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Ron’s wife looked at him with concern.  “What’s going on with you 2 she asked”?  He looked at his wife and smiled, “he was helping me with some things sweetie”.  “I need to talk to you, can you sit down.”  Ron pulled out a chair for his wife as his expression suddenly became serious.  He was trying to keep it together, this is not the type of situation he expected to deal with, Men Don’t deal with stuff like this women do.

His wife, slowly sat down in the chair her husband pulled out for her.  She had an eerie feeling as she observed her husband’s ghostly expression.  “Ron what’s wrong, honey you’re scaring me”?  Ron sat beside his wife, he dropped his, took a deep sigh and in his mind(here goes).  Once again he was uncomfortable Men Don’t deal with stuff like this.

Ron looked at his wife, “Shirley I have been diagnosed with Prostate Cancer”.  “What!”  His wife exclaimed.  “Ron what”!  She squealed.  He grabbed his wife’s hand as tears started flowing down her cheeks.  “Baby”, he said as he looked at her and wiped the tears from her face.  “Ron”, she called his name again and grabbed her husband’s neck as she cried uncontrollably.

Ron held his wife until she calmed down.  “Baby”,  he said while cupping his wife’s face in his hands and looking into her eyes, “we can do this”.  His wife sniffed and looked at her husband, “we can”?  “Yes he said”.  The doctor went over a lot of information with me and I have done some research myself.  “You have”? his wife asked, she started to really calm down and feel hopeful.

Ron’s wife shook her head, “wait, Ron how long have you known”?  She looked at him confused.  “I found out from my test result when the doctor called”.  “OK, she said and the doctor gave you information over the phone”?  “Well yes some and I have to go in for a follow up of course for a plan of action and more information”.  “The doctor says we did catch it in time so she is very positive about what can be done to beat it”.  “Really”!  His wife said, she felt that was positive news.

Ron told his wife about all the information the Doctor had provided and the information he had found himself.  He also told her about the conversation he and David had.  She was very positive now and told him he was very happy David was there for him.  The discussed when and what to tell the kids and when and if they were going to share any info with the rest of their family.

Ron called David after he and his wife’s conversation ended.  They discussed his follow up appointment, research and the best recourse for Ron.  Ron told David how much he appreciated his support and him being understanding.  He told David that he didn’t know if he would be able to get through this without his best friend.  To get emotional is something

Men Don’t

Talk to your love ones about what’s important, be there for one another.  Life can be challenging but you don’t have to go through life alone.

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