Greg Sharpe

TherealTomOsborne said:
This disease pisses me off.  I’ll never understand how we can’t make bigger progress on coming up with a cure.   :steam
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It pisses me off more than most, as I lost my father 15 years ago in my still formative years, and several other family members along the way. We are making good progres, things have moved significantly from when I watched my Dad go through it in 2007-2009. Stuff he was getting was experimental and had awful side affects, and now someone I know is getting way more effective treatments in pill form, with little side effect. They actually have a treatment that identifies individual cells and calls T cells over like a beacon to come eradicate naturally rather than blasting the whole area to the detriment of healthy tissue. I am shocked honestly at the difference.  I won't be surprised if they have a lot cured/made treatable yet in my lifetime.  Cancer is a catch all word though and some forms are vastly different in regards to aggressiveness and treatability.

I get that we feel it is slow, but the progress made over the last 50 years is nothing short of a miracle honestly. On the backs of those who have passed before and wanted to help those yet to come.

My condolences to all who know Greg, this time royally sucks.

 
runningblind said:
It pisses me off more than most, as I lost my father 15 years ago in my still formative years, and several other family members along the way. We are making good progres, things have moved significantly from when I watched my Dad go through it in 2007-2009. Stuff he was getting was experimental and had awful side affects, and now someone I know is getting way more effective treatments in pill form, with little side effect. They actually have a treatment that identifies individual cells and calls T cells over like a beacon to come eradicate naturally rather than blasting the whole area to the detriment of healthy tissue. I am shocked honestly at the difference.  I won't be surprised if they have a lot cured/made treatable yet in my lifetime.  Cancer is a catch all word though and some forms are vastly different in regards to aggressiveness and treatability.

I get that we feel it is slow, but the progress made over the last 50 years is nothing short of a miracle honestly. On the backs of those who have passed before and wanted to help those yet to come.

My condolences to all who know Greg, this time royally sucks.
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I’m not sure what kind of cancer your dad had, but I guess that’s how progress is made. Sorry it wasn’t more timely. 
 

Greg has pancreatic cancer, which my mother died of in the early 80’s. There has been little progress treating it and the prognosis is almost exactly the same. 

 
krc1995 said:
I’m not sure what kind of cancer your dad had, but I guess that’s how progress is made. Sorry it wasn’t more timely. 
 

Greg has pancreatic cancer, which my mother died of in the early 80’s. There has been little progress treating it and the prognosis is almost exactly the same. 
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My Dad had pancreatic, as well as mantle cell lymphoma.  He was in Vietnam and they attributed it to agent orange, my Mom is still being paid his 100% disability payments. I agree little progress has been made specifically with pancreatic, which was why I made the comment about vastly different types.  Genuine progress has been made in many other forms however which is encouraging.

 
runningblind said:
My Dad had pancreatic, as well as mantle cell lymphoma.  He was in Vietnam and they attributed it to agent orange, my Mom is still being paid his 100% disability payments. I agree little progress has been made specifically with pancreatic, which was why I made the comment about vastly different types.  Genuine progress has been made in many other forms however which is encouraging.
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*high five* that's how my dad died too!

 
 I think they said on the radio broadcast he was in the control booth in Lincoln?  Hope he really enjoyed another Cornhusker bowl win. 

Prayers to Greg and his family. He represents this program greatly and love listening to him on the radio. 

 
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Micheal said:
 I think they said on the radio broadcast he was in the control booth in Lincoln?  Hope he really enjoyed another Cornhusker bowl win. 

Prayers to Greg and his family. He represents this program greatly and love listening to him on the radio. 
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He got in on the pregame show a little bit. Still sounds the same, but if you check the live streams, he's lost a whole lot of weight :(

 
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