Ron Rivera diagnosed with Lymph Node cancer

[Greatman77]

Hate to hear this, and hope he has a speedy and easy recovery.

Slightly OT, but I am a leukemia survivor who only discovered I had cancer when I went to a walk-in clinic to try to get prescription cough syrup for a bad cough (that turned out to be pneumonia). When they ran my blood count the results were so alarming that they ran them twice. I hadn't had a physical in literally 30 years, and the only symptoms I had  (easy bruising, enlarged spleen that I thought was a pulled muscle) were so mild that I would never had gone to the doctor if I hadn't had a bad cough. If you are not getting an annual physical, you may be missing the chance to save your own life. The more you know...

[mccjeff]

Fug cancer. Speedy recovery Ron.

[Gazi]

fug cancer. Get well soon, coach.

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

18 hours ago, 0115 said:

you people are hilarious. you mock and trash talk ron and when he gets a terminal disease all of a sudden a change of heart and warm wishes.

 

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[panthertime]

You can beat this Coach. We're pulling for you. 

Keep Pounding!

[Paa Langfart]

Details in the washington post on RR's diagnosis.

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Ron Rivera first noticed it while shaving. Lodged in his neck was a lump that, at the time, didn’t seem too concerning. He has played or coached a violent sport for the better part of four decades, so what was a little bump?

 

When he awoke the next morning, he felt a strain in his neck that he attributed to a pulled muscle, so he treated it as such. When it didn’t go away, he reported it to Anthony Casolaro, a physician for the Washington Football Team, and later underwent testing to find out the little lump was a much bigger deal.

On Thursday night, the team announced Rivera, 58, had been diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma in a lymph node. In a statement, the team noted the cancer was detected in the early stages and is “considered very treatable and curable.” He is expected to make a full recovery, and the hope until then is that he can continue to work, balancing his treatment with an ever-expanding role as the team’s head coach and culture-fixer.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/08/21/ron-rivera-shares-details-his-cancer-diagnosis-washingtons-plans-going-forward/

[Paa Langfart]

Best of luck Ron - you got this.

[nosuchthingasapanther]

my mom beat this. ron can beat it too.

praying for him and his family.

[DeeJay]

you got this riverboat!

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On 8/21/2020 at 6:40 PM, Sean Payton's Vicodin said:

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[Wolfpredator]

My grandma died of lymphoma, sadly for her when they found it, it was already too late.  She did live a good 7 years after that though as it was a slow developing type cancer.  She was extremely healthy and active for at least 6 of those years but was tough watching those last few months.  Glad they caught it early for him.

[Wolfpredator]

On 8/20/2020 at 9:16 PM, 0115 said:

you people are hilarious. you mock and trash talk ron and when he gets a terminal disease all of a sudden a change of heart and warm wishes.

 

I did plenty of trash talking about Ron, the NFL Head Coach but never had a problem with him as a person.  You can trash people for the job they do all you want and it doesn't necessarily mean you would be happy if they came down with cancer.  There are VERY few people that I personally know or know of that I would wish cancer on because...you know, empathy and all that jazz.  Sorry I feel bad for a guy when he comes down with cancer even though I couldn't stand how he coached.  

[1of10Charnatives]

On 8/21/2020 at 3:40 PM, Sean Payton's Vicodin said:

full ride to MIT IQ on display in this post

*cough*

Like many highly selective institutions, MIT does not award merit based scholarships, so there is no such thing as "full ride to MIT IQ". But I'm with you in spirit.