Ford it s good that you seeked out other opinions. I replied to one of those threads on another forum and of course I was met with at least one sarcastic comment. That s all part of the deal when you are trying to pass a message on to younger guys and they are in a group. You are hoping to help a few here and there that just read the message and give it some thought.
Do what is safe, only do what makes sense long term, and try not to get caught up in the hype as it's easy to do when someone is not around to dissuade you. Health should always take priority.
I thought this response by the guy known as the human Ken doll who died last month at 34 was interesting.
Today, I start a new cycle in my life, he told reporters in January.
I am starting chemotherapy and I admit I m a little concerned about some side effects, like hair loss, nausea, my body s rejection (of chemotherapy), among other things, but I am no longer concerned with the issue of aesthetics. For me that doesn t matter. What matters is my health now, and I will fight for it.
The Times observed: In his five-month battle with cancer, Santebañes immediately had to confront his own physical deterioration, the undoing of what had become his personal identity and national image. It started with dark spots on his skin and bleeding gums, symptoms of the blood cancer. Once in treatment, his hair fell out. He d later be confined to a wheelchair, a scrawny pale shadow.
On May 18, Santebañes, wearing a hat and heavy makeup and close to death, reflected on his tragic quest for physical perfection.
Everyone who wants to be pretty, who wants to be perfect, to call attention to themselves, to supplant this lack of ¦ of love, perhaps, he told Hoje Em Dia.
If he survived, he said, he wouldn t do any more surgeries: I wouldn t do any more, what s done is done.
