Friend lost

A friend of mine, Don Garner who I met during my first day of chemo just about two years ago has passed away.

He and I both were taking the same chemo and were in the office on the same days. We both had colon cancer, he was a stage 4 and I had stage 3c. He was not doing well and was put in the hospital multiple times during the whole ordeal. His wife, Denise, and Lori became friends and they used to drop Don and me off for our chemo while they went out to breakfast. I motivated him to go to the cancer support groups, which Don said was really the only fun he had. He and Denise went to them right up until he was put on hospice care about 6 months ago.

Don and I would sit and talk for hours while we got our treatments. We usually ended up talking about food. Don was quite the cook and gave me some pointers on cooking that he had learned over the years. Don was the person I turned my funny hat tradition over to. He and I had the same sense of humor and his wife would email pictures of his him wearing his crazy hats while taking chemo.

We made a pact to go out and have a cheeseburger and a beer at Margaritaville when we both recovered. :( I'll be toasting him next time I go.......