Sad day. Ken Strong RIP

There is a thread already in the main forum about this.

Ken and I never knew each other well, but we have both been here forever and we did banter back and forth. I am very sad to hear this news.
RIP Ken.

Oh my God this is so shocking.

I hadn't heard too much about Ken's condition and assumed he was making progress. Well this is one time no news was not good news.

I didn't know Ken well but always liked him.

This is really sad news.

Rest in Peace, Ken

This is such sad news.

Ken was a true warrior.

RIP Ken

I'm in tears. Ken and I talked quite often. This news makes me so sick I can't express my thoughts. Ken had cancer before I knew him and had a conventional treatment. It came back. He went for alternative treatment - that was the fund raiser we did for him.........and they only gave him 20 days, that's not enough - then they charged him for more, still not enough. When it hit his brain he got scared and had radiation........and about a half a year ago he told me they gave him around a month. He started another therapy (natural) that was helping, then he ran out of money for it. They found small tumors starting in his brain again, and he had radiation. I knew that was it. He still lived on for months. He fought a very long, hard, and frustrating fight against a monster that stacked the cards for him to lose.

I am as Angry as I have ever been in my life right now. While I understand that once it's in your head you are pretty much done -- I also know if they hadn't kept cutting his other treatments before they could work just because of financing, it wouldn't have gotten to his head at all. I also know that once traditional chemo is allowed, it's about over, so he had a hard way to go from the get in this battle. We have cures for cancer - and doctors aren't ALLOWED to use them, instead they keep us alive just long enough to take our finances.

I am SOOOOO angry -- and sad. So very sad. I will miss Ken. He was my friend. As simply put as that. He was my friend.

If any of you find you have cancer -- please get the HELL out of the US for treatment.

This sucks. Ken was a good guy who did a lot for this place. He'll be missed by those who knew him, and indirectly because of what he did here by people who never even heard of him.

RIP Ken Strong. My thoughts and prayers go out to your family.

My condolences to Ken Strong's family, friends, loved ones. I always enjoyed Ken's posts and great with and felt honored (undeservedly) whenever he responded to anything I wrote.

RIP Ken.

RIP Ken. My condolences to his family and friends.

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft starlight at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.

-Mary Elizabeth Frye

I'm at a loss for words.

Tears are rolling down my face because I had to delete a link/line in my signature to a
fund raiser set up for Ken a few years back. I've had in it in my sig for years with the hope that it could help to prevent/delay this day.

Ken, I will miss you as will as many others.

God's Speed to You My Friend, R.I.P

~MM~

Here is the link for the main forum thread about Ken's Demise.

I mention there that the Keep Ken Strong WSO might be a good way to support his family right now - So that is why I am keeping it in my signature 4 now.

Maybe, rather than flowers, Keep the Keep Ken Strong Alive WSO Alive!
(Keep on Keeping On).

Just a suggestion...

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...le-cancer.html

Thanks Patrician.
I've added the link back in my Sig and my tears are drying up now knowing that I can
at least help the family through these hard times in some way. My family's prayers go
out to Ken and his Family.

God Bless Them,
Michael