im a card carrying republican....name of my truck is darkstar...have badging right next to my " my rights dont end where your feelings begin" sticker...its about music not politics...like we used to say and guess still do about the dead....ifi have to explain u wouldnt understand....lil late in life to have a attitude....i salute alll those that serve...peace...

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westof in reply to Boywonder56

Well said BW!

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j-o-h-n

He looks good for a 61 year old musician.......

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Sunday 03/13/2022 6:48 PM DST

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E2-Guy

G-9 18 years ago, and I'm still here! The doc that did my biopsy said: "You have the real deal", and gave me about 5 years.

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westof in reply to E2-Guy

Hey Ron, Congrats on 18 years!

Lets try for 18 More!!😃

Best

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E2-Guy in reply to westof

Thanks Bro!

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fmenninger

Go Phil!

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