{"id":58594,"date":"2015-01-05T19:45:46","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T00:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rarediseases.org\/pmprf-presidents-statement-on-stuart-scotts-passing-and-his-impact-on-the-appendix-cancer-community\/"},"modified":"2015-01-05T19:45:46","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T00:45:46","slug":"pmprf-presidents-statement-on-stuart-scotts-passing-and-his-impact-on-the-appendix-cancer-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rarediseases.org\/es\/pmprf-presidents-statement-on-stuart-scotts-passing-and-his-impact-on-the-appendix-cancer-community\/","title":{"rendered":"PMPRF President\u2019s Statement on Stuart Scott\u2019s Passing, and his Impact on the Appendix Cancer Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PMPRF\"<\/a>ESPN anchor Stuart Scott passed away last night at just 49 years old<\/strong>\u00a0after his 7-plus year battle with appendix cancer.\u00a0 Mostly Scott\u2019s passing makes me feel for his daughters, his family, his friends, and his colleagues.\u00a0 This is their time to\u00a0reflect and remember him<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 However, I also think that his public presence makes it seem like we all knew him, and I think he taught us all something by how he handled his illness.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t know Stuart Scott. But I feel a special kinship with him because the broad outlines of his story and mine are remarkably similar.\u00a0 We were both diagnosed with appendix cancer in November 2007 \u2013 I went to the ER on the Friday after Thanksgiving and he had an emergency appendectomy the following Monday (while I was still in the hospital being diagnosed).\u00a0 We both had two recurrences \u2013 mine in 2009 and 2010, and his in 2011 and 2013, with multiple major surgeries as our rewards.\u00a0 We both went to work while our bodies absorbed incredible amounts of energy-depriving chemotherapy.\u00a0 We both fought with everything we had to live for our kids.\u00a0 So I didn\u2019t know Stuart Scott, but I know something about what he went through in fighting appendix cancer.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Despite living in the public eye, Scott was not all that public about the details of his cancer battle.\u00a0 However, what he did show us was inspiring.\u00a0 Scott allowed us to see him\u00a0practicing mixed martial arts<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0after major surgeries and while on chemo.\u00a0 He stated in interviews that he didn\u2019t want to know the stage or the prognosis because he was going to go on living anyway.\u00a0 He participated in Livestrong, and\u00a0recorded at least one testimonial<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0where he really seemed to let his guard down and identify himself as a patient, a cancer survivor who leaned on his support network and the inspiration of other patients.\u00a0 I\u2019ve watched a number of his friends and colleagues today remembering him, and the common denominator is a positive energy that impacted them all.\u00a0 And his speech when\u00a0presented the Jimmy V Perseverance Award at the 2014 ESPY\u2019s<\/strong><\/a>, which will be quoted not just today but for a long time to come, gave us his mantra from which that all makes sense:\u00a0 \u201cYou beat cancer by how you live, why you live and the manner in which you live.\u201d<\/p>\n

I know that some people within the appendix cancer community are disappointed that Stuart Scott did not take a more active role advocating for appendix cancer while he was alive.\u00a0 However, I for one won\u2019t criticize Scott (or anyone, for that matter) for how he handled his journey as a cancer patient.\u00a0 I am convinced that Scott handled his fight with cancer the best way he knew how.\u00a0 He inspired a lot of people along the way, and will continue to do so for many years to come.<\/p>\n

In the end, cancer was unfair to Stuart Scott like so many other appendix cancer patients I\u2019ve met over the past 7 years.\u00a0 But he didn\u2019t let it stop him from living.\u00a0 As I reflect on how Scott\u2019s path and mine have diverged since 2007, I am reminded that we have a lot of work to do so that appendix cancer patients can all live by Scott\u2019s mantra for a long, long time.\u00a0 Rest in peace, Stuart.<\/p>\n

Jerry Lewandowski
\nPresident
\nPMP Research Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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