Very sad. I admire his strength and it's good at least that he has the resources to get the best medical care. I hope he beats it.
If I can share some personal info, I got diagnosed with a (fortunately, very treatable) type of cancer last year. Still, it was a nightmare going through surgery and I'm still recovering. And the scary thing is, you never know for sure whether they got it all or if it will come back. Pancreatic cancer is one of the scariest ones because they only typically find it once it's really late in the game. I was fortunate enough that the cancer I had was caught early on enough that my prognosis is good. Still, **** cancer and **** the awful health insurance system in the U.S. I had to start a fundraiser to help pay for my medical care, since my health insurance plan went to complete garbage after the 2017 tax bill passed; since it kicked 13 million people off their insurance, the insurance companies needed to compensate and they did so by screwing people who are still insured by jacking up rates and adding ludicrous deductibles and copays. That said, if I didn't have any insurance at all, I'd have to declare bankruptcy, because medical costs are insane.
Anyway, sorry, don't mean to make this all about me. I really hope Alex beats this. But I also hope that we finally get to universal coverage in this country.
