In Memory of My Dad

This is a video I shot of my dad (technically stepfather, but the only father I ever knew), the last time I saw him. Last year, around October, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which is one of the most vicious strains. He died in February, 2010.

Robert was one of the nicest people you could ever hope to meet, and I'm not just saying that. He was a bit of a gentle giant, almost like one of those big dogs that doesn't realize how big it really is. He was a klutz, a six foot four inch two hundred and sixty pound farm-boy who was afraid of spiders, but he always had advice and patience, and even though he split from my mother when I was six, and lived seven hours away, he still tried, year after year, to be my dad.

This video doesn't do him justice, but it's the only one I have. Unfortunately, as you can probably tell from the blanket, and the wasting appearance, this was taken after the diagnosis. I spoke to him on the phone a few times since this was shot, but never saw him in person again.

I knew him for twenty six years, from the day I was born, and will never forget him.

I am uploading this video mostly for my own benefit, and for posterity. I hope that one day, advances in pancreatic cancer will make stories like this history. Nobody deserves this, and in a civilization with our level of sophistication, this should not be allowed.

PS: Due to repeated attacks by despicable worthless pieces of garbage, comments shall now be by approval only.

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[Ferahgo100]

Sorry about your father, and sorry that you have to deal with the lowest scum of the Earth, unfortunately they tend to have a louder voice than the rest of the population and it just goes to show how fucked up the world can be.

[Etimos]

@Ferahgo100 It happens. It doesnt bother me too much, though. I'm not the one who has to live with myself after saying something like that. Thanks though :)

*sighs* I'm gonna have to start uploading a few more videos now, though. I've been diagnosed with Lymphoma, so I think I'm going to keep a video cancer journal through my recovery. Fortunately my prognosis is extremely good; 98% :) It's a stage 1 primary mediastynal mass in my chest, about 15 centimeters in size, but it's encapsulated.

[assasincomedy]

May God bless you in your troubles. I hope you are much better now. Christ be with you!