Dan is pictured guest hosting Fox & Friends with Ainsley Earhardt and Steve Doocy.
I was getting ready to go on Fox on Monday morning and while shaving, when I turned my face to the right, to shave the left side of my face, I noticed a prominent lump on my neck. This was during the early days of COVID, so everything was shut down, but he arranged for me to go to a local Cleveland Clinic facility. Luckily, he knew the radiation oncologist—really nice guy—and he agreed to sit there during the MRI.
Todd, his name was, was staring down at me somberly but not appearing overly concerned. But it's enough that I'm concerned that he is somber and not overly concerned. So this time, the moment seemed to last forever. To comprehend what I was hearing, I was slowing things down. I walked outside of the facility in shock, and that eighth of a mile or so walk to my car was the longest distance I have ever felt.
I came home, Paula was outside with the dog, and she was crying. The dog had strolled over as she always does to the neighbor's yard. We hugged in the neighbor's front yard and Paula said:"What are we going to do?" I said:"I have no idea."PHOTO FROM THE GIFT OF FAILURE C 2023 BY DAN BONGINO. PUBLISHED BY LIBERATIO PROTOCOL. USED WITH PERMISSION.
Anyone that tells you connections and friendships don't matter is full of s***. He knew everyone, and I knew he could help. Sean got me in to see a couple of doctors. I had a biopsy done, and it was not good. Something weird happened in the hospital as they prepped me to be cut open. One of the staff helping to administer an IV asked me what I did for a living. Usually, when people ask me what I do, I don't answer. I just figure, if you don't know me from what I do, it's not even worth explaining.
She wasn't done either. She decided she was going to launch into an anti-Trump tirade, too, at the most inopportune time. Folks, there's a word for this. It's called"discretion." And then, just a few minutes later, my cell phone rang."Dan, this is"Dan, I heard you are going to surgery. What can I do for you?" Folks, that's loyalty. And it's a two-way street. It was about the third or fourth time he had called me to let me know he was thinking about me.
Well, the surgeon was amazing, and not long after, I was back recording podcasts in the hotel room. The gravity of the moment did not hit me until soon after when Paula and I were flying back home to Florida. Still, after five years, 20 out of one hundred people die. I wasn't thinking about the 80 percent. I was thinking about the 20 who died. But it's all relative. There are a lot worse cancers than mine.
It all hit me at once on that plane. I'm not going to see my daughters get married. I'm not going to see my youngest daughter graduate high school....Some truly weird thoughts started happening. Sir, if you are reading this right now, thank you. My official results came back as Hodgkin's lymphoma. It could have been worse. It could've been a far worse kind of cancer.
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